Grantham Foundation

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Boston, United States

Total investments

44

Average round size

13M

Portfolio companies

40

Rounds per year

1.63

Lead investments

5

Follow on index

0.09

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyInformation TechnologyEnergyRenewable EnergyAgTechChemicalAgricultureFarmingEnvironmental ConsultingEnvironmental Engineering

Summary

Grantham Foundation is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1997. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Boston.

The top activity for fund was in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Agriculture, Biotechnology. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Hazel Technologies

The fund was created by Hannelore Grantham, Jeremy Grantham.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 9 partakers. Despite the Grantham Foundation, startups are often financed by Valley Oak Investments, Rhapsody Venture Partners, VentureWell. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Valley Oak Investments, Serra Ventures, S2G Ventures.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistEnergyHealthcareClimate tech
Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
44
Lead investments
5
Rounds per year
1.63
Follow on index
0.09
Investments by industry
  • Environmental Consulting (9)
  • Renewable Energy (8)
  • Agriculture (7)
  • Biotechnology (7)
  • Energy (7)
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Investments by region
  • United States (34)
  • Canada (1)
  • Israel (2)
  • United Kingdom (4)
  • France (1)
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Peak activity year
2022

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
5
Avg. valuation at time of investment
790K
Group Appearance index
0.70

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
CroBio 23 Apr 2024 Biotechnology, Agriculture, Farming Seed 1M England, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Deep Science Ventures 01 Jan 2018 Biotechnology, Venture Capital, Commercial, Life Science, Biopharma, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Seed England, London, United Kingdom
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