Lion Capital

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

London, United Kingdom

Total investments

19

Average round size

21M

Portfolio companies

18

Rounds per year

1.00

Lead investments

8

Follow on index

0.05

Exits

7

Stages of investment
Private Equity
Areas of investment
E-CommerceFinancial ServicesConsumer GoodsRetailMobileFood and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingTravelPrice Comparison

Summary

In 2004 was created Lion Capital, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom. The main department of described VC is located in the London.

The current fund was established by Lyndon Lea, Robert Darwent. We also calculated 10 valuable employees in our database.

This Lion Capital works on 31 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2004.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Semiconductor, Fitness.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2 participants. Despite the Lion Capital, startups are often financed by Walden International, Information Technology Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Walden International, Sunsino Ventures Group, Sunrise Capital Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Walden International, U.S. Trust, Sunrise Capital Partners.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Consumer/Retail
Geo focus
AlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Show 38 more

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
19
Lead investments
8
Exits
7
Rounds per year
1.00
Follow on index
0.05
Investments by industry
  • Manufacturing (7)
  • Food Processing (5)
  • E-Commerce (5)
  • Food and Beverage (4)
  • Mobile (4)
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Investments by region
  • United States (8)
  • Canada (1)
  • China (2)
  • United Kingdom (3)
  • France (3)
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Peak activity year
2019
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
3
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
39
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1B
Group Appearance index
0.47
Avg. company exit year
91
Avg. multiplicator
42.99
Strategy success index
0.50

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Super.com 24 Apr 2023 E-Commerce, FinTech, Mobile, Travel, Price Comparison Late Stage Venture 60M United States, California, San Francisco

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