Croft & Bender

Total investments

13

Average round size

10M

Portfolio companies

7

Rounds per year

0.48

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.46

Exits

4

Stages of investment
Private EquityEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
InternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyHuman ResourcesRecruitingSaaSEnterprise SoftwareRestaurantsService IndustryHospitality

Summary

In 1996 was created Croft & Bender, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Atlanta.

Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2013. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 2 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this Croft & Bender performs on 2 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Staffing Agency, Restaurants. 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. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight PeopleMatter, Snag, Gro Solutions. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 participants. Despite the Croft & Bender, startups are often financed by Intersouth Partners, Harbert Growth Partners, Council Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Harbert Growth Partners, BIP Capital, Intersouth Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Intersouth Partners, Harbert Growth Partners, Noro-Moseley Partners.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
13
Lead investments
2
Exits
4
Rounds per year
0.48
Follow on index
0.46
Investments by industry
  • SaaS (8)
  • Internet (7)
  • Human Resources (7)
  • Service Industry (5)
  • Software (5)
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Investments by region
  • United States (13)
Peak activity year
2013

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
15
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
7

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
SPI Dynamics 22 Jan 2002 Security, Developer Tools, Web Development Early Stage Venture 2M United States, Atlanta, Georgia

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