Craig Newmark Philanthropies

Type

Non-Profit

Status

Active

Location

San Francisco, United States

Total investments

12

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

12

Rounds per year

1.71

Lead investments

9

Areas of investment
CommunitiesEducationCyber SecurityDeveloper ToolsNewsDigital MediaNon ProfitAssociationSemantic SearchJournalism

Summary

The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the San Francisco.

The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup needs to be aged more than 20 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Education, Association. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Wikimedia Foundation, Consumer Reports, Civic Hall.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Craig Newmark Philanthropies, startups are often financed by Per Scholas, Omidyar Network, MacArthur Foundation. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Facebook.

The fund was created by Craig Newmark.

The top activity for fund was in 2019. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 80 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

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Analytics

Total investments
12
Lead investments
9
Rounds per year
1.71
Investments by industry
  • Non Profit (5)
  • Association (3)
  • News (3)
  • Education (2)
  • Cyber Security (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (12)
Peak activity year
2019

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
30
Group Appearance index
0.25

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