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Linseed Capital

Founders Jim Linder Karen Linder

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Total investments 12
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 8
Rounds per year 0.86
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 2
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Mobile
  • Travel
  • Events
  • Mobile Payments
Summary

Linseed Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 2007. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Omaha.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Linseed Capital, startups are often financed by Nebraska Angel Network, DFJ Growth, DFJ. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Nebraska Angel Network, Lightbank, Dundee Venture Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Nebraska Angel Network, ff Venture Capital, Triompf.

Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 12 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this Linseed Capital performs on 12 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The high activity for fund was in 2012.

The fund was created by Jim Linder, Karen Linder. Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Apps, Subscription Service. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Flywheel, Leap.it, SignUp.com (formerly VolunteerSpot).

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Software
$3M01 Apr 2021 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Flywheel

Analytics
Automotive
Blogging Platforms
Cloud Computing
Content
Energy Management
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Mobile
Public Transportation
Software
Transportation
Web Design
Web Development
Web Hosting
$4M05 Apr 2016 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Events
Mobile Payments
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Travel
$1M27 Apr 2015 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Flywheel

Analytics
Automotive
Blogging Platforms
Cloud Computing
Content
Energy Management
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Mobile
Public Transportation
Software
Transportation
Web Design
Web Development
Web Hosting
$1M05 Sep 2014 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Bulu Group

E-Commerce
Ediscovery
Fitness
Lifestyle
Marketplace
Nutrition
Personal Health
Subscription Service
$3M07 May 2014 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Events
Mobile Payments
Price Comparison
Travel
$320K23 Sep 2013 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Leap.it

Search Engine
Software
$1M30 Apr 2013 Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Events
Mobile Payments
Price Comparison
Travel
$45K15 Jan 2013 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Bulu Group

E-Commerce
Ediscovery
Fitness
Lifestyle
Marketplace
Nutrition
Personal Health
Subscription Service
$550K05 Sep 2012 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

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Total investments 12
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 0.86
Peak activity year 2012
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.92

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Software
$3M01 Apr 2021 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Flywheel

Analytics
Automotive
Blogging Platforms
Cloud Computing
Content
Energy Management
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Mobile
Public Transportation
Software
Transportation
Web Design
Web Development
Web Hosting
$4M05 Apr 2016 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Events
Mobile Payments
Price Comparison
Travel
$1M27 Apr 2015 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Flywheel

Analytics
Automotive
Blogging Platforms
Cloud Computing
Content
Energy Management
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Mobile
Public Transportation
Software
Transportation
Web Design
Web Development
Web Hosting
$1M05 Sep 2014 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Bulu Group

E-Commerce
Ediscovery
Fitness
Lifestyle
Marketplace
Nutrition
Personal Health
Subscription Service
$3M07 May 2014 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Events
Mobile Payments
Price Comparison
Travel
$320K23 Sep 2013 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Leap.it

Search Engine
Software
$1M30 Apr 2013 Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Events
Mobile Payments
Price Comparison
Travel
$45K15 Jan 2013 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Bulu Group

E-Commerce
Ediscovery
Fitness
Lifestyle
Marketplace
Nutrition
Personal Health
Subscription Service
$550K05 Sep 2012 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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