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Independence Equity

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Total investments 8
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 4
Rounds per year 0.67
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.50
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Environmental Services (B2B)
  • Water
  • Nutraceutical
  • Food and Beverage
  • Agriculture
Summary

The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Northbrook.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline NuCurrent, Intellihot Green Technologies, Algal Scientific (Acquired by Kemin Industries) Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, Water. The fund has exact preference in some 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.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Independence Equity, startups are often financed by Great Oaks Venture Capital, Formation 8, Ann Arbor SPARK. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Formation 8, Huron River Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Purple Arch Ventures, Huron River Ventures.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2014. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 9 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Algal Scientific

Agriculture
Animal Feed
Biotechnology
Environmental Services (B2B)
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Industrial Chemicals
Nutraceutical
Water
$7M01 Mar 2015 Michigan, United States

NuCurrent

Hardware
Mobile
Wireless
$3M21 Oct 2014 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Algal Scientific

Agriculture
Animal Feed
Biotechnology
Environmental Services (B2B)
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Industrial Chemicals
Nutraceutical
Water
$3M28 Apr 2014 Michigan, United States

EatStreet

Delivery
E-Commerce
Mobile
Restaurants
$10M01 Feb 2014 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

EatStreet

Delivery
E-Commerce
Mobile
Restaurants
$2M26 Feb 2013 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Intellihot Green Technologies

Consumer
Manufacturing
$325K01 Sep 2012 Illinois, United States

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Total investments 8
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 0.67
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.50
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Algal Scientific

Agriculture
Animal Feed
Biotechnology
Environmental Services (B2B)
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Industrial Chemicals
Nutraceutical
Water
$7M01 Mar 2015 Michigan, United States

NuCurrent

Hardware
Mobile
Wireless
$3M21 Oct 2014 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Algal Scientific

Agriculture
Animal Feed
Biotechnology
Environmental Services (B2B)
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Industrial Chemicals
Nutraceutical
Water
$3M28 Apr 2014 Michigan, United States

EatStreet

Delivery
E-Commerce
Mobile
Restaurants
$10M01 Feb 2014 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

EatStreet

Delivery
E-Commerce
Mobile
Restaurants
$2M26 Feb 2013 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Intellihot Green Technologies

Consumer
Manufacturing
$325K01 Sep 2012 Illinois, United States
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