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DC Community Ventures

Founders Karim Zia R. Candler Young

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Total investments 7
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 6
Lead investments 1
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.14
Exits 1
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • E-Learning
  • Education
  • EdTech
  • Food and Beverage
  • Lifestyle
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Internet
Lifestyle
$400K24 Jul 2015 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

LearnZillion

E-Learning
EdTech
Education
$7M15 Apr 2013 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Association
Coffee
Communities
Food and Beverage
Lifestyle
Local
$400K19 Jun 2012 Maryland, United States

LearnZillion

E-Learning
EdTech
Education
$2M29 Mar 2012 District of Columbia, United States

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Total investments 7
Average round size 2M
Peak activity year 2012
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.14
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.29

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Internet
Lifestyle
$400K24 Jul 2015 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

LearnZillion

E-Learning
EdTech
Education
$7M15 Apr 2013 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Association
Coffee
Communities
Food and Beverage
Lifestyle
Local
$400K19 Jun 2012 Maryland, United States

LearnZillion

E-Learning
EdTech
Education
$2M29 Mar 2012 District of Columbia, United States
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