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Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures

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Total investments 42
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$19M
Portfolio companies 25
Rounds per year 6.00
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.40
Exits 2
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • FinTech
  • Financial Services
  • Mobile
  • Insurance
  • Wealth Management
Summary

In 2017 was created Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, which is appeared as VC. Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. When the investment is from Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 10 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The top activity for fund was in 2018. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Chime, Ladder, Atonarp. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Mobile, Financial Services. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, startups are often financed by Wild Basin Investments, Homebrew, Forerunner Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Wild Basin Investments, Silicon Badia, Royal Bank of Canada. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Menlo Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Cathay Innovation.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

NewRetirement

Financial Services
FinTech
InsurTech
Retirement
$20M27 Mar 2024 California, United States

Harness Wealth

Consulting
Financial Services
Wealth Management
$17M05 Mar 2024 New York, New York, United States

Wellthi

Banking
Consulting
Financial Services
FinTech
25 May 2023 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Hello Divorce

Apps
Legal
Legal Tech
$3M19 Oct 2022 Oakland, California, United States

VRGL

Advice
Analytics
Consulting
Information Services
$15M30 Aug 2022 Dallas, Texas, United States

Ramped

EdTech
Internet
$3M22 Mar 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

The Helper Bees

Elder Care
Health Care
Home Health Care
Insurance
InsurTech
Life Insurance
$12M12 Jan 2022 Austin, Texas, United States

UNest

Apps
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Mobile
Wealth Management
$26M11 Nov 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Breeze

Insurance
InsurTech
$10M10 Aug 2021 Omaha, Nebraska, United States
News
After raising $10M, Breeze breathes fresh air into a stagnant disability insurance market

– Breeze, a digital platform for disability and critical illness insurance, raised $10m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Link Ventures and joined by Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, M25, Fiat Ventures and Invest Nebraska.
– The company plans to use the funding to expand its team and product offerings.

Hello Divorce raises $2M so that couples can say ‘good-bye’ easier

– Online divorce startup Hello Divorce raised $2m seed funding.
– The round was led by CEAS and joined by Lightbank, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Gaingels and a group of individuals including Clio CEO Jack Newton, WRG’s Lisa Stone.
– The company plans to rapidly scale legal filing options across the U.S., improve its ground-breaking product, and give consumers more of the content and services they need to feel informed and in control of their divorce process.

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Total investments 42
Average round size 19M
Rounds per year 6.00
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.40
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.93

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

NewRetirement

Financial Services
FinTech
InsurTech
Retirement
$20M27 Mar 2024 California, United States

Harness Wealth

Consulting
Financial Services
Wealth Management
$17M05 Mar 2024 New York, New York, United States

Wellthi

Banking
Consulting
Financial Services
FinTech
25 May 2023 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Hello Divorce

Apps
Legal
Legal Tech
$3M19 Oct 2022 Oakland, California, United States

VRGL

Advice
Analytics
Consulting
Information Services
$15M30 Aug 2022 Dallas, Texas, United States

Ramped

EdTech
Internet
$3M22 Mar 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

The Helper Bees

Elder Care
Health Care
Home Health Care
Insurance
InsurTech
Life Insurance
$12M12 Jan 2022 Austin, Texas, United States

UNest

Apps
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Mobile
Wealth Management
$26M11 Nov 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Breeze

Insurance
InsurTech
$10M10 Aug 2021 Omaha, Nebraska, United States
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