Newtown Partners
Venture Capital
Active
Cape Town, South Africa
25
3M
18
2.50
6
0.28
- Areas of investment
Summary
In 2014 was created Newtown Partners, which is appeared as VC. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Cape Town. The venture was found in Africa in South Africa.
The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Newtown Partners, startups are often financed by Vinny Lingham, Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars - London, Vumela Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Vumela Fund, Vinny Lingham, Smollan. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Vumela Fund, Smollan, Prosus Ventures.
The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.
The fund was created by Llew Claasen, Vinny Lingham. We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.
Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight SweepSouth. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Blockchain, Banking. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - South Africa.
Investor highlights
- Industry generalist
- Yes
- Industry focus
- Stage focus
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Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 25
- Lead investments
- 6
- Rounds per year
- 2.50
- Follow on index
- 0.28
- Investments by industry
- Logistics (10)
- Health Care (9)
- Retail (5)
- Internet (5)
- E-Commerce (4) Show 35 more
- Investments by region
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- Netherlands (1)
- Singapore (2)
- United States (2)
- Nigeria (3)
- Ghana (2) Show 5 more
- Peak activity year
- 2021
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 6
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 761K
- Group Appearance index
- 0.84
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Nov 2020 | Cooking | Seed | 0 | Chiyoda, Japan | |
| Flavr | 03 Nov 2016 | E-Commerce, Internet, Food and Beverage | Seed | 531K | Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Haulio | 22 Dec 2021 | Logistics, Freight Service, Software, Information Technology, Information Services, Developer Platform, Industrial | Early Stage Venture | 7M | Central, Singapore, Singapore |
| MDaaS Global | 06 Mar 2024 | Health Care, Medical Device, Professional Services | Seed | 3M | Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria |
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