NaHCO3

Type

Other

Status

Active

Location

Los Angeles, United States

Total investments

42

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

34

Follow on index

0.19

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyInformation TechnologyGamingHealth CareAppsEducationMedical DeviceMedicalSustainabilityVideo Games

Summary

The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Los Angeles.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The important activity for fund was in 2016. When the investment is from NaHCO3 the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the NaHCO3, startups are often financed by Kleiner Perkins, Harrison Metal, First Round Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are YuChiang Cheng, Nicolas Berggruen, New Enterprise Associates. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Brentwood Associates, ZhenFund, Tamar Capital.

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 portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight AltSchool, Peek, Gavelytics. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Hospitality, Skill Assessment. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The fund was created by Ashley Merrill, Marc Merrill.

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Analytics

Total investments
42
Lead investments
0
Follow on index
0.19
Investments by industry
  • Gaming (8)
  • Biotechnology (8)
  • Education (4)
  • Video Games (4)
  • Sustainability (4)
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Investments by region
  • United States (35)
  • Israel (1)
  • Norway (1)
  • Canada (2)
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
6
Avg. valuation at time of investment
70M
Group Appearance index
0.33

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