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Ferd Capital

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Total investments 52
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$12M
Portfolio companies 45
Rounds per year 2.08
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.13
Exits 24
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Health Care
  • Mobile
Summary

Ferd Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1998. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Lysaker. The venture was found in Europe in Norway.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight ARKeX, Smarterphone, Siving Egil Kvaleberg. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Biotechnology, Software. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Norway. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Ferd Capital, startups are often financed by Teknoinvest, Nordic Venture Partners (Sweden), Innovacom. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Teknoinvest, Viking Venture Management, Northzone. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Industrifonden, Teknoinvest, HealthCap.

When the investment is from Ferd Capital the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2007. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 10 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. This Ferd Capital works on 24 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Nofence

Agriculture
AgTech
Internet of Things
$14M14 Nov 2022 Norway, Norway

Ludenso

Augmented Reality
Software
$1M10 Oct 2022 Oslo, Norway

360 Logistics

E-Commerce
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
01 Jul 2022 Oslo, Norway

The Future Group

Augmented Reality
Broadcasting
Entertainment Software
Movies, Music and Entertainment
TV Production
$20M03 Nov 2016 Norway, Oslo

CFEngine

Computer
IT Infrastructure
Software
$13M04 Apr 2011 Palo Alto, California, United States

Smarterphone

Mobile
Software
Telecommunications
$5M27 Jan 2011 Norway, Oslo

Siving Egil Kvaleberg

Apps
Information Technology
Software
$5M25 Jan 2011 Oslo

Eniram

Clean Energy
Energy
Fuel
Marine Technology
Marine Transportation
Shipping
$5M29 Jan 2009 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

ARKeX

Energy
Oil and Gas
Software
$21M06 Jun 2008 England

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Total investments 52
Average round size 12M
Rounds per year 2.08
Peak activity year 2006
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.13
Exits 24
Group Appearance index 0.42

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Nofence

Agriculture
AgTech
Internet of Things
$14M14 Nov 2022 Norway, Norway

Ludenso

Augmented Reality
Software
$1M10 Oct 2022 Oslo, Norway

360 Logistics

E-Commerce
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
01 Jul 2022 Oslo, Norway

The Future Group

Augmented Reality
Broadcasting
Entertainment Software
Movies, Music and Entertainment
TV Production
$20M03 Nov 2016 Norway, Oslo

CFEngine

Computer
IT Infrastructure
Software
$13M04 Apr 2011 Palo Alto, California, United States

Smarterphone

Mobile
Software
Telecommunications
$5M27 Jan 2011 Norway, Oslo

Siving Egil Kvaleberg

Apps
Information Technology
Software
$5M25 Jan 2011 Oslo

Eniram

Clean Energy
Energy
Fuel
Marine Technology
Marine Transportation
Shipping
$5M29 Jan 2009 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

ARKeX

Energy
Oil and Gas
Software
$21M06 Jun 2008 England
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