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Palm Drive Capital

Founders Hendrick Lee Seamon Chan

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Total investments 109
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$14M
Portfolio companies 89
Rounds per year 10.90
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.17
Exits 7
Key employees 3

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Information Technology
  • E-Commerce
Summary

The company was established in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the New York.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2016. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 16 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. Opposing the other organizations, this Palm Drive Capital works on 25 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Internet, Pharmaceutical. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Jet.com, Rappi, WeLab.

The current fund was established by Hendrick Lee, Seamon Chan. The overall number of key employees were 3.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Palm Drive Capital, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, InQlab, Stella Maris Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Y Combinator, Soma Capital, FundersClub. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Y Combinator, Thrive Capital, Sequoia Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Invygo

Car Sharing
Information Technology
Micro Lending
Rental
Subscription Service
23 Oct 2024 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Stanly

$8M12 Jun 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States

Anzen

$4M12 May 2024 -

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Information Technology
Open Source
Software
$2M06 May 2024 -

Popularium

$2M26 Mar 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States

Moove

Automotive
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
$100M19 Mar 2024 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Louisa

Big Data
Software
$5M06 Mar 2024 -

MAKA

E-Commerce
Internet
$2M14 Dec 2023 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

EduFi

FinTech
$6M10 Nov 2023 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
News
Moove Raises $23 Million Series A Funding to Democratize Vehicle Ownership in Africa

– Moove, an African mobility fintech, announced that it has raised $23m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital, with participation from DCM, Clocktower Technology Ventures, thelatest.ventures, LocalGlobe, Tekton, FJ Labs, Palm Drive Capital, Roka Works, KAAF Investments, Spartech Ventures, Class 5 Global, and Victoria van Lennep, co-founder of Lendable.
– Africa specialist, Verod Kepple Africa Ventures, and one of Moove’s existing lenders, Emso Asset Management, also joined the round.
– This brings Moove’s total funding to $68.2m, including $28.2m in equity and $40m in debt.

MealMe raises $900,000 for its food search engine

– MealMe.ai, a food search engine, raised $900k in pre-seed funding.
Palm Drive Capital led the round, with participation from Slow Ventures and CP Ventures.
– TechCrunch first became familiar with MealMe when it presented as part of the Techstars Atlanta demo day last October, mentioning it in a roundup of favorite startups from a group of the accelerator’s startup cohorts.
– The company’s product allows users to search for food, or a restaurant. It then displays price points from various food-delivery apps for what the user wants to eat and have delivered. And, notably, MealMe allows for in-app checkout, regardless of the selected provider.
– The service could boost pricing and delivery-speed transparency amongst the different apps that help folks eat, like DoorDash and Uber Eats.

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Total investments 109
Average round size 14M
Rounds per year 10.90
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.17
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.72

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Invygo

Car Sharing
Information Technology
Micro Lending
Rental
Subscription Service
23 Oct 2024 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Stanly

$8M12 Jun 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States

Anzen

$4M12 May 2024 -

Refine

Information Technology
Open Source
Software
$2M06 May 2024 -

Popularium

$2M26 Mar 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States

Moove

Automotive
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
$100M19 Mar 2024 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Louisa

Big Data
Software
$5M06 Mar 2024 -

MAKA

E-Commerce
Internet
$2M14 Dec 2023 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

EduFi

FinTech
$6M10 Nov 2023 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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