Nanostart

Total investments

6

Average round size

12M

Portfolio companies

5

Rounds per year

0.33

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.17

Exits

1

Areas of investment
SoftwareManufacturingMedicalComputerConsumer ElectronicsElectronicsAdvanced MaterialsTVNanotechnologySensor

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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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
6
Lead investments
1
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.33
Follow on index
0.17
Investments by industry
  • Manufacturing (4)
  • Computer (3)
  • Electronics (2)
  • Nanotechnology (2)
  • Advanced Materials (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (3)
  • Singapore (3)
Peak activity year
2011

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
19
Avg. valuation at time of investment
7M
Group Appearance index
0.50
Avg. company exit year
14

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Nanosys 09 Nov 2005 Manufacturing, Computer, Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Advanced Materials, TV, Nanotechnology Late Stage Venture 41M United States, California, Milpitas
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