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Brightcom Group (formerly LYCOS Internet Ltd)

Founders Bob Davis Dan Nova Michael Mauldin Suresh Reddy Vijay Kancharla

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Total investments 5
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$12M
Portfolio companies 5
Rounds per year 0.23
Lead investments 0
Exits 1
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Software
  • E-Commerce
  • Meeting Software
  • Flash Storage
Summary

In 1999 was created Brightcom Group (formerly LYCOS Internet Ltd), which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Hyderabad. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in India.

The high activity for fund was in 2000. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2002. Comparing to the other companies, this Brightcom Group (formerly LYCOS Internet Ltd) performs on 9 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Brightcom Group (formerly LYCOS Internet Ltd), startups are often financed by ZDNet, Upfront Ventures, Partners Group. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are ricardo Group, OWW Capital Partners, Matrix Partners.

For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline IDrive Inc., SurfingBananas.com, Trellix Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Classifieds, Internet.

This organization was formed by Bob Davis, Dan Nova, Michael Mauldin, Suresh Reddy, Vijay Kancharla.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

SurfingBananas.com

Advertising
B2B
Classifieds
E-Commerce
Internet
Marketplace
Online Auctions
$15M27 Jan 2000 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

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Total investments 5
Average round size 12M
Rounds per year 0.23
Peak activity year 2000
Lead investments 0
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.60

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

SurfingBananas.com

Advertising
B2B
Classifieds
E-Commerce
Internet
Marketplace
Online Auctions
$15M27 Jan 2000 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
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