Ginko Ventures

Total investments

9

Average round size

41M

Portfolio companies

7

Rounds per year

1.29

Lead investments

4

Follow on index

0.22

Exits

1

Areas of investment
LogisticsHardwareConsumer ElectronicsTelecommunicationsInternet of ThingsMobile DevicesFleet ManagementWaste ManagementRecyclingEnergy 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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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
9
Lead investments
4
Exits
1
Rounds per year
1.29
Follow on index
0.22
Investments by industry
  • Internet of Things (4)
  • Consumer Electronics (2)
  • Hardware (2)
  • Waste Management (2)
  • Fleet Management (2)
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Investments by region
  • France (3)
  • Finland (3)
  • United States (1)
  • Switzerland (1)
  • Belgium (1)
Peak activity year
2016

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Avg. valuation at time of investment
128M
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
9
Strategy success index
0.20

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Actility 16 Jun 2015 Telecommunications, Internet of Things, Energy Management Late Stage Venture 25M Ile-de-France, Paris, France
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