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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Founders George R Roberts Henry Kravis Jerome Kohlberg

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Total investments 368
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$160M
Portfolio companies 281
Rounds per year 7.67
Lead investments 129
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Exits 95
Key employees 28
Stages of investment
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Internet
  • Financial Services
  • E-Commerce
Summary

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1976. The main department of described VC is located in the New York. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The fund is constantly included in 7-12 deals per year. Deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The real fund results show that this VC is 44 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The average startup value when the investment from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is more than 1 billion dollars. This Kohlberg Kravis Roberts works on 1 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

This organization was formed by George R Roberts, Henry Kravis, Jerome Kohlberg. The overall number of key employees were 28.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, startups are often financed by Bullpen Capital, Pentech Ventures, Insight Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are TenEleven Ventures, Aisling Capital, Warburg Pincus. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Fidelity Management and Research Company, TenEleven Ventures, Google.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Enterprise Software, Financial Services. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline ByteDance, Lyft, Epic Games Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 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.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Vega

Financial Services
$9M26 Sep 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

MUSINSA

E-Commerce
Fashion
Retail
$190M19 Jul 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Advanced Navigation

Electronics
Navigation
Robotics
$78M17 Nov 2022 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

PrivyID

Identity Management
Information Technology
$48M13 Nov 2022 Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Treeline Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$261M11 Oct 2022 Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Digital Diagnostics

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
$75M23 Aug 2022 Iowa, United States

Replay

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$55M25 Jul 2022 San Diego, California, United States

Cordia

Energy
Power Grid
Sustainability
01 Jun 2022 Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Semperis

Cyber Security
Identity Management
Information Technology
$200M24 May 2022 New York, New York, United States
News
Process automation startup Leapwork nabs $62M

– Copenhagen-based Leapwork, which was founded in 2015, announced it has closed a $62 million.
– The series B round was co-led by KKR and Salesforce Ventures.
– With Leapwork, users show the platform which processes they want to automate by recording the processes in context, validating the steps, and entering input data where needed.
– The platform breaks down the workflows in “flowchart language,” with building blocks that handle logic and provide a graphical representation of each step.

Ornikar Raises €100m ($120m) in Series C Funding Led by KKR

– Ornikar, a specialist in driver training and road awareness since 2013, today announced a €100m ($120m) round of Series C funding led by global investment firm KKR.
– Existing investors Idinvest, BPI, Elaia, Brighteye and H14 also contributed to Ornikar’s latest fundraise which will enable the company to accelerate its mission of becoming a global leader in road safety.
– In less than a decade, Ornikar has revolutionised the traditional driving school model to become the go-to online driver education platform and training marketplace in France, with a fast-growing presence in Spain.

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Total investments 368
Average round size 160M
Rounds per year 7.67
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 129
Follow on index 0.24
Exits 95
Group Appearance index 0.52

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Vega

Financial Services
$9M26 Sep 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

MUSINSA

E-Commerce
Fashion
Retail
$190M19 Jul 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Advanced Navigation

Electronics
Navigation
Robotics
$78M17 Nov 2022 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

PrivyID

Identity Management
Information Technology
$48M13 Nov 2022 Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Treeline Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$261M11 Oct 2022 Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Digital Diagnostics

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
$75M23 Aug 2022 Iowa, United States

Replay

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$55M25 Jul 2022 San Diego, California, United States

Cordia

Energy
Power Grid
Sustainability
01 Jun 2022 Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Semperis

Cyber Security
Identity Management
Information Technology
$200M24 May 2022 New York, New York, United States
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