Ludlow Ventures

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Detroit, United States

Total investments

164

Average round size

5M

Portfolio companies

120

Rounds per year

11.71

Lead investments

7

Follow on index

0.27

Exits

24

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyMobileSaaSAppsMobile AppsMarketplaceSocial Media

Summary

Ludlow Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2010. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Detroit.

The fund was created by Jonathon Triest. The overall number of key employees were 2.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Honey, Dwolla, Sprig. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Retail, FinTech.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the Ludlow Ventures, startups are often financed by Techstars, Right Side Capital Management, Detroit Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Detroit Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Tuesday Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Upfront Ventures, FLOODGATE, Techstars.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 19 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. This Ludlow Ventures works on 8 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The typical startup value when the investment from Ludlow Ventures is 10-50 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistAI/Big DataB2B/EnterpriseCloud/InfrastructureConsumer/Retail Show 6 more
Stage focus
Series ASeries BSeed
Geo focus
Generalist
Check size
Up to 1M

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
164
Lead investments
7
Exits
24
Rounds per year
11.71
Follow on index
0.27
Investments by industry
  • Software (42)
  • Mobile (21)
  • E-Commerce (19)
  • SaaS (19)
  • Mobile Apps (18)
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Investments by region
  • United States (159)
  • Canada (2)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2020
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
68M
Group Appearance index
0.97
Avg. company exit year
4
Avg. multiplicator
1.05
Strategy success index
0.60

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Onboard (Onboard.io) 16 Feb 2021 Software, SaaS Seed 1M United States, Michigan
Wingspan 16 Mar 2023 Early Stage Venture 14M United States, New York, New York

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