K1W1

Total investments

67

Average round size

14M

Portfolio companies

48

Rounds per year

5.58

Lead investments

4

Follow on index

0.28

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
InternetSoftwareAnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceSaaSAerospaceCleanTechElectronicsAgricultureIndustrial Manufacturing

Summary

The venture was found in Australia. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Auckland.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2018. The typical startup value when the investment from K1W1 is 100-500 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this K1W1 works on 25 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 12 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as SaaS, Enterprise Software. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - New Zealand. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Rocket Lab, Flossie, Surgical Design Studios

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the K1W1, startups are often financed by Khosla Ventures, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, Enterprise Angels. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, Tuhua Fund, Khosla Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Khosla Ventures, Promus Ventures, Finistere Ventures.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
67
Lead investments
4
Exits
3
Rounds per year
5.58
Follow on index
0.28
Investments by industry
  • Software (18)
  • Electronics (10)
  • Industrial Manufacturing (8)
  • SaaS (7)
  • Aerospace (7)
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Investments by region
  • United States (16)
  • New Zealand (50)
Peak activity year
2022
Number of Minotaurs
2

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
49M
Group Appearance index
0.91
Avg. company exit year
8
Avg. multiplicator
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Lodestone Energy 29 Feb 2024 Late Stage Venture 37M Auckland, New Zealand, Takapuna
Zenno Astronautics 05 Aug 2022 Aerospace Seed 7M Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland

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