LuminaFoundation

Total investments

55

Average round size

4M

Portfolio companies

47

Rounds per year

2.29

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.15

Exits

1

Areas of investment
InternetSoftwareE-LearningSaaSEnterprise SoftwareEdTechHigher EducationTrainingEducationNon Profit

Summary

The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Indianapolis. The company was established in North America in United States.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Civitas Learning, CareAcademy, Viridis Learning For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are SaaS, Education.

The current fund was established by Robert C. Dickeson.

The important activity for fund was in 2019. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 2 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. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this LuminaFoundation performs on 20 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the LuminaFoundation, startups are often financed by Rethink Education, Techstars, New Markets Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are University Ventures, New Markets Venture Partners, Lion Brothers Company. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by University Ventures, New Markets Venture Partners, Lion Brothers Company.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
55
Lead investments
2
Exits
1
Rounds per year
2.29
Follow on index
0.15
Investments by industry
  • Education (28)
  • Non Profit (20)
  • Higher Education (12)
  • EdTech (9)
  • Enterprise Software (8)
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Investments by region
  • United States (52)
Peak activity year
2022

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
22
Avg. valuation at time of investment
11M
Group Appearance index
0.36
Avg. company exit year
5
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Credly 24 Apr 2019 Internet, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Training, Education Early Stage Venture 11M United States, New York
Travora Networks 01 Jan 2003 Information Services, Travel, Database, Ad Network Seed 500K United States, New York, New York
Upswing 20 May 2019 Software, EdTech, Higher Education Seed 2M United States, Texas, Austin
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