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Natural Gas Partners

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Total investments 20
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$120M
Portfolio companies 17
Rounds per year 0.57
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.15
Exits 3
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Energy
  • Oil and Gas
  • Renewable Energy
  • Natural Resources
  • Environmental Engineering
Summary

Natural Gas Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1988. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Irving.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Utility Associates, groSolar, Black Diamond Minerals. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Oil and Gas, Fuel. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Natural Gas Partners, startups are often financed by SJF Ventures, NGP Energy Technology Partners, Calvert Social Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Warburg Pincus, Trident Capital, TL Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Umpqua Bank, Trinity Capital Investment, Trident Capital.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The top activity for fund was in 2008. Comparing to the other companies, this Natural Gas Partners performs on 9 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2016. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 27 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Renewable Energy Group

Biofuel
Biotechnology
Energy
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy
$137M27 Jun 2008 Ames, Iowa, United States

DynaPump

Energy
Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
$6M18 Jun 2008 Houston, Texas, United States

Renewable Energy Group

Biofuel
Biotechnology
Energy
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy
$22M02 Aug 2007 Ames, Iowa, United States

Utility Associates

Hardware
Information Services
Information Technology
Internet
Navigation
Telecommunications
$30M24 Apr 2000 Georgia, United States

Network International

Energy
Marketplace
Oil and Gas
$35M07 Mar 2000 Houston, Texas, United States

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Total investments 20
Average round size 120M
Rounds per year 0.57
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.15
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.45

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Renewable Energy Group

Biofuel
Biotechnology
Energy
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy
$137M27 Jun 2008 Ames, Iowa, United States

DynaPump

Energy
Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
$6M18 Jun 2008 Houston, Texas, United States

Renewable Energy Group

Biofuel
Biotechnology
Energy
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy
$22M02 Aug 2007 Ames, Iowa, United States

Utility Associates

Hardware
Information Services
Information Technology
Internet
Navigation
Telecommunications
$30M24 Apr 2000 Georgia, United States

Network International

Energy
Marketplace
Oil and Gas
$35M07 Mar 2000 Houston, Texas, United States
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