Cycle Capital

Total investments

74

Average round size

11M

Portfolio companies

35

Rounds per year

3.89

Lead investments

16

Follow on index

0.53

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Private EquityEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyManufacturingElectronicsEnergyRenewable EnergyAgricultureWaste ManagementRecycling

Summary

Cycle Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 2005. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Montru00e9al. The venture was found in North America in Canada.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Canada. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Enerkem, MineSense Technologies, AeroSafe Global Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Energy, Information Technology. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The current fund was established by Andru00e9e-Lise Mu00e9thot.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Cycle Capital, startups are often financed by Chrysalix Venture Capital, BDC Venture Capital, Desjardins-Innovatech. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Desjardins-Innovatech, Chrysalix Venture Capital, BDC Venture Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Desjardins-Innovatech, BDC Venture Capital, Sustainable Development Technology Canada.

The high activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 14 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this Cycle Capital performs on 27 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
74
Lead investments
16
Exits
1
Rounds per year
3.89
Follow on index
0.53
Investments by industry
  • Manufacturing (17)
  • Electronics (14)
  • Waste Management (13)
  • Agriculture (11)
  • Biotechnology (11)
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Investments by region
  • Canada (65)
  • United States (6)
  • Germany (3)
Peak activity year
2015

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
16
Avg. valuation at time of investment
214K
Group Appearance index
0.85
Avg. company exit year
13
Strategy success index
0.20

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
MineSense Technologies 01 Oct 2016 Software, Analytics, Marketing, Mining Technology, Mining Early Stage Venture 12M British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
watttron 27 Mar 2024 Computer, Electronics, Innovation Management Early Stage Venture 14M Saxony, Germany, Germany

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