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Innovation Fund

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Total investments 25
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 21
Rounds per year 3.57
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.16
Exits 2
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Chemical
  • Manufacturing
  • Service Industry
  • Information Technology
Summary

Innovation Fund is the famous VC, which was founded in 2007. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Elyria.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The top activity for fund was in 2015. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. This Innovation Fund works on 27 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 1 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Innovation Fund, startups are often financed by Qbic Fund, PMV, Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Theodorus III, Qbic Fund, PMV. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by JumpStart Inc., PMV, Ohio Third Frontier.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Unific, SplashLink, Blue Foot Membranes. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Medical Device, Information Technology. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Belgium. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Timeseer.AI

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Automation
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
Software
$6M07 Jan 2022 Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

Daphne Technology

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Marine Transportation
Nanotechnology
Power Grid
Shipping
$10M29 Oct 2021 Vaud, Switzerland

Tools4Patient

Biotechnology
Health Care
$4M16 May 2019 Jumet, Hainaut, Belgium

Graftys

Biotechnology
Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$4M28 Feb 2019 Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Daphne Technology

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Marine Transportation
Nanotechnology
Power Grid
Shipping
$5M15 Jan 2019 Vaud, Switzerland

Aloxy

Industrial
Internet of Things
Service Industry
$2M07 Sep 2018 Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Univercells

Biotechnology
Health Care
Manufacturing
$18M16 Jul 2018 Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium

Zeopore Technologies

Advanced Materials
Chemical
Energy
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
16 May 2018 Belgium, Flemish Brabant

Rein4ced

3D Printing
Manufacturing
15 Dec 2017 Belgium, Flemish Brabant
News
Brazilian proptech startup QuintoAndar lands $300M at a $4B valuation

– QuintoAndar, a proptech startup, raised $300m in Series E funding.
– The round was led by Silicon Valley-based Ribbit Capital and joined by SoftBank’s LatAm-focused Innovation Fund, LTS, Maverick, Alta Park, an undisclosed U.S.-based asset manager fund with over $2 trillion in AUM, Kaszek Ventures, Dragoneer and Accel partner Kevin Efrusy.
– The company plans to use the funding to expand its services to include mortgage, title, insurance and escrow services.

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Total investments 25
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 3.57
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.16
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.88

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Timeseer.AI

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Automation
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
Software
$6M07 Jan 2022 Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

Daphne Technology

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Marine Transportation
Nanotechnology
Power Grid
Shipping
$10M29 Oct 2021 Vaud, Switzerland

Tools4Patient

Biotechnology
Health Care
$4M16 May 2019 Jumet, Hainaut, Belgium

Graftys

Biotechnology
Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$4M28 Feb 2019 Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Daphne Technology

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Marine Transportation
Nanotechnology
Power Grid
Shipping
$5M15 Jan 2019 Vaud, Switzerland

Aloxy

Industrial
Internet of Things
Service Industry
$2M07 Sep 2018 Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Univercells

Biotechnology
Health Care
Manufacturing
$18M16 Jul 2018 Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium

Zeopore Technologies

Advanced Materials
Chemical
Energy
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
16 May 2018 Belgium, Flemish Brabant

Rein4ced

3D Printing
Manufacturing
15 Dec 2017 Belgium, Flemish Brabant
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