Empire Ventures

Total investments

3

Average round size

5M

Portfolio companies

2

Rounds per year

0.13

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.33

Exits

2

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
Specialty RetailInternet RetailSocial/Platform SoftwareE-CommerceInternetSoftwareDatabaseAuctionsDomain Registrar

Summary

Empire Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 1998. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Portland.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Auctions, Internet. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline SnapNames, Kurant

Comparing to the other companies, this Empire Ventures performs on 38 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 47 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The important activity for fund was in 2001. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2012. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Empire Ventures, startups are often financed by InvestAmerican Investment Advisors, Alliance of Angels. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Group One, Deep River Ventures, Cobalt Networks. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by InvestAmerican Investment Advisors.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
3
Lead investments
1
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.13
Follow on index
0.33
Investments by industry
  • E-Commerce (3)
  • Internet Retail (2)
  • Specialty Retail (2)
  • Auctions (2)
  • Social/Platform Software (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (3)
Peak activity year
2001

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
23
Group Appearance index
0.67
Avg. company exit year
10

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Kurant 04 Apr 2000 E-Commerce, Internet, Software, Database Early Stage Venture 8M United States, California, San Francisco

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