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Flatiron Partners

Founders Charles Lax Fred Wilson Jerry Colonna Peter Himler

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Total investments 42
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$20M
Portfolio companies 34
Rounds per year 1.56
Lead investments 5
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.19
Exits 16
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Advertising
  • E-Commerce
  • Marketing
  • Software
Summary

Flatiron Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1996. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the New York. The venture was found in North America in United States.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive 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. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Business Development, Marketing. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Kozmo.com, AppGenesys, Submarino The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

The top activity for fund was in 2000. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Opposing the other organizations, this Flatiron Partners works on 12 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 1 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2004.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Flatiron Partners, startups are often financed by Lehman Brothers, Accel, Stephens Inc.. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are JPMorgan Partners (JPMP), Accel, Lehman Brothers. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Adams Street Partners, Accel.

This organization was formed by Charles Lax, Fred Wilson, Jerry Colonna, Peter Himler.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

PathogenDx

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Cannabis
Health Care
Market Research
$7M30 Sep 2019 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Bigfoot Interactive

Advertising
Computer
Consulting
Consumer Electronics
CRM
Electronics
Email Marketing
Information Services (B2C)
Information Technology
Marketing
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Social/Platform Software
Software
$6M23 Jan 2002 New York, New York, United States

comScore

Advertising
Analytics
Consumer
SaaS
Social Media Marketing
Test and Measurement
$15M13 Aug 2001 Virginia, United States

Vindigo

Advertising
Apps
Mobile
Wireless
$6M02 Jul 2001 New York, New York, United States

PortalPlayer

Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Software
$22M05 Jan 2001 San Jose, California, United States

MercadoLibre

E-Commerce
Internet
Marketing
Marketplace
$46M11 May 2000 Mendoza, Argentina

Alacra

Content
Data Center
Enterprise Software
Product Management
Product Research
$11M26 Apr 2000 New York, New York, United States

Vindigo

Advertising
Apps
Mobile
Wireless
$9M24 Apr 2000 New York, New York, United States

Expression Engines

Business Development
Marketing
Online Auctions
$8M12 Apr 2000 New York, New York, United States

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Total investments 42
Average round size 20M
Rounds per year 1.56
Peak activity year 2000
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.19
Exits 16
Group Appearance index 0.98

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

PathogenDx

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Cannabis
Health Care
Market Research
$7M30 Sep 2019 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Bigfoot Interactive

Advertising
Computer
Consulting
Consumer Electronics
CRM
Electronics
Email Marketing
Information Services (B2C)
Information Technology
Marketing
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Social/Platform Software
Software
$6M23 Jan 2002 New York, New York, United States

comScore

Advertising
Analytics
Consumer
SaaS
Social Media Marketing
Test and Measurement
$15M13 Aug 2001 Virginia, United States

Vindigo

Advertising
Apps
Mobile
Wireless
$6M02 Jul 2001 New York, New York, United States

PortalPlayer

Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Software
$22M05 Jan 2001 San Jose, California, United States

MercadoLibre

E-Commerce
Internet
Marketing
Marketplace
$46M11 May 2000 Mendoza, Argentina

Alacra

Content
Data Center
Enterprise Software
Product Management
Product Research
$11M26 Apr 2000 New York, New York, United States

Vindigo

Advertising
Apps
Mobile
Wireless
$9M24 Apr 2000 New York, New York, United States

Expression Engines

Business Development
Marketing
Online Auctions
$8M12 Apr 2000 New York, New York, United States
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