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Founders Charles Adler Perry Chen Yancey Strickler

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Total investments 31
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$607K
Portfolio companies 27
Rounds per year 1.94
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.13
Exits 1
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Crowdfunding

Areas of investment

  • Consumer Electronics
  • Manufacturing
  • Software
  • Wireless
  • Fashion
Summary

In 2007 was created Kickstarter, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Brooklyn.

This organization was formed by Charles Adler, Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are E-Commerce, Hardware. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight ANTVR Technology, M3D LLC, McLEAR.

Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 27 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Comparing to the other companies, this Kickstarter performs on 23 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2016.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Kickstarter, startups are often financed by Indiegogo, NUMA, Matt Mullenweg. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Matt Mullenweg. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Energy & Environment Investment, Wilco, WeLikeStartup.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

IFO Corporation

Creative Agency
Graphic Design
Project Management
Software
01 May 2023 Dover, Delaware, United States

Diferente ≠

Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Fruit
Grocery
Sustainability
Waste Management
$4M29 Apr 2022 Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Boona

Home Improvement
Manufacturing
$525K23 Apr 2022 -

Millo

Cooking
Health Care
Wellness
$118K07 Jun 2017 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

McLEAR

Consumer Electronics
Wearables
$93K31 Oct 2015 United Kingdom, England

Juicies

Consumer Electronics
Software
Wireless
$46K01 Jun 2015 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Atmoph

Home Decor
Internet of Things
Travel
$172K12 May 2015 Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Mellow Boards

Electronics
Manufacturing
Sporting Goods
Sports
$354K01 Jan 2015 Hamburg

M3D LLC

3D Printing
Consumer Electronics
$7M09 Apr 2014 Maryland, United States

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Total investments 31
Average round size 607K
Rounds per year 1.94
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.13
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.13

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

IFO Corporation

Creative Agency
Graphic Design
Project Management
Software
01 May 2023 Dover, Delaware, United States

Diferente ≠

Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Fruit
Grocery
Sustainability
Waste Management
$4M29 Apr 2022 Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Boona

Home Improvement
Manufacturing
$525K23 Apr 2022 -

Millo

Cooking
Health Care
Wellness
$118K07 Jun 2017 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

McLEAR

Consumer Electronics
Wearables
$93K31 Oct 2015 United Kingdom, England

Juicies

Consumer Electronics
Software
Wireless
$46K01 Jun 2015 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Atmoph

Home Decor
Internet of Things
Travel
$172K12 May 2015 Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Mellow Boards

Electronics
Manufacturing
Sporting Goods
Sports
$354K01 Jan 2015 Hamburg

M3D LLC

3D Printing
Consumer Electronics
$7M09 Apr 2014 Maryland, United States
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