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Castrol innoVentures

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Total investments 8
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 6
Rounds per year 0.50
Lead investments 0
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.25
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Automotive
  • Software
  • Mobile Apps
  • Car Sharing
  • Hardware
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

PartsTech

Automotive
E-Commerce
Marketplace
$3M25 Jul 2019 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Peloton Technology

Automotive
Fleet Management
Robotics
Transportation
$16M22 Apr 2015 Mountain View, California, United States

Automotive
Car Sharing
Hardware
Mobile Apps
Software
$8M11 Aug 2014 Minnesota, United States

Zubie

Automotive
Car Sharing
Hardware
Mobile Apps
Software
$10M12 Dec 2013 Minnesota, United States

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Total investments 8
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 0.50
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.25
Group Appearance index 0.75

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

PartsTech

Automotive
E-Commerce
Marketplace
$3M25 Jul 2019 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Peloton Technology

Automotive
Fleet Management
Robotics
Transportation
$16M22 Apr 2015 Mountain View, California, United States

Automotive
Car Sharing
Hardware
Mobile Apps
Software
$8M11 Aug 2014 Minnesota, United States

Zubie

Automotive
Car Sharing
Hardware
Mobile Apps
Software
$10M12 Dec 2013 Minnesota, United States
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