In 2012 was created Gopher Angels, which is appeared as VC.
The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 22 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The average startup value when the investment from Gopher Angels is 5-10 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this Gopher Angels works on 12 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2018.
The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Energy, Software. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Surgical Innovation Associates, Kidizen, Upsie.
The fund was created by L. David Russick, Sara Russick.
The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Gopher Angels, startups are often financed by gener8tor, VilCap Investments, Techstars Retail Accelerator. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Daren Cotter, gener8tor, TWB Investment. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by True Ventures, The Syndicate Fund, Techstars Ventures.
Funds with similar focus
| Fund Name | Location |
| Airbus | Blagnac, France, Midi-Pyrenees |
| Antagene | France, Limonest, Rhone-Alpes |
| Blue Angels Ventures | China, Hunan, Nanshan |
| ChinaRock Capital Management | California, San Francisco, United States |
| consortium | - |
| EMC Insurance | Des Moines, Iowa, United States |
| Henry M. Jackson Foundation | Bethesda, Maryland, United States |
| International Customer Management Institute | Colorado, Colorado Springs, United States |
| Land Hessen | - |
| Operating Venture Capital | Louisiana, New Orleans, United States |
| PETstock | Australia, South Melbourne, Victoria |
| PunktB | Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden |
| SBI Ven Capital | Central Region, Singapore, Singapore |
| Sterling Payot | - |
| TDI Ventures, LLC | - |
| transaction Japan | Japan, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kawasaki |
| VCF Partners | - |
| Venture Capital | - |
Notable deals
| Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
HLRBO | $1M | 20 Feb 2024 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | ||
Creatively Focused | $3M | 22 Aug 2023 | Mendota, Minnesota, United States | ||
ProsperStack | $2M | 09 Nov 2022 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | ||
| $1M | 05 May 2020 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | |||
Surgical Innovation Associates | $4M | 02 Oct 2019 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ||
| $1M | 24 Aug 2018 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | |||
75F | $2M | 01 Jun 2018 | Minnesota, United States | ||
Upsie | $1M | 30 Jan 2018 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | ||
Kaleidoscope | $1M | 29 Jan 2018 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
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| Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
HLRBO | $1M | 20 Feb 2024 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | ||
Creatively Focused | $3M | 22 Aug 2023 | Mendota, Minnesota, United States | ||
ProsperStack | $2M | 09 Nov 2022 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | ||
| $1M | 05 May 2020 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | |||
Surgical Innovation Associates | $4M | 02 Oct 2019 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ||
| $1M | 24 Aug 2018 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | |||
75F | $2M | 01 Jun 2018 | Minnesota, United States | ||
Upsie | $1M | 30 Jan 2018 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | ||
Kaleidoscope | $1M | 29 Jan 2018 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
