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Jaws Ventures

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Total investments 57
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$75M
Portfolio companies 42
Rounds per year 5.70
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Exits 5
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Travel
  • E-Commerce
  • Consumer Goods
  • Software
  • Hospitality
Summary

In 2014 was created Jaws Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Greenwich.

The important activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The average startup value when the investment from Jaws Ventures is 100-500 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Opposing the other organizations, this Jaws Ventures works on 19 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Mobile, Cloud Computing. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Rubicon Global, Lytro, Lyric.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 8-9 participants. Despite the Jaws Ventures, startups are often financed by Thrive Capital, New Enterprise Associates, RRE Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Barry Sternlicht, New Enterprise Associates, Founders Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Henry Kravis, Accel, Thrive Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Route

Apps
Mobile Apps
Real Time
Software
$40M25 Jun 2024 Lehi, Utah, United States

Parcl

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Real Estate
$7M17 May 2022 New York, New York, United States

Eight Sleep

Consumer Electronics
Health Care
Product Design
Wellness
$86M30 Aug 2021 New York, New York, United States

ASAPP

Artificial Intelligence
CRM
Customer Service
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
Sales Automation
Software
$120M19 May 2021 New York, New York, United States

Thrasio

Brand Marketing
Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Product Management
Retail
Supply Chain Management
$100M01 Apr 2021 Massachusetts, United States

Thrasio

Brand Marketing
Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Product Management
Retail
Supply Chain Management
$750M09 Feb 2021 Massachusetts, United States

Financial Services
Real Estate
Rental Property
$110M02 Feb 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Devoted Health

Elder Care
Elderly
Health Care
Hospital
$450M02 Apr 2020 Massachusetts, United States

Lyric

Big Data
Hospitality
Property Management
Real Estate
Travel
$160M17 Apr 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

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Total investments 57
Average round size 75M
Rounds per year 5.70
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.26
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.95

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Route

Apps
Mobile Apps
Real Time
Software
$40M25 Jun 2024 Lehi, Utah, United States

Parcl

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Real Estate
$7M17 May 2022 New York, New York, United States

Eight Sleep

Consumer Electronics
Health Care
Product Design
Wellness
$86M30 Aug 2021 New York, New York, United States

ASAPP

Artificial Intelligence
CRM
Customer Service
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
Sales Automation
Software
$120M19 May 2021 New York, New York, United States

Thrasio

Brand Marketing
Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Product Management
Retail
Supply Chain Management
$100M01 Apr 2021 Massachusetts, United States

Thrasio

Brand Marketing
Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Product Management
Retail
Supply Chain Management
$750M09 Feb 2021 Massachusetts, United States

Financial Services
Real Estate
Rental Property
$110M02 Feb 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Devoted Health

Elder Care
Elderly
Health Care
Hospital
$450M02 Apr 2020 Massachusetts, United States

Lyric

Big Data
Hospitality
Property Management
Real Estate
Travel
$160M17 Apr 2019 San Francisco, California, United States
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