Kaplan

Total investments

7

Average round size

16M

Portfolio companies

5

Rounds per year

0.08

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.29

Exits

2

Areas of investment
SoftwareAnalyticsInformation TechnologyE-LearningEnterprise SoftwareCorporate TrainingEdTechTrainingEducationCyber Security

Summary

Kaplan is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1938. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Fort Lauderdale.

The important activity for fund was in 2017. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Comparing to the other companies, this Kaplan performs on 4 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Kaplan, startups are often financed by Techstars, Roser Ventures, PROOF.VC. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Osage Venture Partners, NewSpring Capital, Walter Winshall. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Zen Group, Walter Winshall, Osage Venture Partners.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Legal, Software.

The fund was created by Stanley Kaplan.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
7
Lead investments
1
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.08
Follow on index
0.29
Investments by industry
  • Software (6)
  • Education (6)
  • EdTech (5)
  • Training (3)
  • E-Learning (3)
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Investments by region
  • United States (7)
Peak activity year
2015
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
20
Avg. valuation at time of investment
300M
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
18
Avg. multiplicator
32.15
Strategy success index
0.10

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
ExecOnline 02 Oct 2018 Software, E-Learning, Corporate Training, EdTech, Training, Education Late Stage Venture 18M United States, New York, New York
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