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Croft & Bender

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Total investments 13
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$10M
Portfolio companies 7
Rounds per year 0.48
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.46
Exits 4
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • SaaS
  • Internet
  • Human Resources
  • Service Industry
  • Software
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Crayon

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Business Intelligence
Business/Productivity Software
Marketing
Media and Information Services (B2B)
SaaS
Social/Platform Software
Software
Web Design
$22M04 May 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Gro Solutions

Banking
Financial Services
Sales
$4M20 Mar 2017 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

REACH Health

Health Care
Hospital
$4M17 Apr 2012 Georgia, United States

PeopleMatter

Enterprise Software
Hospitality
Human Resources
Information Technology
Internet
Restaurants
SaaS
Service Industry
Software
$7M03 May 2011 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Snagajob

Human Resources
Internet
Recruiting
SaaS
$27M10 Mar 2011 Virginia, United States

ControlScan

Information Technology
Security
Service Industry
$3M29 Jun 2010 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

PeopleMatter

Enterprise Software
Hospitality
Human Resources
Information Technology
Internet
Restaurants
SaaS
Service Industry
Software
$7M01 Dec 2009 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Snagajob

Human Resources
Internet
Recruiting
SaaS
$5M05 Feb 2008 Virginia, United States

Snagajob

Human Resources
Internet
Recruiting
SaaS
$9M26 Jul 2006 Virginia, United States

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Total investments 13
Average round size 10M
Rounds per year 0.48
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.46
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Crayon

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Business Intelligence
Business/Productivity Software
Marketing
Media and Information Services (B2B)
SaaS
Social/Platform Software
Software
Web Design
$22M04 May 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Gro Solutions

Banking
Financial Services
Sales
$4M20 Mar 2017 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

REACH Health

Health Care
Hospital
$4M17 Apr 2012 Georgia, United States

PeopleMatter

Enterprise Software
Hospitality
Human Resources
Information Technology
Internet
Restaurants
SaaS
Service Industry
Software
$7M03 May 2011 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Snagajob

Human Resources
Internet
Recruiting
SaaS
$27M10 Mar 2011 Virginia, United States

ControlScan

Information Technology
Security
Service Industry
$3M29 Jun 2010 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

PeopleMatter

Enterprise Software
Hospitality
Human Resources
Information Technology
Internet
Restaurants
SaaS
Service Industry
Software
$7M01 Dec 2009 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Snagajob

Human Resources
Internet
Recruiting
SaaS
$5M05 Feb 2008 Virginia, United States

Snagajob

Human Resources
Internet
Recruiting
SaaS
$9M26 Jul 2006 Virginia, United States
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