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El Dorado Ventures

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Total investments 122
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$15M
Portfolio companies 58
Rounds per year 3.30
Lead investments 16
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.52
Exits 36
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Enterprise Software
  • Manufacturing
  • Internet
  • Wireless
Summary

El Dorado Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 1986. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Menlo Park.

Besides them, we counted 5 critical employees of this fund in our database.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Enterprise Software, Software. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Coupa, Optoro, Air2Web.

The important activity for fund was in 2007. The real fund results show that this VC is 1 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. This El Dorado Ventures works on 0 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The average startup value when the investment from El Dorado Ventures is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2016.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the El Dorado Ventures, startups are often financed by Palomar Ventures, DCM Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Vesbridge Partners, Crosslink Capital, Intel Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Palomar Ventures, Crosslink Capital, VantagePoint Capital Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Cloud Infrastructure
Computer
Data Center
Information Services
Software
11 Oct 2017 New Jersey, United States

Beckon

Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Marketing
SaaS
$13M27 Jan 2015 California, United States

Beckon

Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Marketing
SaaS
$8M01 Feb 2014 California, United States

SportsEngine

Internet
Software
Sports
$6M02 Apr 2013 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

LockPath, Inc.

Cyber Security
Risk Management
Software
$6M16 Jul 2012 Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Badgeville

Computer
Enterprise Software
Gamification
SaaS
Sales Automation
$25M30 May 2012 Redwood City, California, United States

Catalog Spree

E-Commerce
Mobile
Retail
$6M17 Nov 2011 Mountain View, California, United States

Enstratius

Cloud Computing
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Security
$3M07 Nov 2011 Minnesota, United States

Beckon

Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Marketing
SaaS
$2M01 Oct 2011 California, United States

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Total investments 122
Average round size 15M
Rounds per year 3.30
Peak activity year 2006
Lead investments 16
Follow on index 0.52
Exits 36
Group Appearance index 0.93

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Cloud Infrastructure
Computer
Data Center
Information Services
Software
11 Oct 2017 New Jersey, United States

Beckon

Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Marketing
SaaS
$13M27 Jan 2015 California, United States

Beckon

Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Marketing
SaaS
$8M01 Feb 2014 California, United States

SportsEngine

Internet
Software
Sports
$6M02 Apr 2013 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

LockPath, Inc.

Cyber Security
Risk Management
Software
$6M16 Jul 2012 Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Badgeville

Computer
Enterprise Software
Gamification
SaaS
Sales Automation
$25M30 May 2012 Redwood City, California, United States

Catalog Spree

E-Commerce
Mobile
Retail
$6M17 Nov 2011 Mountain View, California, United States

Enstratius

Cloud Computing
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Security
$3M07 Nov 2011 Minnesota, United States

Beckon

Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Marketing
SaaS
$2M01 Oct 2011 California, United States
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