L Catterton

Type

Private equity

Status

Active

Location

Greenwich, United States

Total investments

179

Average round size

92M

Portfolio companies

130

Rounds per year

5.11

Lead investments

69

Follow on index

0.26

Exits

21

Stages of investment
Private EquityEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceBeautyCosmeticsRetailFood and BeverageFitnessHealth CareWellnessFashionPet

Summary

L Catterton is the famous VC, which was founded in 2016. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Greenwich. The company was established in North America in United States.

The fund was created by Frank M. Vest, Jr.. The overall number of key employees were 19.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the L Catterton, startups are often financed by New Enterprise Associates, General Catalyst, Thrive Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are T. Rowe Price, General Catalyst, GE Equity. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Wellington Management, True Ventures, T. Rowe Price.

This L Catterton works on 16 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 50 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2012. The typical startup value when the investment from L Catterton is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. Deals in the range of 50 - 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 fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Peloton Interactive, NJOY, ClassPass. 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 Restaurants, Fashion. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
179
Lead investments
69
Exits
21
Rounds per year
5.11
Follow on index
0.26
Investments by industry
  • E-Commerce (40)
  • Health Care (38)
  • Food and Beverage (27)
  • Fitness (21)
  • Retail (21)
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Investments by region
  • United States (111)
  • India (5)
  • United Kingdom (9)
  • China (9)
  • Chile (3)
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Peak activity year
2022
Number of Unicorns
12
Number of Decacorns
13
Number of Minotaurs
10

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
14
Avg. valuation at time of investment
432M
Group Appearance index
0.64
Avg. company exit year
13
Avg. multiplicator
1.08
Strategy success index
0.80

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Alice Mushrooms 14 Feb 2024 Seed United States, New York, New York
GlossGenius 27 Jul 2023 Beauty, Software, FinTech, Wellness, SaaS, Apps, Mobile Apps, Small and Medium Businesses Late Stage Venture 28M United States, New York, New York

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