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initial.vc

Founders Daniel Cunha Elad Cohen Roi Carthy

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Total investments 15
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 13
Rounds per year 1.15
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.13
Exits 5
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Internet
  • Marketing
  • Retail
  • Mobile
Summary

In 2011 was created initial.vc, which is appeared as VC.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. This initial.vc works on 15 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2012. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2013. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the initial.vc, startups are often financed by Proxima Ventures Ltd, Founder Collective, lool ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are lool ventures, e.bricks Ventures, Y Combinator. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by lool ventures, Horizons Ventures, Valiant Capital Partners.

The current fund was established by Daniel Cunha, Elad Cohen, Roi Carthy. Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Pitzi, Wibbitz, Inc., Soluto. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Retail, Hardware. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Me Salva!

EdTech
Education
Service Industry
03 Feb 2015 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Newsfusion

Artificial Intelligence
Communities
Digital Media
Internet
Mobile
Mobile Apps
01 Jan 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

Basico

E-Commerce
Fashion
Marketing
Retail
Sales
$500K01 Mar 2013 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

YContent

Advertising
Content Syndication
Video
$95K21 Feb 2013 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Pitzi

FinTech
InsurTech
Internet
Mobile
Retail
Security
Software
$1M13 Aug 2012 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Parallel Universe

Computer
Hardware
Software
01 Aug 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

Wibbitz

Creative Agency
Digital Marketing
Internet
Marketing
Publishing
SaaS
Social Media
Video
Video Editing
$2M05 Jun 2012 New York, New York, United States

Glambox

Beauty
Marketing
$500K01 Jan 2012 Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil

Pose

Business/Productivity Software
CRM
E-Commerce
Enterprise Software
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Point of Sale
Retail
SaaS
Small and Medium Businesses
Software
Web Development
$1M07 Jul 2011 Tel Aviv District

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Total investments 15
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 1.15
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.13
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.53

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Me Salva!

EdTech
Education
Service Industry
03 Feb 2015 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Newsfusion

Artificial Intelligence
Communities
Digital Media
Internet
Mobile
Mobile Apps
01 Jan 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

Basico

E-Commerce
Fashion
Marketing
Retail
Sales
$500K01 Mar 2013 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

YContent

Advertising
Content Syndication
Video
$95K21 Feb 2013 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Pitzi

FinTech
InsurTech
Internet
Mobile
Retail
Security
Software
$1M13 Aug 2012 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Parallel Universe

Computer
Hardware
Software
01 Aug 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

Wibbitz

Creative Agency
Digital Marketing
Internet
Marketing
Publishing
SaaS
Social Media
Video
Video Editing
$2M05 Jun 2012 New York, New York, United States

Glambox

Beauty
Marketing
$500K01 Jan 2012 Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil

Pose

Business/Productivity Software
CRM
E-Commerce
Enterprise Software
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Point of Sale
Retail
SaaS
Small and Medium Businesses
Software
Web Development
$1M07 Jul 2011 Tel Aviv District
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