Doughty Hanson & Co

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.