Harvard Business School Angels Chicago

Type

Angel Group/Syndicate

Status

Active

Location

Kenilworth, United States

Total investments

40

Average round size

4M

Portfolio companies

24

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.38

Exits

2

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
LogisticsSupply Chain ManagementSoftwareMachine LearningHealth CareConsumer SoftwareHardwareConsumer ElectronicsEmbedded SoftwarePublic Safety

Summary

The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Chicago.

The top activity for fund was in 2016. The average startup value when the investment from Harvard Business School Angels Chicago is 10-50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

This organization was formed by Alexander Meyer.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Software, Health Care. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight FourKites, Gila Therapeutics, Surgical Innovation Associates. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Harvard Business School Angels Chicago, startups are often financed by HPA, Sandalphon Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are HPA, Sandalphon Capital, Impact Engine. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by HPA, CEAS Investments, Sandalphon Capital.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
40
Lead investments
1
Exits
2
Follow on index
0.38
Investments by industry
  • Software (12)
  • Hardware (10)
  • Health Care (9)
  • Consumer Electronics (6)
  • Supply Chain Management (6)
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Investments by region
  • United States (39)
Peak activity year
2016

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
4M
Group Appearance index
0.85
Avg. company exit year
7
Avg. multiplicator
1.34

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
FourKites 12 Oct 2016 Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Software, Enterprise Software Early Stage Venture 13M United States, Illinois, Chicago
Gearflow.com 24 Jun 2021 E-Commerce, Internet, B2B, Marketplace, Construction Seed 3M United States, Illinois, Chicago

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