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KGC Capital

Founders Richard Kiphart

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Total investments 20
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$5M
Portfolio companies 15
Rounds per year 1.18
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.25
Exits 3
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Finance
  • Financial Services
  • Software
  • Accounting
  • Analytics
Summary

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

The fund was created by Richard Kiphart.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Opposing the other organizations, this KGC Capital works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The typical startup value when the investment from KGC Capital is 10-50 millions dollars.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Fooji, Rithmio, Whittl. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Food and Beverage, Education. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the KGC Capital, startups are often financed by Chicago Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, Serra Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are OCA Ventures, HPA, Dundee Venture Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Reimagined Ventures, Refinery Ventures, Method Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Paro

Accounting
Finance
Financial Services
$25M20 Jul 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Paro

Accounting
Finance
Financial Services
$10M26 Sep 2019 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Financial Services
FinTech
$290K14 Dec 2018 Qingyang District, Sichuan, China

Long sword

Food and Beverage
Logistics
Transportation
15 Oct 2018 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

B2B
Enterprise
Professional Services
Service Industry
$733K29 Aug 2018 Futian District, Guangdong Province, China

Mobile Doorman

Mobile Apps
Property Management
Real Estate
Software
$2M01 Aug 2018 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Mac & Mia

Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Fashion
Lifestyle
Retail
Shopping
Wearables
$5M19 Apr 2018 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Fooda

Consumer
Consumer Software
Enterprise Software
Food and Beverage
Restaurants
$12M26 Sep 2017 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Fooji

B2B
Delivery
Internet
Location Based Services
$2M20 Apr 2017 Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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Paro Raises $25M in Series B Funding

– Paro is a Chicago, IL-based startup on-demand financial expertise company.
– The company raised $25m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Madrona Venture Group, with participation from existing investors Revolution Ventures, Sierra Ventures and KGC Capital.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate the company’s growth domestically and internationally as well as invest in its AI–powered professional services marketplace.

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Total investments 20
Average round size 5M
Rounds per year 1.18
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.25
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.85

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Paro

Accounting
Finance
Financial Services
$25M20 Jul 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Paro

Accounting
Finance
Financial Services
$10M26 Sep 2019 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Financial Services
FinTech
$290K14 Dec 2018 Qingyang District, Sichuan, China

Long sword

Food and Beverage
Logistics
Transportation
15 Oct 2018 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

B2B
Enterprise
Professional Services
Service Industry
$733K29 Aug 2018 Futian District, Guangdong Province, China

Mobile Doorman

Mobile Apps
Property Management
Real Estate
Software
$2M01 Aug 2018 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Mac & Mia

Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Fashion
Lifestyle
Retail
Shopping
Wearables
$5M19 Apr 2018 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Fooda

Consumer
Consumer Software
Enterprise Software
Food and Beverage
Restaurants
$12M26 Sep 2017 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Fooji

B2B
Delivery
Internet
Location Based Services
$2M20 Apr 2017 Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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