IDEA Northeastern University's Venture Accelerator

Type

Accelerator/Incubator

Status

Active

Location

Boston, United States

Total investments

144

Average round size

15K

Portfolio companies

109

Rounds per year

10.29

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.24

Exits

6

Stages of investment
Seed
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyMobileMachine LearningHealth CareSaaSAppsEducation

Summary

IDEA Northeastern University's Venture Accelerator is the famous VC, which was founded in 2009. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Boston.

Besides them, we counted 7 critical employees of this fund in our database.

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 States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Social Network, Advertising. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Mavrck, Mavrck.

The important activity for fund was in 2014. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars are the general things for fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the IDEA Northeastern University's Venture Accelerator, startups are often financed by Techstars, Right Side Capital Management, MassChallenge. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Techstars, Autodesk. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by GrandBanks Capital, Y Combinator, Techstars.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Series ASeries B

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
144
Lead investments
1
Exits
6
Rounds per year
10.29
Follow on index
0.24
Investments by industry
  • Software (30)
  • Health Care (18)
  • Mobile (16)
  • SaaS (15)
  • Internet (12)
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Investments by region
  • United States (123)
  • France (1)
  • Nigeria (1)
  • Chile (1)
  • Brazil (2)
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Peak activity year
2016

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
6M
Group Appearance index
0.04
Avg. company exit year
5
Strategy success index
0.50

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
15 Feb 2012 Biotechnology Seed 0 United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Mobile Pixels 19 Jun 2018 Mobile, Consumer Electronics Seed 37K United States, Massachusetts

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