North Sky Capital

Total investments

6

Average round size

22M

Portfolio companies

6

Rounds per year

0.27

Lead investments

1

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Private EquityEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
AutomotiveSoftwareInformation TechnologyMobileManufacturingEnergyRenewable EnergySolarEnvironmental ConsultingWind Energy

Summary

In 2000 was created North Sky Capital, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Minneapolis.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight FRX Polymers, GeoDigital, DIRTT Environmental Solutions. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Canada. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Manufacturing, Energy.

The top activity for fund was in 2011. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2013. Opposing the other organizations, this North Sky Capital works on 21 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the North Sky Capital, startups are often financed by MissionPoint Capital Partners, Greylock Partners, Black River Asset Management. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Spring Mountain Capital, SAM Private Equity, NewWorld Capital Group LLC. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by General Motors Ventures, OPIC - Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Masdar Capital.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
6
Lead investments
1
Exits
3
Rounds per year
0.27
Investments by industry
  • Manufacturing (2)
  • Energy (2)
  • Renewable Energy (2)
  • Automotive (1)
  • Environmental Consulting (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (4)
  • Canada (2)
Peak activity year
2011
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
23
Avg. valuation at time of investment
113M
Group Appearance index
0.83
Avg. company exit year
10

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
FRX Polymers 06 Jun 2011 Manufacturing, Industrial, Advanced Materials, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing Early Stage Venture 15M United States, Massachusetts

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