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Channel 4

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Total investments 11
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$22M
Portfolio companies 10
Rounds per year 0.26
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.09
Exits 2
Key employees 6

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Media and Entertainment
  • E-Commerce
  • Broadcasting
  • Marketplace
Summary

In 1980 was created Channel 4, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Belfast.

The high activity for fund was in 2016. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Channel 4 performs on 16 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017.

We also calculated 5 valuable employees in our database.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Channel 4, startups are often financed by Octopus Ventures, DN Capital, ZG Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Woodford Investment Management, Sky, Rocket Internet. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by 14W, ZG Ventures, Ted Leonsis.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Internet, Digital Media. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Freeview, Job Today, The RightsXchange.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Hussle

Coupons
Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$8M20 Jan 2020 England

TravelLocal

Internet
Marketplace
Tourism
Travel
Travel Agency
$10M07 May 2019 England

Carspring

E-Commerce
Internet
$6M04 Aug 2017 England

Job Today

Apps
Employment
Mobile
$20M10 Nov 2016 Luxembourg, Canton Luxembourg, Luxembourg

eve Sleep

E-Commerce
Furniture
Lifestyle
Retail
$18M07 Oct 2016 England

Carspring

E-Commerce
Internet
13 Apr 2015 London, England, United Kingdom

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Total investments 11
Average round size 22M
Rounds per year 0.26
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.09
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.64

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Hussle

Coupons
Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$8M20 Jan 2020 England

TravelLocal

Internet
Marketplace
Tourism
Travel
Travel Agency
$10M07 May 2019 England

Carspring

E-Commerce
Internet
$6M04 Aug 2017 England

Job Today

Apps
Employment
Mobile
$20M10 Nov 2016 Luxembourg, Canton Luxembourg, Luxembourg

eve Sleep

E-Commerce
Furniture
Lifestyle
Retail
$18M07 Oct 2016 England

Carspring

E-Commerce
Internet
13 Apr 2015 London, England, United Kingdom
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