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Charles River Associates

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Total investments 8
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$23M
Portfolio companies 7
Rounds per year 0.14
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.12
Exits 6
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Areas of investment

  • Wireless
  • Telecommunications
  • Mobile
  • Social Network
  • Web Hosting
Summary

In 1965 was created Charles River Associates, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Boston. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Charles River Associates, startups are often financed by Mohr Davidow Ventures, Accel, Venrock. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mohr Davidow Ventures, Venrock, Valhalla Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by CRV, Verily, Section 32.

The fund has no 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 Telecommunications, Web Development. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Freenome, Carrier IQ, Secure Software For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 6 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The average startup value when the investment from Charles River Associates is 10-50 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Charles River Associates performs on 42 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2003. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Freenome

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Personal Health
$65M01 Mar 2017 South San Francisco, California, United States

Carrier IQ

Mobile
Telecommunications
Wireless
$20M27 Jan 2009 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Carrier IQ

Mobile
Telecommunications
Wireless
$14M22 Jan 2007 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Secure Software

Security
Software
$5M31 Dec 2003 Virginia, United States

Redline Networks

Data Center
Infrastructure
Web Development
$12M14 May 2003 California, United States

TalkingNets

Information Technology
Internet
Telecommunications
$20M07 Nov 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

Picolight

Manufacturing
Social Network
Web Hosting
$38M01 Nov 2000 Colorado, United States

Communications Infrastructure
Delivery
Wireless
$10M13 Dec 1999 Massachusetts, United States

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Total investments 8
Average round size 23M
Rounds per year 0.14
Peak activity year 2000
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.12
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Freenome

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Personal Health
$65M01 Mar 2017 South San Francisco, California, United States

Carrier IQ

Mobile
Telecommunications
Wireless
$20M27 Jan 2009 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Carrier IQ

Mobile
Telecommunications
Wireless
$14M22 Jan 2007 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Secure Software

Security
Software
$5M31 Dec 2003 Virginia, United States

Redline Networks

Data Center
Infrastructure
Web Development
$12M14 May 2003 California, United States

TalkingNets

Information Technology
Internet
Telecommunications
$20M07 Nov 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

Picolight

Manufacturing
Social Network
Web Hosting
$38M01 Nov 2000 Colorado, United States

Communications Infrastructure
Delivery
Wireless
$10M13 Dec 1999 Massachusetts, United States
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