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Forrest Binkley & Brown

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Total investments 11
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$17M
Portfolio companies 10
Rounds per year 0.39
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.09
Exits 5
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Web Hosting
  • Web Development
  • Apps
  • Manufacturing
Summary

In 1993 was created Forrest Binkley & Brown, which is appeared as VC. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Irvine. The venture was found in North America in United States.

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 portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Vendavo, iBenefits, Cooking.com. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Internet, Chemical. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2014. This Forrest Binkley & Brown works on 26 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The average startup value when the investment from Forrest Binkley & Brown is 100-500 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 2 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2000.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Forrest Binkley & Brown, startups are often financed by InnoCal Venture Capital, Vanguard Ventures, Trident Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Vanguard Ventures, Trident Capital, Sigma Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Zon Capital Partners, Sigma Partners, Nth Power.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Vativ Technologies

DSP
Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$10M13 Dec 2006 San Diego, California, United States

SpectraSensors

Chemical
Energy
Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
$2M21 May 2003 Houston, Texas, United States

AD PathLabs

Health Care
Medical
$8M10 Feb 2003 California, United States

Artifact Entertainment

Gaming
Online Games
Software
$4M21 Oct 2001 Mesa, Arizona, United States

iBenefits

Apps
Software
Web Development
Web Hosting
$41M18 Jul 2000 California, United States

IPNet Solutions

Data Visualization
Database
Software
$40M28 Jun 2000 Newport Beach, California, United States

AirClic

Cloud Computing
Mobile
Software
Supply Chain Management
Transportation
$15M28 Mar 2000 Lower Southampton Township, Pennsylvania, United States

ShopTok

Customer Service
E-Commerce
$6M02 Feb 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

iBenefits

Apps
Software
Web Development
Web Hosting
$10M11 Jan 2000 California, United States

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Total investments 11
Average round size 17M
Rounds per year 0.39
Peak activity year 2000
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.09
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Vativ Technologies

DSP
Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$10M13 Dec 2006 San Diego, California, United States

SpectraSensors

Chemical
Energy
Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
$2M21 May 2003 Houston, Texas, United States

AD PathLabs

Health Care
Medical
$8M10 Feb 2003 California, United States

Artifact Entertainment

Gaming
Online Games
Software
$4M21 Oct 2001 Mesa, Arizona, United States

iBenefits

Apps
Software
Web Development
Web Hosting
$41M18 Jul 2000 California, United States

IPNet Solutions

Data Visualization
Database
Software
$40M28 Jun 2000 Newport Beach, California, United States

AirClic

Cloud Computing
Mobile
Software
Supply Chain Management
Transportation
$15M28 Mar 2000 Lower Southampton Township, Pennsylvania, United States

ShopTok

Customer Service
E-Commerce
$6M02 Feb 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

iBenefits

Apps
Software
Web Development
Web Hosting
$10M11 Jan 2000 California, United States
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