Direct Group
7
10M
5
0.22
0.29
3
- Areas of investment
Summary
In 1990 was created Direct Group, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Doncaster.
The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Direct Group, startups are often financed by Fastlane Ventures, e.ventures, Mangrove Capital Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Fastlane Ventures, Mangrove Capital Partners, e.ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Fastlane Ventures, TA Ventures, Sirin Labs.
Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Finance, Shopping. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Russian Federation. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight KupiVIP, IQcard, Sapato.ru. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.
The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2013. Comparing to the other companies, this Direct Group performs on 0 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2015.
Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 7
- Lead investments
- 0
- Exits
- 3
- Rounds per year
- 0.22
- Follow on index
- 0.29
- Investments by industry
- Retail (4)
- Finance (3)
- Non Profit (3)
- Loyalty Programs (3)
- Information Technology (3) Show 7 more
- Investments by region
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- Russia (7)
- Peak activity year
- 2013
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 11
- Group Appearance index
- 1.00
- Avg. company exit year
- 7
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KupiBonus | 01 Jul 2010 | E-Commerce | Seed | Moscow, Moscow, Russia |
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