CNET Networks
13
19M
13
0.48
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- Areas of investment
Summary
CNET Networks is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1994. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the San Francisco.
The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2013. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. When the investment is from CNET Networks the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2000. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 5 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. This CNET Networks works on 17 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.
This organization was formed by Halsey Minor, Kevin Wendle, Shelby Bonnie.
The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the CNET Networks, startups are often financed by Weston Presidio Capital, WR Hambrecht, Trinity Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Merrill Lynch, ZDNet, TransCosmos. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), True Ventures, Canaan Partners.
Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Automattic, Ingenio, AsiaContent. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Search Engine, Internet. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 2 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.
Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 13
- Lead investments
- 1
- Exits
- 7
- Rounds per year
- 0.48
- Investments by industry
- Internet (5)
- Information Technology (4)
- Software (4)
- E-Commerce (3)
- Advertising (2) Show 35 more
- Investments by region
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- United States (12)
- Singapore (1)
- Germany (1)
- Peak activity year
- 2000
- Number of Unicorns
- 1
- Number of Decacorns
- 1
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 20
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 236M
- Group Appearance index
- 0.92
- Avg. company exit year
- 8
- Avg. multiplicator
- 2.01
- Strategy success index
- 0.10
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON24 | 11 Apr 2000 | Developer Tools, Marketing, Video Streaming, Lead Generation | Early Stage Venture | 25M | United States, California, San Francisco |
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