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BoomStartup

Founders John Richards Jon Bradshaw Robb Kunz

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Total investments 101
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$743K
Portfolio companies 97
Rounds per year 8.42
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.04
Exits 10
Key employees 10
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Internet
  • Education
  • Apps
  • Mobile
Summary

BoomStartup appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2010. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Salt Lake City. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. When the investment is from BoomStartup the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2014. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 deals per year. This BoomStartup works on 23 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the BoomStartup, startups are often financed by U.S. Department of Agriculture, 500 Startups, Y Combinator. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are 500 Startups, Campus Founders Fund, daVinci Capital Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by 500 Startups, Kickstart Seed Fund, Sequoia Capital.

This organization was formed by John Richards, Jon Bradshaw, Robb Kunz. The overall number of key employees were 10.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Circle Internet Financial, Rappi, Havenly. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Education, Software.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Whiz Tutor

Marketplace
Mobile
Tutoring
30 Jun 2017 Santa Clarita, California, United States

Vector Launch

Aerospace
Space Travel
$21M29 Jun 2017 Tucson, Arizona, United States

Trace.com

Family
Internet
$895K31 Aug 2016 Provo, Utah, United States

AncestorCloud

Crowdsourcing
Internet
Marketplace
01 Jul 2016 Provo, Utah, United States

JRNL

Android
Internet
Internet of Things
iOS
Journalism
Mobile
Printing
Software
$750K27 Jun 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

SALES BRIDGE

Computer
Email
Messaging
Project Management
Software
01 Apr 2016 Utah, United States

7 Generation Games

Apps
Education
Gaming
Parenting
Video Games
$250K01 Nov 2015 United States, Minneapolis

Circle

Banking
Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
Personal Finance
$50M30 Apr 2015 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Havenly

Consumer
E-Commerce
Home Decor
Interior Design
Other Services (B2C Non-Financial)
Real Estate Services (B2C)
Social/Platform Software
$20K02 Feb 2015 Denver, Colorado, United States

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Total investments 101
Average round size 743K
Rounds per year 8.42
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.04
Exits 10
Group Appearance index 0.16

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Whiz Tutor

Marketplace
Mobile
Tutoring
30 Jun 2017 Santa Clarita, California, United States

Vector Launch

Aerospace
Space Travel
$21M29 Jun 2017 Tucson, Arizona, United States

Trace.com

Family
Internet
$895K31 Aug 2016 Provo, Utah, United States

AncestorCloud

Crowdsourcing
Internet
Marketplace
01 Jul 2016 Provo, Utah, United States

JRNL

Android
Internet
Internet of Things
iOS
Journalism
Mobile
Printing
Software
$750K27 Jun 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

SALES BRIDGE

Computer
Email
Messaging
Project Management
Software
01 Apr 2016 Utah, United States

7 Generation Games

Apps
Education
Gaming
Parenting
Video Games
$250K01 Nov 2015 United States, Minneapolis

Circle

Banking
Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
Personal Finance
$50M30 Apr 2015 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Havenly

Consumer
E-Commerce
Home Decor
Interior Design
Other Services (B2C Non-Financial)
Real Estate Services (B2C)
Social/Platform Software
$20K02 Feb 2015 Denver, Colorado, United States
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