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Fuel Capital

Founders Brad Silverberg Chris Howard

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Total investments 134
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 94
Rounds per year 13.40
Lead investments 8
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.27
Exits 14
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • SaaS
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Internet
  • E-Commerce
Summary

Fuel Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2013. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the San Francisco.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Flexport, Convoy, Mesosphere. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as SaaS, Enterprise Software. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The important activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 deals per year. The real fund results show that this VC is 19 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. This Fuel Capital works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. When the investment is from Fuel Capital the average startup value is 50-100 millions dollars. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

This organization was formed by Brad Silverberg, Chris Howard. We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 8-9 partakers. Despite the Fuel Capital, startups are often financed by Kleiner Perkins, FundersClub, Andreessen Horowitz. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Liquid 2 Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, GV. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Y Combinator, GV, Andreessen Horowitz.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Charm

Developer Tools
Software
$6M02 Nov 2023 New York, New York, United States

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Developer Tools
Open Source
Software
$8M15 Aug 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Collaborative Robotics

Information Technology
Machinery Manufacturing
Robotics
$30M26 Jul 2023 Santa Clara, California, United States

Standard Fleet

Automotive
Electric Vehicle
Software
$7M14 Jun 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

HUSSLUP

Media and Entertainment
$2M19 Dec 2022 Los Angeles, California, United States

Capitol

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Data Visualization
Health Care
Software
$10M22 Nov 2022 New York, New York, United States

Checkmate

E-Commerce
Retail Technology
Shopping
$5M26 Sep 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Block Party

Communities
Mobile Apps
Social
$4M21 Sep 2022 Irvine, California, United States

ConductorOne

Software
$15M23 Jun 2022 Portland, Oregon, United States
News
Dogdrop Announces $2.9M in Funding to Scale New Franchising Model

– Dogdrop, a Los Angeles-based dog care startup, announces $2.9M in funding to scale convenient, tech-enabled dog care locations across the U.S.
– The latest funding was led by Fuel Capital with participation from Muse Capital, Animal Capital, Gaingels, The Helm and leaders in pet care including Mars PetCare and Garrett Smallwood, CEO of Wag!
– Dogdrop is also announcing the launch of their new franchise operations to meet the dramatic rise in demand for dog care services.
– Dogdrop provides convenient and flexible dog care inspired by a new generation of dog parents who want a better quality alternative that fits their lifestyle.

ConductorOne raises $5M in seed round led by Accel to automate your access requests

– ConductorOne is a startup that helps companies manage cloud app permissions.
– The company raised $5m in seed funding.
– The round was led by Accel and joined by Fuel Capital, Fathom Capital and Active Capital.

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Total investments 134
Average round size 8M
Rounds per year 13.40
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 8
Follow on index 0.27
Exits 14
Group Appearance index 0.96

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Charm

Developer Tools
Software
$6M02 Nov 2023 New York, New York, United States

Highlight

Developer Tools
Open Source
Software
$8M15 Aug 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Collaborative Robotics

Information Technology
Machinery Manufacturing
Robotics
$30M26 Jul 2023 Santa Clara, California, United States

Standard Fleet

Automotive
Electric Vehicle
Software
$7M14 Jun 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

HUSSLUP

Media and Entertainment
$2M19 Dec 2022 Los Angeles, California, United States

Capitol

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Data Visualization
Health Care
Software
$10M22 Nov 2022 New York, New York, United States

Checkmate

E-Commerce
Retail Technology
Shopping
$5M26 Sep 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Block Party

Communities
Mobile Apps
Social
$4M21 Sep 2022 Irvine, California, United States

ConductorOne

Software
$15M23 Jun 2022 Portland, Oregon, United States
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