Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Type

Venture Capital, Non-Profit

Status

Active

Location

Austin, United States

Total investments

69

Average round size

4M

Portfolio companies

43

Rounds per year

2.76

Lead investments

19

Follow on index

0.38

Exits

6

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
LogisticsSoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechInformation TechnologyE-LearningFinanceEdTechEducationLending

Summary

In 1999 was created Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Austin.

The current fund was established by Michael Dell. We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - India. 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. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are EdTech, Skill Assessment. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Janalakshmi, Kinara Capital, Varthana

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2017. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 28 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Opposing the other organizations, this Michael & Susan Dell Foundation works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, startups are often financed by Unitus Ventures, New Markets Venture Partners, Reach Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Unitus Ventures, Reach Capital, New Markets Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Reach Capital, New Markets Venture Partners, GAWA Capital.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
EdtechHealthcare
Stage focus
SeedSeries ASeries B
Geo focus
EswatiniIndiaLesothoNamibiaSouth Africa Show 1 more

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
69
Lead investments
19
Exits
6
Rounds per year
2.76
Follow on index
0.38
Investments by industry
  • Education (31)
  • Financial Services (23)
  • Finance (17)
  • E-Learning (12)
  • EdTech (11)
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Investments by region
  • India (53)
  • United States (12)
  • South Africa (4)
Peak activity year
2017

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Avg. valuation at time of investment
7M
Group Appearance index
0.80
Avg. company exit year
8
Avg. multiplicator
0.77
Strategy success index
0.40

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Arthan Finance 10 Jun 2024 Financial Services, Banking Early Stage Venture 6M Maharashtra, Mumbai, India
MasteryConnect 19 Jan 2013 Software, E-Learning, SaaS, Education, iOS, Skill Assessment Early Stage Venture 4M Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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