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EPIC Ventures

Founders Kent Madsen Nick Efstratis Todd Stevens

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Total investments 178
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$13M
Portfolio companies 100
Rounds per year 6.14
Lead investments 12
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.44
Exits 33
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • SaaS
  • Information Technology
  • Enterprise Software
  • Health Care
Summary

In 1994 was created EPIC Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Salt Lake City.

This organization was formed by Kent Madsen, Nick Efstratis, Tim Draper, Todd Stevens. Besides them, we counted 5 critical employees of this fund in our database.

This EPIC Ventures works on 13 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The typical startup value when the investment from EPIC Ventures is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the EPIC Ventures, startups are often financed by Intel Capital, DFJ, Venrock. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Trident Capital, TomorrowVentures, Sun Mountain Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tullis Health Investors, Trident Capital, Intel Capital.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. 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 exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Zenefits, Insidesales.com, Ancestry Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Software, Security.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

POSH

CRM
Event Management
Event Promotion
Nightlife
Software
Ticketing
$3M27 Apr 2023 New York, New York, United States

Shifted Energy

Electronics
Energy
Renewable Energy
$4M06 Mar 2023 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

PWR Lab

Software
$2M12 Jan 2023 Aptos, California, United States

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Delivery
Delivery Service
Packaging Services
Publishing
$5M14 Nov 2022 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

CIONIC

Information Technology
Software
$12M28 Sep 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Ostrich Cyber-Risk

Cyber Security
Risk Management
Software
$2M01 Aug 2022 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

ShardSecure

$11M25 May 2022 New York, New York, United States

Pestie

DIY
Home and Garden
01 Apr 2022 Lehi, Utah, United States

EveryoneSocial

Internet
Marketing
Sales
Social
Social Media Marketing
Software
$13M17 Mar 2022 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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ShardSecure Closes $2.5M in Pre-Series A Funding

– ShardSecure specializes in data security and privacy.
– Company raised $2.5m in Pre-Series A funding.
– The round was led by EPIC Ventures with participation from existing investors Industrifonden and cybersecurity expert Tom Noonan.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate the company’s growth, expand operations and business reach.

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Total investments 178
Average round size 13M
Rounds per year 6.14
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 12
Follow on index 0.44
Exits 33
Group Appearance index 0.93

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

POSH

CRM
Event Management
Event Promotion
Nightlife
Software
Ticketing
$3M27 Apr 2023 New York, New York, United States

Shifted Energy

Electronics
Energy
Renewable Energy
$4M06 Mar 2023 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

PWR Lab

Software
$2M12 Jan 2023 Aptos, California, United States

Oops

Delivery
Delivery Service
Packaging Services
Publishing
$5M14 Nov 2022 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

CIONIC

Information Technology
Software
$12M28 Sep 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Ostrich Cyber-Risk

Cyber Security
Risk Management
Software
$2M01 Aug 2022 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

ShardSecure

$11M25 May 2022 New York, New York, United States

Pestie

DIY
Home and Garden
01 Apr 2022 Lehi, Utah, United States

EveryoneSocial

Internet
Marketing
Sales
Social
Social Media Marketing
Software
$13M17 Mar 2022 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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