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Global Partnerships

Founders Bill Clapp Paula Clapp

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Total investments 7
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$28M
Portfolio companies 5
Rounds per year 0.25
Lead investments 0
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.29
Key employees 9
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Clean Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Consumer Electronics
  • Consumer Goods
  • Social Entrepreneurship
Summary

In 1994 was created Global Partnerships, which is appeared as VC. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Seattle. The company was established in North America in United States.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2017.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5 participants. Despite the Global Partnerships, startups are often financed by Peery Foundation, Village Capital, VilCap Investments. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Novastar Ventures, Village Capital, Global Innovation Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by United States Agency for International Development, Spring Accelerator, Novastar Ventures.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Kenya. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Sanergy, PayGo Energy. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Environmental Consulting, Clean Energy.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Turaco

Financial Services
FinTech
Insurance
Internet
$10M31 Aug 2022 Kenya, Kenya

Eneza Education

Education
Information Technology
$3M01 Mar 2018 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

PayGo Energy

Clean Energy
Oil and Gas
$1M21 Apr 2017 Kenya, Nairobi

Sanergy

Clean Energy
Communities
Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
$1M08 Feb 2016 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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Total investments 7
Average round size 28M
Rounds per year 0.25
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.29
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Turaco

Financial Services
FinTech
Insurance
Internet
$10M31 Aug 2022 Kenya, Kenya

Eneza Education

Education
Information Technology
$3M01 Mar 2018 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

PayGo Energy

Clean Energy
Oil and Gas
$1M21 Apr 2017 Kenya, Nairobi

Sanergy

Clean Energy
Communities
Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
$1M08 Feb 2016 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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