Hermes GPE

Total investments

25

Average round size

39M

Portfolio companies

18

Rounds per year

1.79

Follow on index

0.28

Exits

5

Stages of investment
Private EquityLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceSoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechInformation TechnologyFood and BeverageDeliverySame Day DeliveryEnergy EfficiencyFood Delivery

Summary

Hermes GPE Environmental Innovation Fund appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2010. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom. The main department of described VC is located in the London.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Energy, Chemical. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight IZettle, E-LeatherGroup, Sefaira. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Hermes GPE Environmental Innovation Fund, startups are often financed by Zouk Capital, Santander InnoVentures, SEB Private Equity. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Zouk Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Scottish Equity Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Zouk Capital, Swedbank Robur, SEB Private Equity.

The high activity for fund was in 2012. This Hermes GPE Environmental Innovation Fund works on 4 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The real fund results show that this VC is 12 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

We also calculated 4 valuable employees in our database.

Show more

Investor highlights

Discover reliable insights

Find relevant VC investors, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities.

Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
25
Lead investments
0
Exits
5
Rounds per year
1.79
Follow on index
0.28
Investments by industry
  • Software (7)
  • E-Commerce (5)
  • FinTech (4)
  • Financial Services (4)
  • Energy Efficiency (3)
  • Show 52 more
Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (16)
  • France (1)
  • Austria (2)
  • United States (3)
  • Spain (1)
  • Show 1 more
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
4
Number of Decacorns
4
Number of Minotaurs
3

Discover reliable insights

Leverage validated data, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities for your business.

Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
12
Avg. valuation at time of investment
905M
Group Appearance index
0.76
Avg. company exit year
12
Strategy success index
0.70

Need more data?

Get access to full data about investors, including their team, contact information, and historic data.

Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
E-LeatherGroup 30 Mar 2023 Automotive, Manufacturing, Public Transportation, Textiles Early Stage Venture 18M England, Peterborough, United Kingdom

Similar funds

By same location

By same geo focus

By doing lead investments

How we get our data

At Unicorn Nest, we combine cutting-edge technology with human expertise to build one of the most reliable venture capital databases in the market. Our process begins with automated AI-enhanced data collection, leveraging the full potential of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Later, our team of analysts takes it further with manual verification, using proprietary tools for data cleaning and validation to ensure accuracy and reliability. We cross-check and enhance our findings through press and media monitoring, integrating information from trusted news outlets and venture capital aggregators. Finally, we stay ahead of the curve by monitoring social networks like LinkedIn and X.com.