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Darwin Ventures

Founders Frank R. Caufield

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Total investments 6
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$5M
Portfolio companies 4
Rounds per year 0.35
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Mobile Apps
  • Travel
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Biotechnology
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.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

FunNow

Lifestyle
Mobile Apps
Travel
$15M08 Nov 2021 New Taipei, Taiwan

Iweecare

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$2M30 Sep 2020 Taiwan, New Taipei

Spider Labs

Cyber Security
Internet
Security
$2M21 Nov 2019 Chiyoda, Japan

Iweecare

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$1M04 Jun 2019 New Taipei, Taiwan

AsiaYo

Apps
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Hospitality
Leisure
Mobile Apps
Sharing Economy
Travel
Travel Accommodations
Vacation Rental
Web Development
$7M05 Dec 2018 New Taipei, Taiwan

FunNow

Lifestyle
Mobile Apps
Travel
$5M12 Aug 2018 Taiwan, New Taipei

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Total investments 6
Average round size 5M
Rounds per year 0.35
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.33
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

FunNow

Lifestyle
Mobile Apps
Travel
$15M08 Nov 2021 New Taipei, Taiwan

Iweecare

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$2M30 Sep 2020 Taiwan, New Taipei

Spider Labs

Cyber Security
Internet
Security
$2M21 Nov 2019 Chiyoda, Japan

Iweecare

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$1M04 Jun 2019 New Taipei, Taiwan

AsiaYo

Apps
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Hospitality
Leisure
Mobile Apps
Sharing Economy
Travel
Travel Accommodations
Vacation Rental
Web Development
$7M05 Dec 2018 New Taipei, Taiwan

FunNow

Lifestyle
Mobile Apps
Travel
$5M12 Aug 2018 Taiwan, New Taipei
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