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Business Venture Partners

Founders Elliott Griffin

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Total investments 26
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 21
Rounds per year 1.30
Lead investments 4
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.19
Key employees 6
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Medical Device
  • Software
  • Information Technology
Summary

Business Venture Partners is the famous VC, which was founded in 2004. The venture was found in Europe in Ireland. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Dublin.

The current fund was established by Elliott Griffin.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2 participants. Despite the Business Venture Partners, startups are often financed by DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Kernel Capital, Halo Business Angel Network, Enterprise Ireland. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Enterprise Ireland, Quorndon Capital, Oyster Capital Partners.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight HealthBeacon. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Manufacturing, Software. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Ireland. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. The real fund results show that this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OOHPod

Logistics
Supply Chain Management
Transportation
$6M06 Jan 2024 Dublin, Ireland

Positive Carbon

Information Technology
$2M09 Nov 2023 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Chupi

E-Commerce
Fashion
Lifestyle
$3M14 Feb 2023 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Zeus Scooters

Automotive
Electric Vehicle
Software
$4M16 Jun 2022 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Wellola

Health Care
Information Technology
Payments
Software
$1M23 May 2022 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Kinzen

Apps
Digital Media
News
$2M11 Dec 2020 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Kinzen

Apps
Digital Media
News
$2M28 Nov 2020 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

FoodMarble

Hardware
Health Care
Home Health Care
Internet of Things
Personal Health
Wellness
$2M20 Oct 2020 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Buymie

E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Grocery
$2M28 Apr 2020 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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Total investments 26
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 1.30
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.19
Group Appearance index 0.77

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OOHPod

Logistics
Supply Chain Management
Transportation
$6M06 Jan 2024 Dublin, Ireland

Positive Carbon

Information Technology
$2M09 Nov 2023 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Chupi

E-Commerce
Fashion
Lifestyle
$3M14 Feb 2023 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Zeus Scooters

Automotive
Electric Vehicle
Software
$4M16 Jun 2022 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Wellola

Health Care
Information Technology
Payments
Software
$1M23 May 2022 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Kinzen

Apps
Digital Media
News
$2M11 Dec 2020 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Kinzen

Apps
Digital Media
News
$2M28 Nov 2020 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

FoodMarble

Hardware
Health Care
Home Health Care
Internet of Things
Personal Health
Wellness
$2M20 Oct 2020 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Buymie

E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Grocery
$2M28 Apr 2020 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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