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Crestlight Ventures

Founders David Borlo Jens Horstman

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Total investments 11
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$432K
Portfolio companies 10
Rounds per year 1.00
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.09
Exits 3
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Internet of Things
  • Software
  • Enterprise Software
  • SaaS
  • Video Conferencing
Summary

Crestlight Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2011. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Palo Alto.

The current fund was established by David Borlo, Jens Horstman. We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 11 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2012. Opposing the other organizations, this Crestlight Ventures works on 11 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Crestlight Ventures, startups are often financed by The Artesian Group, Selous Venture Society, Chattanooga Renaissance Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Selous Venture Society, VentureWell, Transmedia Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Vocap Ventures, Transmedia Capital, Serra Ventures.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline XOi Technologies, Buddy Technologies The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Advertising, Internet of Things. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Australia.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Skillenza

Education
Human Resources
Recruiting
$270K15 May 2015 Karnataka

XOi Technologies

Enterprise Software
Knowledge Management
SaaS
Software
Video Conferencing
Virtual Workforce
$400K29 Apr 2015 Nashville, Tennessee, United States

XOi Technologies

Enterprise Software
Knowledge Management
SaaS
Software
Video Conferencing
Virtual Workforce
$1M08 Dec 2014 Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Content Savvy

Analytics
Internet of Things
$992K24 Jul 2013 New York, United States

Electriqcity

Internet of Things
01 Jan 2013 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

IntelliWheels

Hardware
Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Software
$500K16 Aug 2012 Champaign, Illinois, United States

Buddy Technologies

Cloud Data Services
Energy Efficiency
Internet of Things
Smart Building
Smart Home
$1M30 May 2012 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Groupiter

Internet
09 Feb 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

Eatwave

Internet of Things
Manufacturing
01 Jan 2012 San Diego, California, United States

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Total investments 11
Average round size 432K
Rounds per year 1.00
Peak activity year 2012
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.09
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.55

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Skillenza

Education
Human Resources
Recruiting
$270K15 May 2015 Karnataka

XOi Technologies

Enterprise Software
Knowledge Management
SaaS
Software
Video Conferencing
Virtual Workforce
$400K29 Apr 2015 Nashville, Tennessee, United States

XOi Technologies

Enterprise Software
Knowledge Management
SaaS
Software
Video Conferencing
Virtual Workforce
$1M08 Dec 2014 Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Content Savvy

Analytics
Internet of Things
$992K24 Jul 2013 New York, United States

Electriqcity

Internet of Things
01 Jan 2013 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

IntelliWheels

Hardware
Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Software
$500K16 Aug 2012 Champaign, Illinois, United States

Buddy Technologies

Cloud Data Services
Energy Efficiency
Internet of Things
Smart Building
Smart Home
$1M30 May 2012 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Groupiter

Internet
09 Feb 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

Eatwave

Internet of Things
Manufacturing
01 Jan 2012 San Diego, California, United States
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