Old College Capital

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Total investments

66

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

41

Rounds per year

5.08

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.38

Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyHealth CareMedicalTelecommunicationsEnergyWirelessAgricultureSatellite Communication

Summary

The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Edinburgh. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 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 - United Kingdom. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Greengage Lighting, NGenTec, Invizius. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Health Care, Energy.

Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 9 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2015.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 partakers. Despite the Old College Capital, startups are often financed by Scottish Investment Bank, Scottish Enterprise, Par Equity. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Kelvin Capital, Equity Gap, Scottish Enterprise. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Scottish Investment Bank, Kelvin Capital, Scottish Enterprise.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistAI/Big DataClimate techAgricultureBiotech/Life Sciences Show 1 more
Stage focus
Pre-SeedSeries A
Geo focus
United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
66
Lead investments
2
Rounds per year
5.08
Follow on index
0.38
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (19)
  • Health Care (10)
  • Information Technology (9)
  • Software (8)
  • Telecommunications (8)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (61)
Peak activity year
2023

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
486K
Group Appearance index
0.91

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Aveni 21 Jun 2021 Information Technology, Video Conferencing Seed 1M Scotland, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Neuranics 27 Sep 2023 Health Care, Nanotechnology, Sensor Seed 2M Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
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