Next Wave Partners

Type

Private equity

Status

Active

Location

London, United Kingdom

Total investments

15

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

14

Rounds per year

0.88

Lead investments

6

Follow on index

0.07

Exits

5

Areas of investment
Information TechnologyE-LearningEducationManufacturingDeveloper PlatformProduct DesignConsultingMedia and EntertainmentPackaging ServicesPlastics and Rubber Manufacturing

Summary

Next Wave Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2007. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the London. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom.

The top activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Opposing the other organizations, this Next Wave Partners works on 0 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 51 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Next Wave Partners, startups are often financed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Beechbrook Capital, Alpina Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Beechbrook Capital, Alpina Partners, Adveq. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Future Thinking Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of more than 20 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Consumer Goods, Media and Entertainment.

The overall number of key employees were 4.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Consumer/RetailEdtechManufacturing
Stage focus
Series CSeries DSeries FSeries E
Geo focus
United Kingdom
Check size
13M — 66M

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
15
Lead investments
6
Exits
5
Rounds per year
0.88
Follow on index
0.07
Investments by industry
  • Consulting (4)
  • Media and Entertainment (3)
  • Packaging Services (2)
  • Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing (2)
  • Developer Platform (2)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (12)
  • The Netherlands (1)
  • New Zealand (1)
  • United States (1)
Peak activity year
2018
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
32
Avg. valuation at time of investment
322M
Group Appearance index
0.40
Avg. company exit year
40
Strategy success index
0.20

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