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CLI Ventures

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Total investments 24
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$5M
Portfolio companies 22
Rounds per year 2.00
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.08
Exits 5
Key employees 11
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Software
  • Big Data
  • Hospital
Summary

CLI Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2010. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Palo Alto.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The typical startup value when the investment from CLI Ventures is 10-50 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this CLI Ventures works on 12 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2015. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the CLI Ventures, startups are often financed by ff Venture Capital, Y Combinator, DHVC. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are AngelPad, Andreessen Horowitz, letters Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund), Y Combinator, Plug and Play.

The overall number of key employees were 11.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Synlogic, Genalyte, Weft. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Biotechnology, Robotics. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Synlogic

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$42M16 May 2017 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Immune-Onc Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$7M01 Sep 2016 Palo Alto, California, United States

Eonite Perception

3D Technology
Augmented Reality
Robotics
Software
Virtual Reality
$5M05 May 2016 Palo Alto, California, United States

Medigo

Health Care
Health Insurance
Hospital
Medical
$4M19 Jan 2016 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Aria Pharmaceuticals

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Biotechnology
Machine Learning
Pharmaceutical
$3M19 Nov 2015 Palo Alto, California, United States

Genalyte

Biotechnology
Diagnostic Equipment
Health Care
Hospital
Other Healthcare Technology Systems
$44M18 Aug 2015 San Diego, California, United States

iMicrobes

Biotechnology
Chemical
$120K15 Jun 2015 California, United States

CoPromote

Mobile Advertising
Social Media
Social Media Marketing
$480K02 Jun 2015 New York, New York, United States

InsideMaps

3D Technology
Mobile
Mobile Apps
01 Jun 2015 Mountain View, California, United States

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Total investments 24
Average round size 5M
Rounds per year 2.00
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.08
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.79

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Synlogic

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$42M16 May 2017 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Immune-Onc Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$7M01 Sep 2016 Palo Alto, California, United States

Eonite Perception

3D Technology
Augmented Reality
Robotics
Software
Virtual Reality
$5M05 May 2016 Palo Alto, California, United States

Medigo

Health Care
Health Insurance
Hospital
Medical
$4M19 Jan 2016 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Aria Pharmaceuticals

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Biotechnology
Machine Learning
Pharmaceutical
$3M19 Nov 2015 Palo Alto, California, United States

Genalyte

Biotechnology
Diagnostic Equipment
Health Care
Hospital
Other Healthcare Technology Systems
$44M18 Aug 2015 San Diego, California, United States

iMicrobes

Biotechnology
Chemical
$120K15 Jun 2015 California, United States

CoPromote

Mobile Advertising
Social Media
Social Media Marketing
$480K02 Jun 2015 New York, New York, United States

InsideMaps

3D Technology
Mobile
Mobile Apps
01 Jun 2015 Mountain View, California, United States
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