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NCB Ventures

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Total investments 10
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$6M
Portfolio companies 9
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.10
Exits 2
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Business Intelligence
  • Biotechnology
  • Manufacturing
  • RFID
Summary

The main department of described VC is located in the Dublin. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in Ireland.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Business Intelligence, Internet. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Ireland. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight AMCS Group, TERMINALFOUR, Gridstore. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 18 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Opposing the other organizations, this NCB Ventures works on 4 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2016. The top activity for fund was in 2010.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the NCB Ventures, startups are often financed by Enterprise Ireland, Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, Shannon Development Company. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Enterprise Ireland, Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, Shannon Development Company. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Enterprise Ireland, Investec, ONSET Ventures.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

LUCA Science

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$35M06 Jun 2022 Chiyoda, Japan

Gridstore

Data Center
Data Storage
Internet
Software
$12M15 Oct 2012 Mountain View, California, United States

Advertising
Apps
Logistics
Publishing
$1M09 Dec 2011 Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Brite:Bill

Billing
Customer Service
Mobile
SaaS
Software
Telecommunications
$1M17 Dec 2010 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Cellix Limited

Biotechnology
Manufacturing
Medical
$944K15 Feb 2007 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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Total investments 10
Average round size 6M
Peak activity year 2010
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.10
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.90

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

LUCA Science

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$35M06 Jun 2022 Chiyoda, Japan

Gridstore

Data Center
Data Storage
Internet
Software
$12M15 Oct 2012 Mountain View, California, United States

Advertising
Apps
Logistics
Publishing
$1M09 Dec 2011 Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Brite:Bill

Billing
Customer Service
Mobile
SaaS
Software
Telecommunications
$1M17 Dec 2010 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Cellix Limited

Biotechnology
Manufacturing
Medical
$944K15 Feb 2007 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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