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Ginko Ventures

Founders Jean-Francois Baril

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Total investments 9
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$41M
Portfolio companies 7
Rounds per year 1.29
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.22
Exits 1
Key employees 2

Areas of investment

  • Internet of Things
  • Consumer Electronics
  • Hardware
  • Waste Management
  • Fleet Management
Summary

Ginko Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2015. The venture was found in Europe in Switzerland. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Geneva.

The current fund was established by Jean-Francois Baril. Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 7-8 partakers. Despite the Ginko Ventures, startups are often financed by Lifeline Ventures, Tesi, Xavier Niel. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Foxconn Technology Group, Swisscom Ventures, Bpifrance. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Swisscom Ventures, Tesi, Robert Bosch Venture Capital.

The average startup value when the investment from Ginko Ventures is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Ginko Ventures performs on 16 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2015. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 42 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Wearables, Consumer Electronics. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight HMD, Enevo, Actility. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - France.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HMD

Consumer Electronics
Customer Service
Manufacturing
Mobile Devices
Product Design
$100M21 May 2018 Uusimaa

Enevo

Fleet Management
Hardware
Internet of Things
Logistics
Recycling
Waste Management
$12M28 Sep 2017 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Devialet

Audio
Consumer Electronics
Electronics
$118M28 Nov 2016 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Cedexis

Analytics
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Content Delivery Network
E-Commerce
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Internet
SaaS
Software
$22M26 Jan 2016 Portland, Oregon, United States

Octonion

01 Jan 2016 Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

Enevo

Fleet Management
Hardware
Internet of Things
Logistics
Recycling
Waste Management
$15M30 Jun 2015 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Actility

Energy Management
Internet of Things
Telecommunications
$25M16 Jun 2015 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

PIQ

Sensor
Sports
Wearables
$5M22 May 2015 Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

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Total investments 9
Average round size 41M
Rounds per year 1.29
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.22
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HMD

Consumer Electronics
Customer Service
Manufacturing
Mobile Devices
Product Design
$100M21 May 2018 Uusimaa

Enevo

Fleet Management
Hardware
Internet of Things
Logistics
Recycling
Waste Management
$12M28 Sep 2017 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Devialet

Audio
Consumer Electronics
Electronics
$118M28 Nov 2016 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Cedexis

Analytics
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Content Delivery Network
E-Commerce
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Internet
SaaS
Software
$22M26 Jan 2016 Portland, Oregon, United States

Octonion

01 Jan 2016 Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

Enevo

Fleet Management
Hardware
Internet of Things
Logistics
Recycling
Waste Management
$15M30 Jun 2015 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Actility

Energy Management
Internet of Things
Telecommunications
$25M16 Jun 2015 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

PIQ

Sensor
Sports
Wearables
$5M22 May 2015 Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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