Graystone Venture Funds

Total investments

6

Average round size

12M

Portfolio companies

3

Follow on index

0.50

Exits

2

Areas of investment
CollaborationEnterprise SoftwareTrainingCyber SecuritySecurityVideoVideo on DemandVideo StreamingVideo ConferencingUnified Communications

Summary

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Graystone Venture Funds, startups are often financed by Lazard Technology Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Capital Investors. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Lazard Technology Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Capital Investors. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by New Enterprise Associates, Lazard Technology Partners, Menlo Ventures.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The top activity for fund was in 2000. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Opposing the other organizations, this Graystone Venture Funds works on 4 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight VBrick, ReleaseNow, Cyveillance. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are E-Commerce, Cyber Security. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
6
Lead investments
0
Exits
2
Follow on index
0.50
Investments by industry
  • Cyber Security (4)
  • Security (4)
  • Training (4)
  • Video Conferencing (1)
  • Video Streaming (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (6)
Peak activity year
2000

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
24
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
14

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Cyveillance 21 Jun 1999 Training, Cyber Security, Security Early Stage Venture 6M United States, Virginia
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