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Funk Ventures

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Total investments 6
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 4
Rounds per year 0.29
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 1
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Life Science
  • Nutrition
  • Internet
Summary

Funk Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2000. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Pacific Palisades.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Funk Ventures, startups are often financed by Tech Coast Angels, Red Planet Capital Partners, Momentum Venture Management. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mercury Fund, Tech Coast Angels, PhillipCapital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Health Evolution Partners, Versant Ventures, PhillipCapital.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2014. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this Funk Ventures performs on 12 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The important activity for fund was in 2008.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Logistics, Health Care. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight AlterG, Prolacta Bioscience, Cyber-Rain.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cyber-Rain

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Internet
$1M11 Oct 2010 Los Angeles, California, United States

Cyber-Rain

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Internet
$1M08 Jul 2008 Los Angeles, California, United States

AlterG

Health Care
Medical Device
Therapeutic Devices
$2M23 Jun 2008 Fremont, California, United States

Prolacta Bioscience

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Nutrition
$12M23 May 2007 California, United States

Prolacta Bioscience

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Nutrition
$540K21 Nov 2006 California, United States

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Total investments 6
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 0.29
Peak activity year 2007
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.83

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cyber-Rain

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Internet
$1M11 Oct 2010 Los Angeles, California, United States

Cyber-Rain

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Internet
$1M08 Jul 2008 Los Angeles, California, United States

AlterG

Health Care
Medical Device
Therapeutic Devices
$2M23 Jun 2008 Fremont, California, United States

Prolacta Bioscience

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Nutrition
$12M23 May 2007 California, United States

Prolacta Bioscience

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Nutrition
$540K21 Nov 2006 California, United States
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