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Cicada Innovations

Founders Dharmica Mistry

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Total investments 27
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 26
Rounds per year 1.12
Lead investments 8
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.04
Exits 2
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Software
  • Biotechnology
  • Agriculture
  • Enterprise Software
Summary

Cicada Innovations is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2000. The company was established in Australia. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Sydney.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. When the investment is from Cicada Innovations the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars. This Cicada Innovations works on 20 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 16 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2015. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Cicada Innovations, startups are often financed by muru-D, Valar Ventures, UBS. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Blackbird Ventures (Australia), ZhenFund, Wellcome Trust. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Blackbird Ventures (Australia), Y Combinator, Qualcomm Ventures.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Clarity Pharmaceuticals, Clarity Pharmaceuticals, Propeller Aero. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Travel, Robotics. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Australia.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Carapac

Food and Beverage
Packaging Services
01 Jan 2020 Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia

Sustinent

Agriculture
Biotechnology
01 Jan 2019 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Doclink

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
$1M30 Oct 2018 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Beyond 700

Biotechnology
Health Care
14 Oct 2018 Australia, New South Wales

MPT AgTech

Agriculture
AgTech
Machinery Manufacturing
Robotics
$21K23 Aug 2018 Australia, New South Wales

UpGuard

Cyber Security
Enterprise Software
Insurance
Intelligent Systems
Software
Test and Measurement
$17M11 Aug 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Bigstone Finance

Financial Services
FinTech
Marketplace
$3M08 Aug 2016 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Elastagen

Clinical Trials
Medical
Medical Device
$9M07 Jan 2016 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Trimph Industries

Biotechnology
Health Diagnostics
Hospital
Medical
01 Jan 2016 Australia, New South Wales

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Total investments 27
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 1.12
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 8
Follow on index 0.04
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.37

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Carapac

Food and Beverage
Packaging Services
01 Jan 2020 Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia

Sustinent

Agriculture
Biotechnology
01 Jan 2019 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Doclink

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
$1M30 Oct 2018 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Beyond 700

Biotechnology
Health Care
14 Oct 2018 Australia, New South Wales

MPT AgTech

Agriculture
AgTech
Machinery Manufacturing
Robotics
$21K23 Aug 2018 Australia, New South Wales

UpGuard

Cyber Security
Enterprise Software
Insurance
Intelligent Systems
Software
Test and Measurement
$17M11 Aug 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Bigstone Finance

Financial Services
FinTech
Marketplace
$3M08 Aug 2016 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Elastagen

Clinical Trials
Medical
Medical Device
$9M07 Jan 2016 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Trimph Industries

Biotechnology
Health Diagnostics
Hospital
Medical
01 Jan 2016 Australia, New South Wales
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