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HPA

Founders Jeffrey Carter Peter Wilkins Ryan Humphreys

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Total investments 143
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$9M
Portfolio companies 83
Rounds per year 8.41
Lead investments 21
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.42
Exits 16
Key employees 7
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • SaaS
  • Internet
  • E-Commerce
  • Information Technology
Summary

HPA appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2007. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Chicago.

Opposing the other organizations, this HPA works on 15 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The average startup value when the investment from HPA is 1-5 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 1 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2016. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually.

This organization was formed by Peter Wilkins. The overall number of key employees were 7.

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 location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Software, E-Commerce. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Clearcover, Future Simple, ShipBob.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the HPA, startups are often financed by Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs), Chicago Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Chicago Ventures, OCA Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Plymouth Growth Partners, Harvard Business School Angels Chicago, Beringea.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Alphathena

Cryptocurrency
Financial Services
FinTech
$4M18 Jan 2024 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Blumira

Computer
Cyber Security
Information Technology
Network Security
$15M07 Jun 2023 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Bloomfilter

Information Technology
Software
Web Development
$5M04 May 2023 Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Aqua Cultured Foods

AgTech
Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Sustainability
$5M06 Apr 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

NanoGraf Corporation

Advanced Materials
Energy
Small and Medium Businesses
$65M14 Feb 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Elate

Computer
Productivity Tools
Software
$4M13 Feb 2023 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Tractor Zoom

AgTech
Big Data
Database
$5M03 Oct 2022 Iowa, United States

Pimly

Customer Service
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Sales
$5M26 Sep 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

oak9

Cyber Security
Developer Platform
Information Technology
Security
Software
$8M29 Jun 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Total investments 143
Average round size 9M
Rounds per year 8.41
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 21
Follow on index 0.42
Exits 16
Group Appearance index 0.94

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Alphathena

Cryptocurrency
Financial Services
FinTech
$4M18 Jan 2024 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Blumira

Computer
Cyber Security
Information Technology
Network Security
$15M07 Jun 2023 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Bloomfilter

Information Technology
Software
Web Development
$5M04 May 2023 Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Aqua Cultured Foods

AgTech
Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Sustainability
$5M06 Apr 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

NanoGraf Corporation

Advanced Materials
Energy
Small and Medium Businesses
$65M14 Feb 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Elate

Computer
Productivity Tools
Software
$4M13 Feb 2023 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Tractor Zoom

AgTech
Big Data
Database
$5M03 Oct 2022 Iowa, United States

Pimly

Customer Service
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Sales
$5M26 Sep 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

oak9

Cyber Security
Developer Platform
Information Technology
Security
Software
$8M29 Jun 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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