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Louisiana Funds

Founders Joseph Lovett Richard Babb

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Total investments 10
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 7
Lead investments 0
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Exits 1
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Software
  • Training
  • Internet
Summary

The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Baton Rouge.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Louisiana Funds, startups are often financed by Themelios Ventures, Research Corporation Technologies, Louisiana Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Themelios Ventures, Louisiana Technology Innovation Fund, Advantage Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Keiretsu Capital, Themelios Ventures, Sanofi.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 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. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Software, Pharmaceutical. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Portico Learning Solutions, Servato, Esperance Pharmaceuticals.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The typical startup value when the investment from Louisiana Funds is 5-10 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Louisiana Funds performs on 16 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2011. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2011.

The current fund was established by Joseph Lovett, Richard Babb.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Qure4u

Health Care
Information Services
Information Technology
$750K06 Jul 2018 Bradenton, Florida, United States

Omnidek

Business Information Systems
Computer
Mobile
SaaS
Software
$950K17 Jan 2017 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Embera NeuroTherapeutics

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$2M26 Feb 2015 Massachusetts, United States

Embera NeuroTherapeutics

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$4M14 Aug 2011 Massachusetts, United States

Esperance Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$7M01 Jun 2011 Houston, Texas, United States

Esperance Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$3M24 Nov 2008 Houston, Texas, United States

Flying Fish Creative Services

Internet
Training
$2M08 Dec 2006 Michigan, United States

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Total investments 10
Average round size 2M
Peak activity year 2006
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.30
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Qure4u

Health Care
Information Services
Information Technology
$750K06 Jul 2018 Bradenton, Florida, United States

Omnidek

Business Information Systems
Computer
Mobile
SaaS
Software
$950K17 Jan 2017 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Embera NeuroTherapeutics

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$2M26 Feb 2015 Massachusetts, United States

Embera NeuroTherapeutics

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$4M14 Aug 2011 Massachusetts, United States

Esperance Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$7M01 Jun 2011 Houston, Texas, United States

Esperance Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$3M24 Nov 2008 Houston, Texas, United States

Flying Fish Creative Services

Internet
Training
$2M08 Dec 2006 Michigan, United States
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