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Follow[the]Seed

Founders Ajoy Mallik Andrey Shirben Curt Shi Eliav Alaluf

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Total investments 16
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 14
Rounds per year 2.29
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.12
Exits 1
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • SaaS
  • Travel
  • Cloud Computing
  • Information Technology
Summary

Follow[the]Seed is the famous VC, which was founded in 2015. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Sydney. The company was established in Australia.

The fund was created by Ajoy Mallik, Andrey Shirben, Curt Shi, Eliav Alaluf. The overall number of key employees were 5.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. This Follow[the]Seed works on 21 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2017. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 11 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Workspot, Jayride. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 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 - Australia. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are E-Commerce, Apps.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Follow[the]Seed, startups are often financed by muru-D, Translink Capital, RCL Accelerator. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Translink Capital, Helion Venture Partners, Western Technology Investment. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Translink Capital, Thorney Investment, Qualcomm Ventures.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Astra Guild Ventures

$2M26 Nov 2021 Taguig, Rizal, Philippines

xtingles

Marketplace
24 Nov 2021 -

Lumi Finance

Financial Services
FinTech
$6M13 Nov 2018 New South Wales

Workspot

Cloud Computing
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
Virtual Desktop
$15M15 Jan 2018 California, United States

Sweaty Chair

Gaming
$300K21 Nov 2017 New South Wales

Cozitrip

Artificial Intelligence
Online Portals
Travel
Travel Agency
03 Oct 2017 New South Wales

Abyss Solutions

3D Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Automation
Machine Learning
Robotics
$1M09 May 2017 New South Wales

Bangtuike

Advertising
iOS
News
Publishing
Social Media
18 Apr 2017 Beijing

Haystack

Apps
Business Development
Mobile
SaaS
$500K14 Apr 2017 Queensland

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Total investments 16
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 2.29
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.12
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.38

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Astra Guild Ventures

$2M26 Nov 2021 Taguig, Rizal, Philippines

xtingles

Marketplace
24 Nov 2021 -

Lumi Finance

Financial Services
FinTech
$6M13 Nov 2018 New South Wales

Workspot

Cloud Computing
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
Virtual Desktop
$15M15 Jan 2018 California, United States

Sweaty Chair

Gaming
$300K21 Nov 2017 New South Wales

Cozitrip

Artificial Intelligence
Online Portals
Travel
Travel Agency
03 Oct 2017 New South Wales

Abyss Solutions

3D Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Automation
Machine Learning
Robotics
$1M09 May 2017 New South Wales

Bangtuike

Advertising
iOS
News
Publishing
Social Media
18 Apr 2017 Beijing

Haystack

Apps
Business Development
Mobile
SaaS
$500K14 Apr 2017 Queensland
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