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Gray Ventures

Founders Bernard W. Gray

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Total investments 22
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$6M
Portfolio companies 14
Rounds per year 0.67
Lead investments 2
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.36
Exits 5
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Video
  • Telecommunications
  • Information Technology
  • Career Planning
Summary

Gray Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1991. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Atlanta.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 1 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline RichRelevance, Overture Networks, BlueBolt Networks Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Digital Media, Software. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The current fund was established by Bernard W. Gray.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Gray Ventures, startups are often financed by ATDC, Noro-Moseley Partners, Intersouth Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Noro-Moseley Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds, H.I.G. Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by ATDC, Sevin Rosen Funds, Intersouth Partners.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2003. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2016. This Gray Ventures works on 9 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

QuantHUB

Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Software
$3M17 Jan 2024 Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Simnovus

Information Technology
Software
Telecommunications
$2M07 Apr 2023 Cary, North Carolina, United States

Innovation Management
Product Design
Video
$5M26 Jun 2007 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Overture Networks

Career Planning
Telecommunications
Web Hosting
$7M01 Jun 2006 North Carolina, United States

EGT

Digital Media
Manufacturing
Software
Video
$8M27 Feb 2006 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

LiveWire Logic

Artificial Intelligence
Sales
Sales Automation
$1M22 Jan 2004 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Silverpop

Advertising
Email Marketing
Information Technology
Lead Management
Marketing
Marketing Automation
Software
$4M12 Sep 2003 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

EG Technology

Innovation Management
Product Design
Video
$7M01 Jul 2003 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

EGT

Digital Media
Manufacturing
Software
Video
$7M30 Jun 2003 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Total investments 22
Average round size 6M
Rounds per year 0.67
Peak activity year 2002
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.36
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.95

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

QuantHUB

Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Software
$3M17 Jan 2024 Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Simnovus

Information Technology
Software
Telecommunications
$2M07 Apr 2023 Cary, North Carolina, United States

Innovation Management
Product Design
Video
$5M26 Jun 2007 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Overture Networks

Career Planning
Telecommunications
Web Hosting
$7M01 Jun 2006 North Carolina, United States

EGT

Digital Media
Manufacturing
Software
Video
$8M27 Feb 2006 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

LiveWire Logic

Artificial Intelligence
Sales
Sales Automation
$1M22 Jan 2004 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Silverpop

Advertising
Email Marketing
Information Technology
Lead Management
Marketing
Marketing Automation
Software
$4M12 Sep 2003 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

EG Technology

Innovation Management
Product Design
Video
$7M01 Jul 2003 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

EGT

Digital Media
Manufacturing
Software
Video
$7M30 Jun 2003 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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