Darwin Ventures
Venture Capital
Active
Taipei City, Taiwan
6
5M
4
0.35
0.33
- Stages of investment
- Areas of investment
Summary
Darwin Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2004. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the San Francisco.
Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Travel, Travel Accommodations. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Taiwan. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight FunNow, AsiaYo.
The important activity for fund was in 2019. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.
The current fund was established by Frank R. Caufield.
The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Darwin Ventures, startups are often financed by CDIB Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Translink Capital, SparkLabs Taipei, Nippon Venture Capital.
Investor highlights
- Industry generalist
- Yes
- Industry focus
- Stage focus
- Geo focus
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Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 6
- Lead investments
- 0
- Rounds per year
- 0.35
- Follow on index
- 0.33
- Investments by industry
- Mobile Apps (3)
- Travel (3)
- Health Care (2)
- Medical (2)
- Biotechnology (2) Show 13 more
- Investments by region
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- Taiwan (5)
- Japan (1)
- Peak activity year
- 2018
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 8
- Group Appearance index
- 1.00
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FunNow | 08 Nov 2021 | Mobile Apps, Lifestyle, Travel | Early Stage Venture | 15M | New Taipei, Taiwan |
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