Canwest

Total investments

2

Average round size

6M

Portfolio companies

2

Rounds per year

0.04

Exits

1

Areas of investment
BroadcastingInternetSoftwareEnterprise SoftwareSportsNewsLocalTV

Summary

Canwest is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1974. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Winnipeg. The venture was found in North America in Canada.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2001. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2014.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 participants. Despite the Canwest, startups are often financed by InfoSpace. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Washington Post, St. Paul Venture Capital, McGraw Hill Financial.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Internet Broadcasting Systems. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Sports, Internet.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
2
Lead investments
0
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.04
Investments by industry
  • Software (2)
  • Local (1)
  • TV (1)
  • Internet (1)
  • Broadcasting (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (1)
  • Canada (1)
Peak activity year
2001

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
24
Avg. valuation at time of investment
10M
Group Appearance index
0.50
Avg. company exit year
18
Avg. multiplicator
1.60

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