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Empire Ventures

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Total investments 3
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$5M
Portfolio companies 2
Rounds per year 0.13
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 2
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Internet Retail
  • Specialty Retail
  • Auctions
  • Social/Platform Software
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

SnapNames

Auctions
Domain Registrar
E-Commerce
Internet Retail
Social/Platform Software
Specialty Retail
$3M31 Dec 2001 Portland, Oregon, United States

SnapNames

Auctions
Domain Registrar
E-Commerce
Internet Retail
Social/Platform Software
Specialty Retail
$4M01 Jun 2001 Portland, Oregon, United States

Kurant

Database
E-Commerce
Internet
Software
$8M04 Apr 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

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Total investments 3
Average round size 5M
Rounds per year 0.13
Peak activity year 2001
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.67

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

SnapNames

Auctions
Domain Registrar
E-Commerce
Internet Retail
Social/Platform Software
Specialty Retail
$3M31 Dec 2001 Portland, Oregon, United States

SnapNames

Auctions
Domain Registrar
E-Commerce
Internet Retail
Social/Platform Software
Specialty Retail
$4M01 Jun 2001 Portland, Oregon, United States

Kurant

Database
E-Commerce
Internet
Software
$8M04 Apr 2000 San Francisco, California, United States
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