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Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Founders Michael Dell

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Total investments 68
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 43
Rounds per year 2.72
Lead investments 19
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.37
Exits 6
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Education
  • Financial Services
  • Finance
  • E-Learning
  • EdTech
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ConveGenius

E-Learning
Education
Software
$7M11 Jan 2024 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Airblack

Information Technology
Travel
$4M07 Dec 2023 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

JOBJACK

$3M07 Nov 2023 -

Awign Enterprises

Business Development
E-Commerce
EdTech
Hospitality
Information Technology
Last Mile Transportation
Marketing
Outsourcing
$15M25 Aug 2022 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Kaleidofin

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
Risk Management
$5M03 May 2022 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Kaleidofin

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
Risk Management
$9M12 Jan 2022 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Arthan Finance

Banking
Financial Services
$2M11 Dec 2021 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

ConveGenius

E-Learning
Education
Software
$5M19 Oct 2021 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

New Apprenticeship

Education
$2M14 Sep 2021 San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Total investments 68
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 2.72
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 19
Follow on index 0.37
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.79

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ConveGenius

E-Learning
Education
Software
$7M11 Jan 2024 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Airblack

Information Technology
Travel
$4M07 Dec 2023 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

JOBJACK

$3M07 Nov 2023 -

Awign Enterprises

Business Development
E-Commerce
EdTech
Hospitality
Information Technology
Last Mile Transportation
Marketing
Outsourcing
$15M25 Aug 2022 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Kaleidofin

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
Risk Management
$5M03 May 2022 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Kaleidofin

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
Risk Management
$9M12 Jan 2022 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Arthan Finance

Banking
Financial Services
$2M11 Dec 2021 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

ConveGenius

E-Learning
Education
Software
$5M19 Oct 2021 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

New Apprenticeship

Education
$2M14 Sep 2021 San Antonio, Texas, United States
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