JLL Spark

Type

CVC

Status

Active

Location

San Francisco, United States

Total investments

66

Average round size

33M

Portfolio companies

36

Rounds per year

9.43

Lead investments

10

Follow on index

0.45

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
Real EstateSoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningSaaSMobile AppsMarketplaceConstructionCommercial Real Estate

Summary

JLL Spark appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2017. The venture was found in North America in United States. JLL Spark appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation. The main department of described VC is located in the San Francisco.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The real fund results show that this VC is 24 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the JLL Spark, startups are often financed by Accel, 500 Startups, Redcliffe Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are MetaProp NYC, WeWork Labs, Sequoia Capital Israel. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by MetaProp NYC, Hetz Ventures, Ground Up Ventures.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Business Development, Commercial Real Estate. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Software Motor Company, Hubble, Jones For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Proptech/Real EstateFintechFuture of WorkClimate tech
Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
66
Lead investments
10
Rounds per year
9.43
Follow on index
0.45
Investments by industry
  • Real Estate (33)
  • Software (31)
  • Commercial Real Estate (17)
  • Artificial Intelligence (16)
  • SaaS (12)
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Investments by region
  • United States (49)
  • United Kingdom (13)
  • Israel (2)
  • Germany (1)
  • India (1)
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
6
Avg. valuation at time of investment
105M
Group Appearance index
0.92
Strategy success index
0.70

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
ALICE Technologies 13 Jun 2022 Real Estate, Software, Machine Learning, Construction, Innovation Management Early Stage Venture 30M United States, California
HubbleHQ 06 Jul 2021 Real Estate, Marketplace, Coworking, Commercial Real Estate Early Stage Venture 2M England, London, United Kingdom

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