DC Community Ventures

Total investments

7

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

6

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.14

Exits

1

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
MobileE-LearningFood and BeverageHealth CareEdTechEducationNetwork SecurityLifestyleHardwareWireless

Summary

The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Washington.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2012. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 9 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2020.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Cel-Fi by Nextivity, LearnZillion, LearnZillion. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Health Care, EdTech.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the DC Community Ventures, startups are often financed by NewSchools Venture Fund, Ulu Ventures, Social Venture Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are NewSchools Venture Fund, Ulu Ventures, Social Venture Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by DCM Ventures, NewSchools Venture Fund, Owl Ventures.

The fund was created by Karim Zia, R. Candler Young. We also calculated 1 valuable employee in our database.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
7
Lead investments
1
Exits
1
Follow on index
0.14
Investments by industry
  • E-Learning (2)
  • Education (2)
  • EdTech (2)
  • Food and Beverage (2)
  • Lifestyle (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (7)
Peak activity year
2012

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
15
Group Appearance index
0.29
Avg. company exit year
9

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company 19 Jun 2012 Food and Beverage, Communities, Lifestyle, Local, Association, Coffee Early Stage Venture 400K United States, Maryland

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