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Total investments 6
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$12M
Portfolio companies 5
Rounds per year 0.33
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.17
Exits 1
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Computer
  • Electronics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Advanced Materials
Summary

Nanostart is the famous VC, which was founded in 2003. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in Germany. The main department of described VC is located in the Frankfurt.

For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Biotechnology, Manufacturing. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight BioMicro Systems, Nanosys.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Opposing the other organizations, this Nanostart works on 12 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The real fund results show that this VC is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The top activity for fund was in 2011.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Nanostart, startups are often financed by Venrock, Polaris Partners, ARCH Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are 180 Degree Capital, vSpring Capital, Yasuda Enterprise Development. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Venrock, US Department of Energy.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sensor
Software
17 Feb 2011 Central

NanoGram

Electronics
Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
$32M15 Jan 2008 United States, Milpitas

BioMicro Systems

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical
$2M27 Sep 2007 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Nanosys

Advanced Materials
Computer
Consumer Electronics
Electronics
Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
TV
$41M09 Nov 2005 Milpitas, California, United States

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Total investments 6
Average round size 12M
Rounds per year 0.33
Peak activity year 2011
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.17
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.50

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sensor
Software
17 Feb 2011 Central

NanoGram

Electronics
Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
$32M15 Jan 2008 United States, Milpitas

BioMicro Systems

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical
$2M27 Sep 2007 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Nanosys

Advanced Materials
Computer
Consumer Electronics
Electronics
Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
TV
$41M09 Nov 2005 Milpitas, California, United States
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