CircleUp Growth Partners

Total investments

95

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

75

Rounds per year

7.92

Lead investments

10

Follow on index

0.21

Exits

7

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceBeautyConsumer GoodsFood and BeverageFood ProcessingHealth CareLifestyleFashionNutritionOrganic Food

Summary

CircleUp Growth Partners appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2012. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the San Francisco.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Consumer Goods, Organic. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Good Eggs, Aiwa, Hylete. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The important activity for fund was in 2016. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The typical startup value when the investment from CircleUp Growth Partners is 1-5 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 2 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 deals per year. Comparing to the other companies, this CircleUp Growth Partners performs on 25 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

The fund was created by Rory Eakin, Ryan Caldbeck.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the CircleUp Growth Partners, startups are often financed by The R-Group, LLC, Harrison Metal, The Westly Group. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Blueberry Ventures, Imaginary Ventures, 301 INC. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SWAT Equity Partners, Stuart Erickson, SeedInvest.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
95
Lead investments
10
Exits
7
Rounds per year
7.92
Follow on index
0.21
Investments by industry
  • Food and Beverage (50)
  • E-Commerce (21)
  • Food Processing (19)
  • Health Care (15)
  • Organic Food (15)
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Investments by region
  • United States (90)
  • Canada (3)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2015

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1M
Group Appearance index
0.57
Avg. company exit year
7

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Aiwa 26 Jan 2017 Manufacturing, Music, Audio Seed 200K United States, Illinois, Chicago
Wild Friends Foods 20 Nov 2018 Food and Beverage, Organic Food Early Stage Venture 3M United States, Oregon, Portland

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