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Francisco Partners

Founders Sandy Robertson

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Total investments 98
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$97M
Portfolio companies 76
Rounds per year 3.92
Lead investments 44
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.22
Exits 35
Key employees 30
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Health Care
  • SaaS
  • Cloud Computing
Summary

Francisco Partners is the famous VC, which was founded in 1999. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the San Francisco.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 47 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The average startup value when the investment from Francisco Partners is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2017. Deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. This Francisco Partners works on 7 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Francisco Partners, startups are often financed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Viola Ventures, Anthemis Group. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Bessemer Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Viola Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Menlo Ventures, Kinnevik AB, Focus Ventures.

The current fund was established by Sandy Robertson. The overall number of key employees were 30.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline LegalZoom, Barracuda Networks, Aconex Limited Besides, a startup needs to be aged 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Health Care, E-Commerce. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Reciprocity

Information Technology
Software
$60M08 Sep 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

AndHealth

Health Care
Medical
$57M10 Feb 2022 Columbus, Ohio, United States

News Break

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Journalism
Media and Entertainment
Mobile
News
Search Engine
$115M07 Jan 2021 Mountain View, California, United States

iboss

Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Network Security
SaaS
Security
Software
$145M05 Jan 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Tile

Apps
Consumer Electronics
Internet of Things
Mobile
$45M24 Jul 2019 California, United States

Avalon Healthcare Solutions

Health Care
Hospital
Medical
$29M06 Feb 2017 Tampa, Florida, United States

Avalon Healthcare Solutions

Health Care
Hospital
Medical
07 Jan 2016 Tampa, Florida, United States

K2

Apps
Business Information Systems
Cloud Computing
Enterprise Applications
Software
$153M03 Apr 2015 Bellevue, Washington, United States

Prosper Marketplace

Crowdfunding
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
Marketplace
Personal Finance
$70M04 May 2014 San Francisco, California, United States
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Zocdoc Announces $150 Million in Growth Financing from Francisco Partners

– Zocdoc announced $150m in growth financing from Francisco Partners.
– This follows a momentous year for the company, characterized by a successful transition to a profitable variable revenue model which has led to accelerating growth.
– Zocdoc grew revenue by more than 35% year-over-year before the pandemic, and had year-over-year growth in 2020 despite COVID-19’s disruption.
– The company will use the capital to further propel its rapid growth, deepening its investments in sales and marketing, and expanding the products available through its platform.
– Zocdoc has long been the leader in online scheduling for in-person doctors’ appointments. However, as the pandemic dramatically accelerated the adoption of telehealth, Zocdoc rapidly adapted its marketplace.

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Total investments 98
Average round size 97M
Rounds per year 3.92
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 44
Follow on index 0.22
Exits 35
Group Appearance index 0.49

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Reciprocity

Information Technology
Software
$60M08 Sep 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

AndHealth

Health Care
Medical
$57M10 Feb 2022 Columbus, Ohio, United States

News Break

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Journalism
Media and Entertainment
Mobile
News
Search Engine
$115M07 Jan 2021 Mountain View, California, United States

iboss

Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Network Security
SaaS
Security
Software
$145M05 Jan 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Tile

Apps
Consumer Electronics
Internet of Things
Mobile
$45M24 Jul 2019 California, United States

Avalon Healthcare Solutions

Health Care
Hospital
Medical
$29M06 Feb 2017 Tampa, Florida, United States

Avalon Healthcare Solutions

Health Care
Hospital
Medical
07 Jan 2016 Tampa, Florida, United States

K2

Apps
Business Information Systems
Cloud Computing
Enterprise Applications
Software
$153M03 Apr 2015 Bellevue, Washington, United States

Prosper Marketplace

Crowdfunding
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
Marketplace
Personal Finance
$70M04 May 2014 San Francisco, California, United States
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