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DEG

Founders Dale Hazlett Neal Sharma

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Total investments 19
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$26M
Portfolio companies 18
Rounds per year 0.76
Lead investments 3
Exits 3
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Banking
  • Renewable Energy
  • Manufacturing
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Naked Insurance

Financial Services
Information Technology
Insurance
$17M15 Feb 2023 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Inclusivity Solutions

Emerging Markets
FinTech
Insurance
InsurTech
$1M13 Jun 2019 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
$28M30 Jul 2018 Singapore, Central, Singapore
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Indonesian logistics startup SiCepat raises $170 million Series B

– SiCepat, an end-to-end logistics startup in Indonesia, announced today it has raised a $170 million Series B funding round.
– The funding was led by Falcon House Partners, Kejora Capital, DEG (the German Development Finance Institution), Telkom Indonesia’s investment arm MDI Ventures, Indies Capital, Temasek Holdings subsidiary Pavilion Capital, Trihill Capital, and Daiwa Securities.
– The company’s last funding announcement was a $50 million Series A in April 2019.

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Total investments 19
Average round size 26M
Rounds per year 0.76
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 3
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.68

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Naked Insurance

Financial Services
Information Technology
Insurance
$17M15 Feb 2023 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Inclusivity Solutions

Emerging Markets
FinTech
Insurance
InsurTech
$1M13 Jun 2019 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
$28M30 Jul 2018 Singapore, Central, Singapore
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