DEG

Type

Corporate investor

Status

Active

Location

Overland Park, United States

Total investments

19

Average round size

26M

Portfolio companies

18

Rounds per year

0.76

Lead investments

3

Exits

3

Areas of investment
InternetFinancial ServicesFinTechFinanceManufacturingBankingInsuranceEnergyRenewable EnergySolar

Summary

In 1999 was created DEG, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Overland Park. The venture was found in North America in United States.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Access Bank Plc., Suryoday Small Finance Bank, Surfline Communications. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Nigeria. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are FinTech, Interior Design.

The current fund was established by Dale Hazlett, Neal Sharma.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 participants. Despite the DEG, startups are often financed by Gaja Capital, Evolvence India Fund, Vantage Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are International Finance Corporation, FMO, VinaCapital Investment Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, TVS Capital Funds, PROPARCO.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2019. Opposing the other organizations, this DEG works on 12 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
19
Lead investments
3
Exits
3
Rounds per year
0.76
Investments by industry
  • Financial Services (6)
  • FinTech (4)
  • Banking (3)
  • Renewable Energy (2)
  • Manufacturing (2)
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Investments by region
  • Nigeria (1)
  • India (4)
  • Morocco (1)
  • Vietnam (1)
  • China (1)
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Peak activity year
2022

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
17
Avg. valuation at time of investment
28M
Group Appearance index
0.68
Strategy success index
0.20

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Inclusivity Solutions 13 Jun 2019 FinTech, Insurance, InsurTech, Emerging Markets Early Stage Venture 1M Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa
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