In 2001 was created Development Bank of Wales, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Cardiff.
The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Education, Fitness. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Creo Medical, Thalia Design Automation, Mesuro. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.
The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Development Bank of Wales, startups are often financed by Acceleris Capital, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund, Seneca Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Maven Capital Partners, Fusion IP, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Maven Capital Partners, Fusion IP, Seneca Partners.
The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The average startup value when the investment from Development Bank of Wales is 1-5 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. This Development Bank of Wales works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 37 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies.
The overall number of key employees were 23.
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– Reacta Biotech from Deeside, North Wales, UK, raised £2.9m in funding.
– The round was led by Praetura Ventures with participation from existing shareholders including the Development Bank of Wales, Perscitus, Jon Moulton’s family office, and Reacta’s management team.
– The new investment will be used to scale up the company’s current product range, expand its team of specialists and expedite work on enhanced packaging solutions.
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| Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
Lineat Composites | 15 Oct 2024 | Bristol, England, United Kingdom | |||
Llusern Scientific | 10 Oct 2024 | Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia | |||
Kaydiar | 30 Sep 2024 | Neath Port Talbot, United Kingdom | |||
Menna | $685K | 10 Sep 2024 | Cumbria, England, United Kingdom | ||
PlantSea | $301K | 27 Aug 2024 | Isle of Anglesey, United Kingdom | ||
Awen Oncology | 22 Aug 2024 | Cumbria, England, United Kingdom | |||
Mallows Beverages | 12 Aug 2024 | Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom | |||
Tendertec | $602K | 04 Jun 2024 | Cardiff, United Kingdom | ||
Kubos Semiconductors | $2M | 06 May 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
