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First Light Ventures

Founders Bob Pattillo

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Total investments 10
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$111K
Portfolio companies 8
Rounds per year 0.77
Lead investments 0
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Enterprise Software
  • Information Technology
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Outsourcing
  • Lead Generation
Summary

First Light Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2009. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Atlanta. The venture was found in North America in United States.

This organization was formed by Bob Pattillo.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Bioceptive, Kopo Kopo, Inc., Kickboard Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Information Technology, Mobile Payments.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the First Light Ventures, startups are often financed by Zillionize Angel, Y Combinator, Vijay Shekhar Sharma. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Zillionize Angel, Y Combinator, SV Angel. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sierra Ventures, Y Combinator, Unitus Ventures.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2011.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

LeadGenius

Big Data
Crowdsourcing
Enterprise Software
Lead Generation
Outsourcing
Sales Automation
01 Jun 2012 Berkeley, California, United States

Milaap

Crowdfunding
Finance
FinTech
Funding Platform
Medical
$75K01 Sep 2011 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Bioceptive

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Women's
$135K15 Aug 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

LeadGenius

Big Data
Crowdsourcing
Enterprise Software
Lead Generation
Outsourcing
Sales Automation
01 Jun 2011 Berkeley, California, United States

Kickboard

Analytics
Education
Information Technology
Software
15 Apr 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Kopo Kopo

Enterprise Software
Financial Services
Information Technology
Mobile Payments
Payments
Social Entrepreneurship
Telecommunications
$75K20 Aug 2010 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Kickboard

Analytics
Education
Information Technology
Software
$100K01 Jul 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Jack and Jake’s

Agriculture
Food Processing
Hospitality
$100K14 Apr 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Promethean Power Systems

Agriculture
Electronics
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Social Entrepreneurship
$129K11 Mar 2010 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Total investments 10
Average round size 111K
Rounds per year 0.77
Peak activity year 2011
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.20
Group Appearance index 0.50

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

LeadGenius

Big Data
Crowdsourcing
Enterprise Software
Lead Generation
Outsourcing
Sales Automation
01 Jun 2012 Berkeley, California, United States

Milaap

Crowdfunding
Finance
FinTech
Funding Platform
Medical
$75K01 Sep 2011 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Bioceptive

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Women's
$135K15 Aug 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

LeadGenius

Big Data
Crowdsourcing
Enterprise Software
Lead Generation
Outsourcing
Sales Automation
01 Jun 2011 Berkeley, California, United States

Kickboard

Analytics
Education
Information Technology
Software
15 Apr 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Kopo Kopo

Enterprise Software
Financial Services
Information Technology
Mobile Payments
Payments
Social Entrepreneurship
Telecommunications
$75K20 Aug 2010 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Kickboard

Analytics
Education
Information Technology
Software
$100K01 Jul 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Jack and Jake’s

Agriculture
Food Processing
Hospitality
$100K14 Apr 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Promethean Power Systems

Agriculture
Electronics
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Social Entrepreneurship
$129K11 Mar 2010 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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