Cox Automotive

Total investments

10

Average round size

87M

Portfolio companies

8

Rounds per year

0.38

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.20

Exits

2

Areas of investment
AutomotiveTransportationMobileCar SharingEnterprise SoftwareManufacturingAutonomous VehiclesHardwareFleet ManagementElectric Vehicle

Summary

Cox Automotive is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1997. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Atlanta.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Android, Transportation. 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 no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Jingzhengu.com, Ridecell, Fyusion. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Cox Automotive, startups are often financed by New Enterprise Associates, Bitauto Holdings, UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Penske Automotive Group, Mitsui & Co, Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Toyota Motor Corporation, Vistara Capital Partners, Triangle Peak Partners.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 23 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
10
Lead investments
2
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.38
Follow on index
0.20
Investments by industry
  • Automotive (8)
  • Transportation (6)
  • Manufacturing (3)
  • Enterprise Software (3)
  • Car Sharing (3)
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Investments by region
  • United States (9)
  • China (1)
Peak activity year
2019
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
3B
Group Appearance index
0.70
Avg. company exit year
8
Strategy success index
0.60

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Rivian 10 Sep 2019 Automotive, Transportation, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle Late Stage Venture 350M United States, Michigan
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