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Doughty Hanson & Co

Founders Nigel Grierson

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Total investments 40
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$11M
Portfolio companies 25
Rounds per year 1.08
Lead investments 8
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.38
Exits 14
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Mobile
  • Computer
  • Enterprise Software
  • Manufacturing
Summary

Doughty Hanson & Co is the famous VC, which was founded in 1985. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom. The main office of represented VC is situated in the London.

The current fund was established by Nigel Grierson. The overall number of key employees were 3.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Ubidyne, MBA Polymers, Plazes. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Internet, Business Development.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Doughty Hanson & Co, startups are often financed by Benchmark, Ventech, Seventure Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Benchmark, 3i Group, Ventech. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Benchmark, 3i Group, Ventech.

Opposing the other organizations, this Doughty Hanson & Co works on 4 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The average startup value when the investment from Doughty Hanson & Co is 10-50 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2014. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The high activity for fund was in 2007. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 18 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

RainStor

Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Software
$12M05 Oct 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

nScaled

Cloud Computing
Enterprise Software
Homeland Security
IaaS
Infrastructure
$7M21 Feb 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

MegaZebra

Apps
Casual Games
Gambling
Internet
31 Mar 2011 Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Handmade Mobile

Media and Entertainment
Mobile
Social Media
$9M14 Jul 2010 Santa Monica, California, United States

RainStor

Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Software
$7M10 Mar 2010 San Francisco, California, United States

Ubidyne

Hardware
Information Technology
Software
$43M20 Aug 2009 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Finance
FinTech
Fraud Detection
Identity Management
Internet
Personalization
Software
$2M23 Apr 2009 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

SoundCloud

Apps
Audio
Independent Music
Music
Music Streaming
$2M14 Apr 2009 Berlin

Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Solar
$47M01 Feb 2008 Brandenburg

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Total investments 40
Average round size 11M
Rounds per year 1.08
Peak activity year 2007
Lead investments 8
Follow on index 0.38
Exits 14
Group Appearance index 0.78

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

RainStor

Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Software
$12M05 Oct 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

nScaled

Cloud Computing
Enterprise Software
Homeland Security
IaaS
Infrastructure
$7M21 Feb 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

MegaZebra

Apps
Casual Games
Gambling
Internet
31 Mar 2011 Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Handmade Mobile

Media and Entertainment
Mobile
Social Media
$9M14 Jul 2010 Santa Monica, California, United States

RainStor

Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Software
$7M10 Mar 2010 San Francisco, California, United States

Ubidyne

Hardware
Information Technology
Software
$43M20 Aug 2009 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Finance
FinTech
Fraud Detection
Identity Management
Internet
Personalization
Software
$2M23 Apr 2009 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

SoundCloud

Apps
Audio
Independent Music
Music
Music Streaming
$2M14 Apr 2009 Berlin

Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Solar
$47M01 Feb 2008 Brandenburg
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