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Factor E Ventures

Founders Hal Kruth Morgan DeFoort Seth Silverman

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Total investments 29
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 20
Rounds per year 2.64
Lead investments 5
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.31
Exits 1
Key employees 6
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Food and Beverage
  • Agriculture
  • Food Processing
Summary

In 2013 was created Factor E Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The main department of described VC is located in the Fort Collins. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Factor E Ventures, startups are often financed by Startupbootcamp Smart Transportation & Energy Berlin, Startupbootcamp, Rajan Anandan. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Vinay Mittal, Schneider Electric, Ramit Sethi. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), Vinay Mittal, Triodos Investment Management.

The overall number of key employees were 6.

The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Crofarm, InspiraFarms, Sistema Biobolsa. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - India. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Electric Vehicle, Social Entrepreneurship.

The high activity for fund was in 2016. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 10 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Gateway.fm

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Software
$4M20 Feb 2023 Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

enee.io

Battery
Energy
$1M08 Dec 2022 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Terralima

Agriculture
AgTech
FinTech
Marketplace
$100K05 Oct 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Beacon Power Services

Energy
Energy Efficiency
Energy Management
Software
$2M05 Aug 2022 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Gridless

Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency
01 Apr 2022 Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Opibus

Automotive
CleanTech
Electric Vehicle
Electronics
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Sustainability
$5M02 Nov 2021 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Otipy

AgTech
Artificial Intelligence
E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
$10M19 Jul 2021 Delhi, Delhi, India

60Hertz Energy

Energy
Information Technology
Renewable Energy
$1M24 May 2021 Anchorage, Alaska, United States

SENTRY

Environmental Consulting
Sustainability
Water
06 Apr 2021 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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Total investments 29
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 2.64
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.31
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.62

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Gateway.fm

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Software
$4M20 Feb 2023 Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

enee.io

Battery
Energy
$1M08 Dec 2022 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Terralima

Agriculture
AgTech
FinTech
Marketplace
$100K05 Oct 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Beacon Power Services

Energy
Energy Efficiency
Energy Management
Software
$2M05 Aug 2022 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Gridless

Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency
01 Apr 2022 Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Opibus

Automotive
CleanTech
Electric Vehicle
Electronics
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Sustainability
$5M02 Nov 2021 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Otipy

AgTech
Artificial Intelligence
E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
$10M19 Jul 2021 Delhi, Delhi, India

60Hertz Energy

Energy
Information Technology
Renewable Energy
$1M24 May 2021 Anchorage, Alaska, United States

SENTRY

Environmental Consulting
Sustainability
Water
06 Apr 2021 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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