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Michelson 20MM Foundation

Total investments

16

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

13

Rounds per year

1.33

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.19

Areas of investment
E-LearningHuman ResourcesMobile AppsCareer PlanningHigher EducationEducationChildrenMedia and EntertainmentEmployee BenefitsChild Care

Summary

Michelson 20MM Foundation is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2011. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Pasadena.

The fund was created by Phil Kim.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Yellowbrick, AdmitHub, Gooroo. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Education, Marketplace.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Michelson 20MM Foundation, startups are often financed by Techstars, University Ventures, The Yard Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Bisk Ventures, Wavemaker 360, Village Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by University Ventures, The Yard Ventures, Rethink Education.

Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The average startup value when the investment from Michelson 20MM Foundation is 10-50 millions dollars.

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Analytics

Total investments
16
Lead investments
2
Rounds per year
1.33
Follow on index
0.19
Investments by industry
  • Education (8)
  • Mobile Apps (4)
  • Higher Education (4)
  • E-Learning (3)
  • Career Planning (3)
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Investments by region
  • United States (14)
  • Mexico (1)
  • Canada (1)
Peak activity year
2020

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1M
Group Appearance index
0.62

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Qualified 05 Dec 2017 Training, Developer Platform, Skill Assessment, STEM Education Seed 0 United States, California, San Francisco
Yellowbrick 15 Sep 2017 Educational and Training Services (B2C), Career Planning, EdTech, Higher Education, Media and Entertainment, Universities Seed 3M United States, New York, New York
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