LIFT99

Type

Startup studio

Status

Active

Location

Tallinn, Estonia

Total investments

10

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

9

Rounds per year

1.67

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.10

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Seed
Areas of investment
SoftwareInformation TechnologyCyber SecurityCleanTechAdvertisingAgTechSustainabilityLegalGreenTechFarming

Summary

LIFT99 appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2016. The venture was found in Europe in Estonia. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Tallinn.

The important activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 8 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Veriff, EAgronom Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Security, Document Management. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Estonia. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 participants. Despite the LIFT99, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, Taavi Raadik, CyLon. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Ragnar Sass, Mikko Silventola, Andrus Purde. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Icebreaker.vc.

This organization was formed by Elar Nellis, Elise Sass, Liis Peetermann, Ragnar Sass.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
10
Lead investments
1
Exits
1
Rounds per year
1.67
Follow on index
0.10
Investments by industry
  • Software (4)
  • Information Technology (3)
  • Cyber Security (3)
  • Legal (2)
  • Advertising (2)
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Investments by region
  • Estonia (5)
  • Peru (1)
  • United States (1)
  • United Kingdom (3)
Peak activity year
2018
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
5
Avg. valuation at time of investment
155M
Group Appearance index
0.80
Avg. company exit year
3
Strategy success index
0.20

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Veriff 19 Jun 2018 Information Technology, Cyber Security, Fraud Detection, Identity Management Early Stage Venture 7M Harju maakond, Tallinn, Estonia

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