Ignite

Summary

Ignite Accelerator is the famous VC, which was founded in 2011. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Newcastle Upon Tyne. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are SaaS, Internet. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight MindMate, Moltin, Jinn. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 1 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 50-100 thousands dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2020. The average startup value when the investment from Ignite Accelerator is 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 10 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. This Ignite Accelerator works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2015.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Ignite Accelerator, startups are often financed by Seedrs, Telia Company AB, Stuart Marks. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Northstar Ventures, IP Group Plc, ADV. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Seedrs, Northstar Ventures, IP Group Plc.

The fund was created by Collin Willis, Paul Smith.