Hughes

Total investments

1

Average round size

500M

Portfolio companies

1

Rounds per year

0.02

Exits

1

Areas of investment
InternetAerospaceTelecommunicationsDatabaseSatellite Communication

Summary

Hughes appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1971. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Germantown.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Satellite Communication, Database. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight OneWeb. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom.

The important activity for fund was in 2015. Deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 8 partakers. Despite the Hughes, startups are often financed by Virgin Group, Qualcomm Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Virgin Group, Totalplay, Qualcomm. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SoftBank, Qualcomm, Grupo Salinas.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
1
Lead investments
0
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.02
Investments by industry
  • Internet (1)
  • Database (1)
  • Telecommunications (1)
  • Aerospace (1)
  • Satellite Communication (1)
Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2015
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
9
Avg. valuation at time of investment
548M
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
8
Avg. multiplicator
0.14
Strategy success index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
OneWeb 26 Jun 2015 Internet, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Database, Satellite Communication Early Stage Venture 500M United Kingdom, London, England
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