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Convergence Partners

Founders Andile Ngcaba Brandon Doyle Eric Di Benedetto Idan Segal Russ Irwin Stefan Ferreira

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Total investments 40
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$10M
Portfolio companies 29
Rounds per year 2.35
Lead investments 13
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.28
Exits 6
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Information Technology
  • Software
  • Information Services
  • Mobile
  • Internet
Summary

Convergence Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2006. The company was established in Africa in South Africa. The main department of described VC is located in the Johannesburg.

For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Service Industry, Information Services. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight CSquared, Snapt, Vectiv. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Convergence Partners, startups are often financed by Weber Capital, San Francisco Equity Partners, vSpring Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Weber Capital, San Francisco Equity Partners, vSpring Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by vSpring Capital, Weber Capital, San Francisco Equity Partners.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Comparing to the other companies, this Convergence Partners performs on 15 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2000. The real fund results show that this VC is 14 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The average startup value when the investment from Convergence Partners is 50-100 millions dollars.

The current fund was established by Andile Ngcaba, Brandon Doyle, Eric Di Benedetto, Idan Segal, Russ Irwin, Stefan Ferreira. The overall number of key employees were 5.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Yellow

Bitcoin
Internet
Last Mile Transportation
Mobile
Mobile Payments
Public Transportation
Ride Sharing
Software
Transportation
$14M27 Mar 2023 Lilongwe, Lilongwe, Malawi

Clerkenwell Health

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$2M10 Oct 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Snapt

Information Technology
Open Source
Software
$3M06 Dec 2018 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Snapt

Information Technology
Open Source
Software
$1M31 May 2016 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

GameZBoost

Apps
Developer Tools
Gamification
Gaming
Internet of Things
$238K01 Sep 2008 Gauteng

Clickability

Content
Enterprise Software
IaaS
SaaS
Software
$8M04 Feb 2008 San Francisco, California, United States

Penguin Computing

Enterprise Software
Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$3M16 Oct 2007 San Francisco, California, United States

Penguin Computing

Enterprise Software
Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$9M29 Mar 2007 San Francisco, California, United States

Azaire Networks

Consumer Software
Mobile
Wireless
$21M25 Aug 2006 San Jose, California, United States
News
LifeQ Raises $47M in Funding

– LifeQ, a provider of biometrics and health information derived from wearable devices and used in health management solutions, raised $47m.
– The round was led by Invenfin, 4Di Capital, Allectus Capital, Mogul Capital, Tenhong Holdings, Analog Devices, Hannover Re, Convergence Partners, Stellar Capital Partners, Nedbank Corporate and Investment Bank, Delos, OneBio Seed Investment Fund, Virgin Group, Lireas, Allen & Co, and Acequia Capital.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate the company’s global expansion and development of new products.

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Total investments 40
Average round size 10M
Rounds per year 2.35
Peak activity year 2000
Lead investments 13
Follow on index 0.28
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.57

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Yellow

Bitcoin
Internet
Last Mile Transportation
Mobile
Mobile Payments
Public Transportation
Ride Sharing
Software
Transportation
$14M27 Mar 2023 Lilongwe, Lilongwe, Malawi

Clerkenwell Health

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$2M10 Oct 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Snapt

Information Technology
Open Source
Software
$3M06 Dec 2018 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Snapt

Information Technology
Open Source
Software
$1M31 May 2016 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

GameZBoost

Apps
Developer Tools
Gamification
Gaming
Internet of Things
$238K01 Sep 2008 Gauteng

Clickability

Content
Enterprise Software
IaaS
SaaS
Software
$8M04 Feb 2008 San Francisco, California, United States

Penguin Computing

Enterprise Software
Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$3M16 Oct 2007 San Francisco, California, United States

Penguin Computing

Enterprise Software
Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$9M29 Mar 2007 San Francisco, California, United States

Azaire Networks

Consumer Software
Mobile
Wireless
$21M25 Aug 2006 San Jose, California, United States
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