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Brilliant Ventures

Founders Kara Weber Lizzie Francis

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Total investments 5
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 4
Rounds per year 1.00
Lead investments 0
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Key employees 2

Areas of investment

  • Advertising
  • Augmented Reality
  • Apps
  • Software
  • Mobile Apps
Summary

In 2016 was created Brilliant Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Santa Monica.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Skylar, The Riveter, Camera IQ 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 has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Sales, Education.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6 partakers. Despite the Brilliant Ventures, startups are often financed by Virtual Reality Investments, Shasta Ventures, Presence Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Shasta Ventures, Presence Capital, Act One Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by GingerBread Capital, Yukon Partners, WomensVCFund.

The current fund was established by Kara Weber, Lizzie Francis. The overall number of key employees were 2.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The typical startup value when the investment from Brilliant Ventures is 1-5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2018.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Beam Impact, Inc.

$1M30 Nov 2018 New York, United States

Camera IQ

Advertising
Apps
Augmented Reality
Marketing
Mobile Apps
Software
Telecommunications
$2M06 Mar 2018 Santa Monica, California, United States

Skylar

Beauty
Consumer Goods
Cosmetics
E-Commerce
Sales
$3M22 Jan 2018 Los Angeles, California, United States

Camera IQ

Advertising
Apps
Augmented Reality
Marketing
Mobile Apps
Software
Telecommunications
$2M12 Sep 2017 Santa Monica, California, United States

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Total investments 5
Average round size 2M
Rounds per year 1.00
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.20
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Beam Impact, Inc.

$1M30 Nov 2018 New York, United States

Camera IQ

Advertising
Apps
Augmented Reality
Marketing
Mobile Apps
Software
Telecommunications
$2M06 Mar 2018 Santa Monica, California, United States

Skylar

Beauty
Consumer Goods
Cosmetics
E-Commerce
Sales
$3M22 Jan 2018 Los Angeles, California, United States

Camera IQ

Advertising
Apps
Augmented Reality
Marketing
Mobile Apps
Software
Telecommunications
$2M12 Sep 2017 Santa Monica, California, United States
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