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Globespan Capital Partners

Founders Andrew Goldfarb Barry Schiffman

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Total investments 208
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$17M
Portfolio companies 106
Rounds per year 9.90
Lead investments 31
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.49
Exits 69
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Enterprise Software
  • Information Technology
  • Mobile
  • Analytics
Summary

Globespan Capital Partners is the famous VC, which was founded in 2003. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Boston.

This organization was formed by Andrew Goldfarb, Barry Schiffman. The overall number of key employees were 2.

This Globespan Capital Partners works on 0 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2010. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2006. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. When the investment is from Globespan Capital Partners the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Globespan Capital Partners, startups are often financed by DFJ, JAFCO Asia, Pitango Venture Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Viola Ventures, Sequoia Capital Israel, Battery Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Viola Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Palo Alto Networks, Roku, Inc., Upwork. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Internet, Wireless. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Silk

Cloud Infrastructure
Enterprise Software
$55M07 Jul 2021 Massachusetts, United States

Silk

Cloud Infrastructure
Database
Enterprise Software
$25M15 Jul 2020 Needham, Massachusetts, United States

BitSight

Cyber Security
Risk Management
Security
Software
$40M15 Sep 2016 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

BitSight

Cyber Security
Risk Management
Security
Software
$23M25 Jun 2015 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Gild

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Human Resources
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Recruiting
Software
$13M04 Jun 2014 San Francisco, California, United States

Betterment

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Impact Investing
Internet
$32M15 Apr 2014 New York, New York, United States

SundaySky

Advertising Platforms
Digital Media
Personalization
Software
Video
$20M15 Oct 2013 New York, United States

Divide

Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Mobile
SaaS
Software
$12M08 Oct 2013 New York, New York, United States

Pursway

Ad Targeting
Advertising
Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Marketing
$7M03 Oct 2013 Israel, Tel Aviv District, Israel

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Total investments 208
Average round size 17M
Rounds per year 9.90
Peak activity year 2006
Lead investments 31
Follow on index 0.49
Exits 69
Group Appearance index 0.88

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Silk

Cloud Infrastructure
Enterprise Software
$55M07 Jul 2021 Massachusetts, United States

Silk

Cloud Infrastructure
Database
Enterprise Software
$25M15 Jul 2020 Needham, Massachusetts, United States

BitSight

Cyber Security
Risk Management
Security
Software
$40M15 Sep 2016 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

BitSight

Cyber Security
Risk Management
Security
Software
$23M25 Jun 2015 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Gild

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Human Resources
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Recruiting
Software
$13M04 Jun 2014 San Francisco, California, United States

Betterment

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Impact Investing
Internet
$32M15 Apr 2014 New York, New York, United States

SundaySky

Advertising Platforms
Digital Media
Personalization
Software
Video
$20M15 Oct 2013 New York, United States

Divide

Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Mobile
SaaS
Software
$12M08 Oct 2013 New York, New York, United States

Pursway

Ad Targeting
Advertising
Analytics
Big Data
Enterprise Software
Marketing
$7M03 Oct 2013 Israel, Tel Aviv District, Israel
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