Clayton Associates

Total investments

46

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

28

Rounds per year

1.77

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.39

Exits

14

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyMobilePaymentsHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsEnterprise SoftwareMedicalPharmaceutical

Summary

Clayton Associates is the famous VC, which was founded in 1996. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Nashville.

Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. This Clayton Associates works on 2 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 11 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The top activity for fund was in 2016.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Software, Medical. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Intechra Holdings, NuScriptRx, KeraFAST. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups.

This organization was formed by R. Clayton McWhorter, Stuart C. McWhorter.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Clayton Associates, startups are often financed by Nashville Capital Network, Claritas Capital, Innova Memphis. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Nashville Capital Network, Chrysalis Ventures, FCA Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Nashville Capital Network, VantagePoint Capital Partners, Richland Ventures.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
46
Lead investments
1
Exits
14
Rounds per year
1.77
Follow on index
0.39
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (23)
  • Software (16)
  • Medical (14)
  • Biotechnology (13)
  • Information Technology (10)
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Investments by region
  • United States (45)
Peak activity year
2016

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
15
Avg. valuation at time of investment
3M
Group Appearance index
0.87
Avg. company exit year
14

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Hooke Bio 19 Dec 2017 Biotechnology Seed 1M County Limerick, The Metropolitan District of Limerick City, Ireland
KeraFAST 11 Apr 2012 Biotechnology, E-Commerce, Medical, Life Science Early Stage Venture 3M United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Pathfinder Therapeutics 31 Oct 2008 Biotechnology Early Stage Venture 5M

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