Kering

Type

Corporate investor

Status

Active

Location

Paris, France

Total investments

9

Average round size

263M

Portfolio companies

8

Rounds per year

0.15

Lead investments

4

Follow on index

0.11

Exits

1

Areas of investment
E-CommerceRetailMarketplaceFashionSocial MediaMedia and EntertainmentShoppingE-Commerce PlatformsWearablesSocial Shopping

Summary

Kering appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1963. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Paris. The company was established in Europe in France.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, Social Media. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Fancy, Lamoda.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The top activity for fund was in 2011. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 partaker. Despite the Kering, startups are often financed by Jim Pallotta, Rocket Internet, Red Sea Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by American Express, Will Smith, TEV | Tengelmann Ventures.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
9
Lead investments
4
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.15
Follow on index
0.11
Investments by industry
  • Fashion (5)
  • E-Commerce (5)
  • E-Commerce Platforms (2)
  • Shopping (2)
  • Media and Entertainment (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (5)
  • France (2)
  • Russia (2)
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
2
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
15
Avg. valuation at time of investment
837M
Group Appearance index
0.44
Strategy success index
0.60

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Superplastic 15 Feb 2023 Animation, Media and Entertainment, Art, Toys Early Stage Venture 20M United States, Vermont, Burlington
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