Michigan Accelerator Fund I

Total investments

8

Average round size

16M

Portfolio companies

5

Rounds per year

0.73

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.38

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedical DeviceWeb DesignAgricultureFarmingNanotechnology

Summary

In 2010 was created Michigan Accelerator Fund I, which is appeared as VC. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Grand Rapids.

The real fund results show that this VC is 18 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The top activity for fund was in 2014. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Biotechnology, Pet. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Vestaron Corporation, Ablative Solutions, nanoRETE. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Michigan Accelerator Fund I, startups are often financed by Pangaea Ventures, Open Prairie, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Pangaea Ventures, Open Prairie, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Pangaea Ventures, Open Prairie, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
8
Lead investments
2
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.73
Follow on index
0.38
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (7)
  • Health Care (3)
  • Farming (3)
  • Agriculture (3)
  • Medical Device (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (8)
Peak activity year
2014

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
13
Group Appearance index
0.75
Avg. company exit year
11

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Swift Biosciences 15 Apr 2016 Biotechnology, Health Care, Health Diagnostics Late Stage Venture 3M United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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