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Kettle Partners

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Total investments 19
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$23M
Portfolio companies 9
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.53
Exits 5
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Internet
  • SaaS
  • Cloud Computing
  • Computer
Summary

The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Chicago.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Kettle Partners, startups are often financed by Canaan Partners, ABS Ventures, JK&B Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are JK&B Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Enterprise Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by JK&B Capital, Canaan Partners, ABS Ventures.

The top activity for fund was in 2000. Opposing the other organizations, this Kettle Partners works on 3 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2010. The real fund results show that this VC is 1 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Active Network, Novarra, SurePayroll The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Internet, Information Technology. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MusicNow

Internet
Music
$13M19 Jun 2002 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Novarra

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Cable Service Providers
Mobile
Mobile Devices
Wireless Communications Equipment
Wireless Service Providers
$20M27 Jul 2001 Illinois, United States

Ikadega

Content Delivery Network
Delivery
Information Technology
Software
Staffing Agency
$8M26 Mar 2001 Illinois, United States

SurePayroll

Enterprise Software
Human Resources
SaaS
$8M22 Jan 2001 Illinois, United States

Active Network

Cloud Computing
Communications Infrastructure
Computer
SaaS
Software
$21M09 Nov 2000 Dallas, Texas, United States

MusicNow

Internet
Music
$15M14 Oct 2000 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Novarra

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Cable Service Providers
Mobile
Mobile Devices
Wireless Communications Equipment
Wireless Service Providers
$8M21 Aug 2000 Illinois, United States

Emperative

Digital Media
Information Technology
Internet
Robotics
Software
Telecommunications
Wireless
$20M19 Jun 2000 Massachusetts, United States

MusicNow

Internet
Music
$4M30 Nov 1999 Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Total investments 19
Average round size 23M
Peak activity year 2000
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.53
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.89

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MusicNow

Internet
Music
$13M19 Jun 2002 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Novarra

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Cable Service Providers
Mobile
Mobile Devices
Wireless Communications Equipment
Wireless Service Providers
$20M27 Jul 2001 Illinois, United States

Ikadega

Content Delivery Network
Delivery
Information Technology
Software
Staffing Agency
$8M26 Mar 2001 Illinois, United States

SurePayroll

Enterprise Software
Human Resources
SaaS
$8M22 Jan 2001 Illinois, United States

Active Network

Cloud Computing
Communications Infrastructure
Computer
SaaS
Software
$21M09 Nov 2000 Dallas, Texas, United States

MusicNow

Internet
Music
$15M14 Oct 2000 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Novarra

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Cable Service Providers
Mobile
Mobile Devices
Wireless Communications Equipment
Wireless Service Providers
$8M21 Aug 2000 Illinois, United States

Emperative

Digital Media
Information Technology
Internet
Robotics
Software
Telecommunications
Wireless
$20M19 Jun 2000 Massachusetts, United States

MusicNow

Internet
Music
$4M30 Nov 1999 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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