Castrol innoVentures

Total investments

8

Average round size

7M

Portfolio companies

6

Rounds per year

0.50

Follow on index

0.25

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
AutomotiveE-CommerceTransportationSoftwareConsumerCar SharingMobile AppsMarketplaceHardwareEnergy

Summary

The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Pangbourne. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom.

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 Peloton Technology, RepairPal, RepairPal. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Robotics, E-Commerce.

Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Castrol innoVentures, startups are often financed by Sand Hill Angels, OPENAIR Equity Partners, Comporium. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are OPENAIR Equity Partners, Comporium, NGP Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NGP Capital, OPENAIR Equity Partners, Melody Capital Partners.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2013. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 6 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Analytics

Total investments
8
Lead investments
0
Rounds per year
0.50
Follow on index
0.25
Investments by industry
  • Automotive (7)
  • Software (4)
  • Mobile Apps (3)
  • Car Sharing (3)
  • Hardware (3)
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Investments by region
  • United States (6)
  • Denmark (1)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2013

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Group Appearance index
0.75

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Peloton Technology 22 Apr 2015 Automotive, Transportation, Robotics, Fleet Management Early Stage Venture 16M United States, California, Mountain View

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