Meritage Funds

Total investments

40

Average round size

21M

Portfolio companies

22

Rounds per year

1.67

Lead investments

9

Follow on index

0.45

Exits

7

Stages of investment
Private EquityEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyInformation ServicesSaaSTelecommunicationsWirelessWeb HostingCommunication Hardware

Summary

In 1998 was created Meritage Funds, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Denver.

Opposing the other organizations, this Meritage Funds works on 13 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 7 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The typical startup value when the investment from Meritage Funds is 100-500 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2008. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2009. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Meritage Funds, startups are often financed by Sweetwater Capital, Centennial Ventures, Bank of Montreal (BMO). The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Centennial Ventures, Sweetwater Capital, Stolberg Equity Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Centennial Ventures, Intel Capital, Charterhouse Strategic Partners.

The current fund was established by David Solomon, Jack Tankersley. We also calculated 6 valuable employees in our database.

The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Information Services, Internet. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight NuVox, IP Commerce, Faction.

Show more

Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
40
Lead investments
9
Exits
7
Rounds per year
1.67
Follow on index
0.45
Investments by industry
  • Information Technology (16)
  • Software (13)
  • E-Commerce (7)
  • Telecommunications (6)
  • SaaS (6)
  • Show 51 more
Investments by region
  • United States (38)
  • United Kingdom (1)
  • Canada (1)
Peak activity year
2002
Number of Minotaurs
1

Discover reliable insights

Leverage validated data, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities for your business.

Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
19
Avg. valuation at time of investment
23M
Group Appearance index
0.90
Avg. company exit year
11
Avg. multiplicator
0.02
Strategy success index
0.40

Need more data?

Get access to full data about investors, including their team, contact information, and historic data.

Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Faction 03 Apr 2019 Software, Information Technology, Information Services, IaaS Early Stage Venture 14M United States, Colorado, Denver
Fixmo Carrier Services 04 Apr 2008 Manufacturing, Wireless, Mobile Devices Early Stage Venture 2M United States, Washington
Lorami 03 Aug 2017 E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Fashion Seed 2M United States, California, Santa Clara

Similar funds

By same location

By same geo focus

By doing lead investments

How we get our data

At Unicorn Nest, we combine cutting-edge technology with human expertise to build one of the most reliable venture capital databases in the market. Our process begins with automated AI-enhanced data collection, leveraging the full potential of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Later, our team of analysts takes it further with manual verification, using proprietary tools for data cleaning and validation to ensure accuracy and reliability. We cross-check and enhance our findings through press and media monitoring, integrating information from trusted news outlets and venture capital aggregators. Finally, we stay ahead of the curve by monitoring social networks like LinkedIn and X.com.