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Flex

Founders Barbara Ann McKenzie Joe McKenzie

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Total investments 19
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$25M
Portfolio companies 15
Rounds per year 0.35
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.21
Exits 4
Key employees 2

Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Mobile
  • Health Care
  • Software
  • Computer
Summary

Flex is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2014. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Davenport.

The fund was created by Samuel Ferry.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The high activity for fund was in 2016. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Flex, startups are often financed by Walden International, Victoria Grace, Two Sigma Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Wareness.io, Shanghai Electric Group Corp, Samsung Electronics. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Upfront Ventures, The Dow Chemical Company, RRE Ventures.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Aricent, Bright Machines, Canary. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Our Next Energy

Electronics
Energy Storage
$65M01 Mar 2022 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Our Next Energy

Electronics
Energy Storage
$25M18 Oct 2021 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Bright Machines

Computer
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Manufacturing
Robotics
Software
$179M23 Oct 2018 San Francisco, California, United States

Savari

Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles
Communications Infrastructure
Hardware
Smart Cities
Software
$12M24 Apr 2018 San Jose, California, United States

Kenzen

Analytics
Big Data
Bioinformatics
Health Care
Industrial
Internet of Things
Wearables
$5M24 Apr 2017 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Grabit Inc.

Logistics
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Robotics
$15M01 Sep 2016 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Nanit

Baby
Child Care
Health Care
Information Technology
Machine Learning
$6M15 Jun 2016 New York, New York, United States

VIMOC Technologies

Computer
Internet
Landscaping
$2M08 Feb 2016 Mountain View, California, United States

Olio Devices

Consumer Electronics
Fashion
Lifestyle
Wearables
$10M30 Jul 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

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Total investments 19
Average round size 25M
Rounds per year 0.35
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.21
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.95

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Our Next Energy

Electronics
Energy Storage
$65M01 Mar 2022 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Our Next Energy

Electronics
Energy Storage
$25M18 Oct 2021 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Bright Machines

Computer
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Manufacturing
Robotics
Software
$179M23 Oct 2018 San Francisco, California, United States

Savari

Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles
Communications Infrastructure
Hardware
Smart Cities
Software
$12M24 Apr 2018 San Jose, California, United States

Kenzen

Analytics
Big Data
Bioinformatics
Health Care
Industrial
Internet of Things
Wearables
$5M24 Apr 2017 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Grabit Inc.

Logistics
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Robotics
$15M01 Sep 2016 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Nanit

Baby
Child Care
Health Care
Information Technology
Machine Learning
$6M15 Jun 2016 New York, New York, United States

VIMOC Technologies

Computer
Internet
Landscaping
$2M08 Feb 2016 Mountain View, California, United States

Olio Devices

Consumer Electronics
Fashion
Lifestyle
Wearables
$10M30 Jul 2015 San Francisco, California, United States
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