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Black Diamond Ventures

Founders Christopher Lucas

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Total investments 21
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$12M
Portfolio companies 15
Rounds per year 0.81
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.29
Exits 4
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Machine Learning
  • Software
  • Analytics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Technology
Summary

Black Diamond Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 1998. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Glendale.

Comparing to the other companies, this Black Diamond Ventures performs on 12 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2004. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The average startup value when the investment from Black Diamond Ventures is 10-50 millions dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Black Diamond Ventures, startups are often financed by Moneta Ventures, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Inc., Walden Riverwood Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Lucas Venture Group, Walden Riverwood Ventures, Varian. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NFX.

The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as E-Commerce, Education. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Berkeley Lights, Capella, Engage3 For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The fund was created by Christopher Lucas. We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Ares Materials

Advanced Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Electronics
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
01 Nov 2022 Dallas, Texas, United States

Ares Materials

Advanced Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Electronics
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
01 Nov 2021 Dallas, Texas, United States

Strateos

Biotechnology
Industrial Automation
Information Technology
Robotics
Software
Software Engineering
$56M08 Jun 2021 California, United States

Alveo Technologies

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
01 May 2021 California, United States

Finicast

Analytics
Computer
FinTech
Software
$100K30 Mar 2021 San Mateo, California, United States

Strateos

Biotechnology
Industrial Automation
Information Technology
Robotics
Software
Software Engineering
$4M31 Dec 2020 California, United States

ESS Technology

Audio
Manufacturing
Mobile
31 Jul 2020 Milpitas, California, United States

Ares Materials

Advanced Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Electronics
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
$2M31 Dec 2019 Dallas, Texas, United States

Engage3

Analytics
Big Data
E-Commerce
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Retail
SaaS
$12M20 Jun 2019 California, United States
News
Strateos Closes $56 Million Series B Financing to Accelerate the Roll-Out of its SmartLab of the Future Platform

– Strateos, Inc. announced the closing of its $56.1m Series B financing led by DCVC and Lux Capital with participation from new investors including Eli Lilly and Company, Ally Bridge Group, Black Diamond Ventures, Mack & Co., LLC, and Castor Ventures.
– With this financing, Strateos will continue to drive innovations on its SmartLab Platform™, which integrates data generation and AI-enablement with its unique and flexible automation to accelerate pharmaceutical and synthetic biology R&D.
– Life science research needs faster, more reliable and lower cost data to fully leverage AI-powered analysis tools.
– Strateos is pleased to have the backing of these world-class investors who bring deep expertise in building and scaling innovative platforms at the intersection of the life sciences and information technology.

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Total investments 21
Average round size 12M
Rounds per year 0.81
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.29
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.52

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Ares Materials

Advanced Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Electronics
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
01 Nov 2022 Dallas, Texas, United States

Ares Materials

Advanced Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Electronics
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
01 Nov 2021 Dallas, Texas, United States

Strateos

Biotechnology
Industrial Automation
Information Technology
Robotics
Software
Software Engineering
$56M08 Jun 2021 California, United States

Alveo Technologies

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
01 May 2021 California, United States

Finicast

Analytics
Computer
FinTech
Software
$100K30 Mar 2021 San Mateo, California, United States

Strateos

Biotechnology
Industrial Automation
Information Technology
Robotics
Software
Software Engineering
$4M31 Dec 2020 California, United States

ESS Technology

Audio
Manufacturing
Mobile
31 Jul 2020 Milpitas, California, United States

Ares Materials

Advanced Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Electronics
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
$2M31 Dec 2019 Dallas, Texas, United States

Engage3

Analytics
Big Data
E-Commerce
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Retail
SaaS
$12M20 Jun 2019 California, United States
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