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DDF

Founders Tim Draper Toro Orero

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Total investments 7
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$247K
Portfolio companies 8
Rounds per year 1.17
Lead investments 0
Exits 1
Key employees 1
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Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Wireless
  • Mobile
  • Digital Entertainment
  • News
Summary

In 2015 was created DDF, which is appeared as VC. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the San Mateo. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the DDF, startups are often financed by Vinny Lingham, Zeno Ventures, Y Combinator. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Singularity Investments, 4DX Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Zeno Ventures, Y Combinator, Western Technology Investment.

This organization was formed by Tim Draper, Toro Orero.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2016. The common things for fund are deals in the range of less than 50 thousands dollars. The average startup value when the investment from DDF is 100 thousands - 1 million dollars.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as E-Commerce, Home Improvement. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Tizeti, SweepSouth, Paystack. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Nigeria.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Tizeti

Information Technology
Internet
Wireless
01 Mar 2018 Lagos

SweepSouth

E-Commerce
Home Improvement
Home Services
Internet
Logistics
Retail
01 May 2017 Gauteng

wifi.com.ng

Internet
Service Industry
Video on Demand
Wireless
01 Feb 2017 Lagos

Vuga

Mobile
Mobile Payments
15 Oct 2016 Huye, Southern Province, Rwanda

Sliide

Advertising
Digital Entertainment
Marketing
Media and Entertainment
Mobile Apps
News
Telecommunications
13 May 2016 England

Apps
Transportation
Travel
$35K03 Jan 2016 Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria

Zagace Inc.

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Mobile
SaaS
Small and Medium Businesses
Software
$1M03 Feb 2015 San Jose, California, United States

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Total investments 7
Average round size 247K
Rounds per year 1.17
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 0
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.43

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Tizeti

Information Technology
Internet
Wireless
01 Mar 2018 Lagos

SweepSouth

E-Commerce
Home Improvement
Home Services
Internet
Logistics
Retail
01 May 2017 Gauteng

wifi.com.ng

Internet
Service Industry
Video on Demand
Wireless
01 Feb 2017 Lagos

Vuga

Mobile
Mobile Payments
15 Oct 2016 Huye, Southern Province, Rwanda

Sliide

Advertising
Digital Entertainment
Marketing
Media and Entertainment
Mobile Apps
News
Telecommunications
13 May 2016 England

Apps
Transportation
Travel
$35K03 Jan 2016 Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria

Zagace Inc.

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Mobile
SaaS
Small and Medium Businesses
Software
$1M03 Feb 2015 San Jose, California, United States
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