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Kelvin Capital

Founders Jim Hall John McNicol

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Total investments 76
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 29
Rounds per year 5.07
Lead investments 18
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.62
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Manufacturing
  • Telecommunications
  • Medical Device
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Chromacity

Information Technology
Semiconductor
$1M31 Jul 2024 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Innovatium

Industrial Manufacturing
Machinery Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
$1M21 Mar 2022 Glasgow City, Glasgow, United Kingdom

WellFish Diagnostics

AgTech
Animal Feed
Aquaculture
$1M07 Mar 2022 Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dyneval

Biotechnology
$1M10 Nov 2021 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Chromacity

Information Technology
Semiconductor
$1M11 Aug 2021 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Snappy Shopper

E-Commerce
Grocery
Retail
Shopping
$26M10 Aug 2021 Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sofant Technologies

Satellite Communication
Telecommunications
Wireless
$3M12 Aug 2020 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Snappy Shopper

E-Commerce
Grocery
Retail
Shopping
14 Nov 2019 Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

iMetaFilm

Content
Enterprise Software
Film
$411K01 Jun 2019 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Total investments 76
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 5.07
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 18
Follow on index 0.62
Group Appearance index 0.84

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Chromacity

Information Technology
Semiconductor
$1M31 Jul 2024 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Innovatium

Industrial Manufacturing
Machinery Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
$1M21 Mar 2022 Glasgow City, Glasgow, United Kingdom

WellFish Diagnostics

AgTech
Animal Feed
Aquaculture
$1M07 Mar 2022 Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dyneval

Biotechnology
$1M10 Nov 2021 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Chromacity

Information Technology
Semiconductor
$1M11 Aug 2021 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Snappy Shopper

E-Commerce
Grocery
Retail
Shopping
$26M10 Aug 2021 Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sofant Technologies

Satellite Communication
Telecommunications
Wireless
$3M12 Aug 2020 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Snappy Shopper

E-Commerce
Grocery
Retail
Shopping
14 Nov 2019 Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

iMetaFilm

Content
Enterprise Software
Film
$411K01 Jun 2019 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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