Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Type

Other

Status

Active

Location

Chicago, United States

Total investments

17

Average round size

18M

Portfolio companies

13

Rounds per year

0.18

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.24

Exits

4

Areas of investment
SoftwareInformation TechnologyFitnessHealth CareHospitalWellnessMedical DeviceReal TimemHealthLocation Based Services

Summary

In 1929 was created Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Chicago. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The high activity for fund was in 2012. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. This Blue Cross Blue Shield Association works on 2 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, startups are often financed by Sandbox Industries, Techstars, TEXO Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sandbox Industries, TEXO Ventures, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sandbox Industries, BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, TEXO Ventures.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Devoted Health, EveryMove, RetraceHealth. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are mHealth, Health Care. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

The overall number of key employees were 6.

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Analytics

Total investments
17
Lead investments
1
Exits
4
Rounds per year
0.18
Follow on index
0.24
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (16)
  • Hospital (6)
  • Information Technology (6)
  • Fitness (5)
  • Real Time (3)
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Investments by region
  • United States (17)
Peak activity year
2016

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
24
Group Appearance index
0.94
Avg. company exit year
7

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Gecko Health Innovations Inc. (formerly GeckoCap) 15 Aug 2012 Information Technology, Health Care, Internet of Things, mHealth Seed 50K United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lumeris 22 Apr 2024 Information Technology, Health Care Early Stage Venture 100M United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis
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