National Center for Research & Development

Type

Government organization

Status

Active

Location

Warsaw, Poland

Total investments

45

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

36

Rounds per year

2.81

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.20

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Grant
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningHealth CareMedical DeviceCyber SecurityHardwareInternet of Things

Summary

National Center for Research & Development is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2007. The venture was found in Europe in Poland. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Warszawa.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the National Center for Research & Development, startups are often financed by EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Boost VC, Black Pearls VC. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are European Commission. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by ff Venture Capital, Techstars, RTAventures VC.

The top activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017. Comparing to the other companies, this National Center for Research & Development performs on 19 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Artificial Intelligence, Software. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight APPLICA.AI, Billon Group, XTPL. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Poland.

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Investor highlights

Geo focus
Poland

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
45
Lead investments
3
Exits
3
Rounds per year
2.81
Follow on index
0.20
Investments by industry
  • Artificial Intelligence (14)
  • Software (14)
  • Information Technology (10)
  • Health Care (8)
  • Hardware (7)
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Investments by region
  • Poland (39)
  • United States (4)
  • Israel (1)
  • Canada (1)
Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
6
Avg. valuation at time of investment
4M
Group Appearance index
0.22
Avg. company exit year
6
Avg. multiplicator
6.60

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Healthcann 11 Feb 2021 Biopharma, Cannabis Seed 1M Dolnoslaskie, Wroclaw, Poland

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