Commonwealth Seed Capital

Type

Government organization

Location

Frankfort, United States

Total investments

9

Average round size

8M

Portfolio companies

8

Rounds per year

0.14

Follow on index

0.11

Exits

2

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareAnalyticsHealth CareMedicalNeurosciencePharmaceuticalTherapeuticsVideoBiofuel

Summary

Commonwealth Seed Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 1956. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Frankfort.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The typical startup value when the investment from Commonwealth Seed Capital is 5-10 millions dollars. This Commonwealth Seed Capital works on 12 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2014. The high activity for fund was in 2005. 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 4-5 participants. Despite the Commonwealth Seed Capital, startups are often financed by Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC), Eight Roads Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC), Bluegrass Angels, Yearling Fund II. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tate & Lyle Ventures, Techstars, Tech Coast Angels.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline TNG Pharmaceuticals, SentryHealth, Allylix Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Medical, Agriculture. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
United States, Kentucky

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Analytics

Total investments
9
Lead investments
0
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.14
Follow on index
0.11
Investments by industry
  • Pharmaceutical (5)
  • Biotechnology (4)
  • Medical (3)
  • Health Care (3)
  • Software (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (9)
Peak activity year
2007

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
12
Avg. valuation at time of investment
750K
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
10

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
15 Jul 2022 Artificial Intelligence, Productivity Tools, Software Engineering, Podcast Seed 1M United States, Kentucky, Prospect

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