Heron Rock Fund
Venture Capital, Other
Active
Ottawa, Canada
63
9M
52
6.30
2
0.16
2
- Areas of investment
Summary
Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Grocery, E-Commerce. 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 Grove Collaborative.
The important activity for fund was in 2019. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. The average startup value when the investment from Heron Rock Fund is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.
The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 7 participants. Despite the Heron Rock Fund, startups are often financed by Tom Williams, Nexus Venture Partners, NextView Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Seek Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Nexus Venture Partners.
Investor highlights
- Industry generalist
- Yes
- Industry focus
- Stage focus
- Geo focus
Preferences and restrictions
- Restriction
- We are exclusively first-check investors. If you have raised more than $250k from friends and family, you are already “too late” for our Nest Fund
- Doesn’t invest in
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Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 63
- Lead investments
- 2
- Exits
- 2
- Rounds per year
- 6.30
- Follow on index
- 0.16
- Investments by industry
- Software (19)
- Health Care (13)
- SaaS (9)
- Education (8)
- Retail (7) Show 113 more
- Investments by region
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- United States (41)
- Canada (17)
- India (3)
- United Kingdom (1)
- Peak activity year
- 2020
- Number of Unicorns
- 3
- Number of Decacorns
- 3
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 7
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 117M
- Group Appearance index
- 0.73
- Avg. company exit year
- 4
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CodeCombat | 25 Mar 2014 | Gaming, EdTech, Education, Online Games, Video Games | Seed | 250K | United States, California, San Francisco |
| Jumbotail | 18 Mar 2024 | Food Products, Internet Retail, Beverages, E-Commerce, Retail, Food and Beverage, Marketplace, Grocery | Late Stage Venture | 19M | Karnataka, Bengaluru, India |
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