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First Capital Group

Investor type Venture Capital
Founders Gary Graham Jeffrey P. Blanchard

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Total investments 11
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 6
Rounds per year 0.30
Lead investments 3
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.45
Exits 2
Key employees 3
http://www.firstcapitalgroup.com
Dallas, Texas, United States
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Consumer Software
  • Mobile
  • Enterprise Applications
  • Telecommunications
Summary

In 1984 was created First Capital Group, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Dallas.

This organization was formed by Gary Graham, Jeffrey P. Blanchard.

The high activity for fund was in 2005. Opposing the other organizations, this First Capital Group works on 11 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The real fund results show that this VC is 7 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Facilities Support Services, Software. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight NovusEdge, SecureLogix, Bluestreak Technology. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the First Capital Group, startups are often financed by Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, BDC Venture Capital, 3i Group. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, BDC Venture Capital, 3i Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, BDC Venture Capital, Gefinor Capital.

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These funds often invest in the rounds preceeding the rounds of First Capital Group:
1 3i Group
2 BDC Venture Capital
Typical Co-investors
First Capital Group is more likely to invest in rounds together with the following funds:
1 GEO Investments
2 Shengdian International Media
3 Yingtan Wosi Feiyang Touzi Youxian Gongsi
Funds investing in following rounds
These funds have a tendency to invest in the following rounds after First Capital Group:
1 GEO Investments
2 Yingtan Wosi Feiyang Touzi Youxian Gongsi

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Funds with similar focus acting as lead investors:
1 8 Wings Ventures
2 Datum AS
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Team
Dave Naus Partner 2cb9c762a0f0 f761864f10e6c2169 24d7ea05de353d61db 67080e4e44e63a32d8dece97621

Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Facilities Support Services
Software
$10M29 Aug 2011
First Capital Group
 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Bluestreak Technology

Consumer Software
Enterprise Applications
Mobile
Software
$20M11 Oct 2007
BDC Venture Capital
Iris Capital
Fonds de solidarité FTQ
First Capital Group
 Quebec

Bluestreak Technology

Consumer Software
Enterprise Applications
Mobile
Software
$8M31 Aug 2006
BDC Venture Capital
First Capital Group
Fonds de solidarité FTQ
 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

NovusEdge

Security
Smart Building
Software
$6M17 Jan 2006
Sevin Rosen Funds
InterWest Partners
First Capital Group
 Illinois, United States

Wellogix

Energy
Oil and Gas
Professional Services
$8M12 Sep 2005
First Capital Group
Capital Southwest Corporation
 Houston, Texas, United States

Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Telecommunications
$8M03 Jun 2005
Gefinor Capital
3i Group
First Capital Group
 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Bluestreak Technology

Consumer Software
Enterprise Applications
Mobile
Software
$6M04 Apr 2005
BDC Venture Capital
Fonds de solidarité FTQ
First Capital Group
 Quebec

Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Telecommunications
$6M18 Sep 2003
First Capital Group
3i Group
 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

SecureLogix

Network Security
Security
Software
$10M11 Feb 2002
Symantec
First Capital Group
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