Kelvin Capital

Type

Angel Group/Syndicate

Status

Active

Location

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Total investments

74

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

29

Rounds per year

4.93

Lead investments

18

Follow on index

0.61

Stages of investment
Private EquityEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedical DeviceElectronicsTelecommunicationsConsultingRenewable EnergyWirelessSatellite Communication

Summary

Kelvin Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 2009. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom. The main department of described VC is located in the Glasgow.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Consulting, Hardware. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight ProFactor Pharma, Midrive, Pyreos. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The typical startup value when the investment from Kelvin Capital is 1-5 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2015.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Kelvin Capital, startups are often financed by Lancaster Capital, Old College Capital, Ingenza. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Lancaster Capital, Old College Capital, Ingenza. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Scottish Investment Bank, Lancaster Capital, Ingenza.

The fund was created by Jim Hall, John McNicol. We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed

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Analytics

Total investments
74
Lead investments
18
Rounds per year
4.93
Follow on index
0.61
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (19)
  • Biotechnology (18)
  • Manufacturing (12)
  • Telecommunications (10)
  • Medical Device (9)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (71)
  • United States (3)
Peak activity year
2015

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Avg. valuation at time of investment
2M
Group Appearance index
0.84

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