Innovation Nest

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Cracow, Poland

Total investments

76

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

55

Rounds per year

5.43

Lead investments

7

Follow on index

0.28

Exits

3

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceSoftwareInformation TechnologyB2BMobileArtificial IntelligenceSaaSComputerAdvertisingInternet of Things

Summary

Innovation Nest is the famous VC, which was founded in 2010. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Kraku00f3w. The venture was found in Europe in Poland.

The current fund was established by Marek Kapturkiewicz, Piotr Wilam. We also calculated 6 valuable employees in our database.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Innovation Nest, startups are often financed by New Europe Ventures, LLC, Digital Garage, Caixa Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Caixa Capital, Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA), Rafau0142 Sonik. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA), Mansour Salame.

The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 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 Infermedica, Growbots, HCM Deck. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Poland. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Mobile, Software.

When the investment is from Innovation Nest the average startup value is 1-5 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 4 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2013. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistMartech/AdtechFintechHardwareMedia/Content Show 6 more
Stage focus
Series ASeries B
Geo focus
AlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Show 37 more

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
EUR 45000000
Fund raised date
2017-05-01

Analytics

Total investments
76
Lead investments
7
Exits
3
Rounds per year
5.43
Follow on index
0.28
Investments by industry
  • Software (39)
  • SaaS (18)
  • Information Technology (13)
  • Internet of Things (10)
  • Advertising (9)
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Investments by region
  • United States (20)
  • Poland (36)
  • United Kingdom (5)
  • Germany (4)
  • Portugal (5)
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Peak activity year
2013

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
989K
Group Appearance index
0.54
Avg. company exit year
10
Avg. multiplicator
3.12

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Latest deals

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