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Global Innovation Fund

Founders Alix Zwane

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Total investments 29
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 24
Rounds per year 3.22
Lead investments 17
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.17
Exits 2
Key employees 12

Areas of investment

  • Information Technology
  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Education
  • Information Services
Summary

Global Innovation Fund is the famous VC, which was founded in 2014. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the London. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight ideas42, Simprints, WhereIsMyTransport. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Information Services, Mobile. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

The overall number of key employees were 12.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The important activity for fund was in 2016. Comparing to the other companies, this Global Innovation Fund performs on 24 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 61 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Global Innovation Fund, startups are often financed by Omidyar Network, MacArthur Foundation, Goodwell Investments. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Goodwell Investments, Endeavor Catalyst, Warburg Pincus. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by United States Agency for International Development, Spring Accelerator, Clean Energy Ventures (CEV).

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Mr. Green Africa

Environmental Engineering
Recycling
Waste Management
13 Jan 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Kamatan Farm Tech

Agriculture
AgTech
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
$2M23 May 2020 Delhi

WhereIsMyTransport

Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$7M28 Feb 2020 London, England, United Kingdom

Mr. Green Africa

Environmental Engineering
Recycling
Waste Management
20 Aug 2019 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

CityTaps

FinTech
Mobile
Software
Telecommunications
Water
$1M06 Dec 2018 France, Ile-de-France, France

OnlinePajak

Information Services
Information Technology
$25M23 Oct 2018 Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Paga

Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Mobile
Mobile Payments
$10M06 Sep 2018 London, England, United Kingdom

EM3 AgriServices

Agriculture
AgTech
Farming
$10M09 Aug 2017 Uttar Pradesh

WhereIsMyTransport

Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$1M21 Jun 2017 United Kingdom, England

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Total investments 29
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 3.22
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 17
Follow on index 0.17
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.45

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Mr. Green Africa

Environmental Engineering
Recycling
Waste Management
13 Jan 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Kamatan Farm Tech

Agriculture
AgTech
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
$2M23 May 2020 Delhi

WhereIsMyTransport

Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$7M28 Feb 2020 London, England, United Kingdom

Mr. Green Africa

Environmental Engineering
Recycling
Waste Management
20 Aug 2019 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

CityTaps

FinTech
Mobile
Software
Telecommunications
Water
$1M06 Dec 2018 France, Ile-de-France, France

OnlinePajak

Information Services
Information Technology
$25M23 Oct 2018 Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Paga

Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Mobile
Mobile Payments
$10M06 Sep 2018 London, England, United Kingdom

EM3 AgriServices

Agriculture
AgTech
Farming
$10M09 Aug 2017 Uttar Pradesh

WhereIsMyTransport

Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$1M21 Jun 2017 United Kingdom, England
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