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Cycle Capital

Founders Andru00e9e-Lise Mu00e9thot

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Total investments 72
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$11M
Portfolio companies 34
Rounds per year 3.79
Lead investments 16
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.53
Exits 1
Key employees 8
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Electronics
  • Waste Management
  • Recycling
  • Agriculture
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Local Logic

Big Data
Commercial Real Estate
Information Services
Information Technology
Predictive Analytics
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
$13M02 Aug 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

SPARK Microsystems

CleanTech
Energy Efficiency
Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Wireless
$27M13 Mar 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Airex Energy

Energy Efficiency
Waste Management
$30M10 Mar 2023 Laval, Quebec, Canada

PreVu3D

3D Technology
Internet
Mobile
Software
$10M14 Feb 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

VueReal

Consumer Electronics
Electronics
Manufacturing
$14M18 Apr 2022 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Mysa

Consumer Electronics
Internet
Smart Home
Telecommunications
$20M03 Nov 2021 St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Nuventura

Renewable Energy
$2M15 Mar 2021 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Local Logic

Big Data
Commercial Real Estate
Information Services
Information Technology
Predictive Analytics
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
$6M09 Nov 2020 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Rhombus Energy Solutions, Inc.

Electronics
Energy
Energy Management
Energy Storage
Manufacturing
Power Grid
Renewable Energy
Software
Sustainability
17 Sep 2020 San Diego, California, United States

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Total investments 72
Average round size 11M
Rounds per year 3.79
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 16
Follow on index 0.53
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.85

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Local Logic

Big Data
Commercial Real Estate
Information Services
Information Technology
Predictive Analytics
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
$13M02 Aug 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

SPARK Microsystems

CleanTech
Energy Efficiency
Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Wireless
$27M13 Mar 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Airex Energy

Energy Efficiency
Waste Management
$30M10 Mar 2023 Laval, Quebec, Canada

PreVu3D

3D Technology
Internet
Mobile
Software
$10M14 Feb 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

VueReal

Consumer Electronics
Electronics
Manufacturing
$14M18 Apr 2022 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Mysa

Consumer Electronics
Internet
Smart Home
Telecommunications
$20M03 Nov 2021 St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Nuventura

Renewable Energy
$2M15 Mar 2021 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Local Logic

Big Data
Commercial Real Estate
Information Services
Information Technology
Predictive Analytics
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
$6M09 Nov 2020 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Rhombus Energy Solutions, Inc.

Electronics
Energy
Energy Management
Energy Storage
Manufacturing
Power Grid
Renewable Energy
Software
Sustainability
17 Sep 2020 San Diego, California, United States
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