McKnight Foundation

Total investments

3

Average round size

16M

Portfolio companies

3

Areas of investment
MobileEnergyRenewable EnergyAgTechSolarEnergy EfficiencyClean EnergyGreenTechAgricultureFarming

Summary

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The important activity for fund was in 2018.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the McKnight Foundation, startups are often financed by Wonder Ventures, BoxGroup, NewWorld Capital Group LLC. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Wonder Ventures, ValueAct Capital, S2G Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Stonehenge Growth Capital, GAF.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Midwestern Bioag, PosiGen, Arcadia Power. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Farming, Solar. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
3
Lead investments
0
Investments by industry
  • Energy (2)
  • Clean Energy (2)
  • Solar (2)
  • Renewable Energy (2)
  • Energy Efficiency (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (3)
Peak activity year
2017

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
20
Group Appearance index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Arcadia 15 Aug 2018 Software, Mobile, Machine Learning, Mobile Apps, Big Data, Construction, Augmented Reality, Computer, Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Clean Energy Early Stage Venture 25M United States, District of Columbia, Washington
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