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Palomar Ventures

Founders Jamie Montgomery

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Total investments 96
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$12M
Portfolio companies 46
Rounds per year 4.00
Lead investments 16
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.52
Exits 36
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Enterprise Software
  • Information Technology
  • Analytics
  • Hardware
Summary

Palomar Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1999. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Ladera Ranch.

The current fund was established by James Montgomery. The overall number of key employees were 2.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Palomar Ventures, startups are often financed by El Dorado Ventures, Austin Ventures, Sigma Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Austin Ventures, InterWest Partners, Windward Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by El Dorado Ventures, Windward Ventures, Sigma Partners.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has 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. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight WiQuest Communications, Netcontinuum, DATAllegro. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Information Technology, Enterprise Software. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund.

Comparing to the other companies, this Palomar Ventures performs on 8 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2003. The real fund results show that this VC is 2 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2011. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. When the investment is from Palomar Ventures the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars.

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Notable deals

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Analytics
Real Time
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$8M29 May 2012 California, United States

Predixion Software

Big Data
Predictive Analytics
Software
$6M04 Oct 2011 California, United States

MyBuys

Advertising
E-Commerce
Email
Mobile
Personalization
Social Media
$20M04 Mar 2011 California, United States

Biscotti

Hardware
Software
Video
$3M18 Oct 2010 Mckinney, Texas, United States

Damballa

Cyber Security
ISP
Telecommunications
$8M30 Mar 2010 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Ace Metrix

Advertising
Analytics
Real Time
TV
$6M16 Dec 2009 California, United States

Bigfoot Networks

Computer
Enterprise Software
Gaming
Hardware
Information Technology
Internet
Online Games
$8M17 Nov 2009 Redwood City, California, United States

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Total investments 96
Average round size 12M
Rounds per year 4.00
Peak activity year 2003
Lead investments 16
Follow on index 0.52
Exits 36
Group Appearance index 0.96

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Ace Metrix

Advertising
Analytics
Real Time
TV
$4M08 Aug 2014 California, United States

Predixion Software

Big Data
Predictive Analytics
Software
$21M08 Jul 2013 California, United States

Ace Metrix

Advertising
Analytics
Real Time
TV
$8M29 May 2012 California, United States

Predixion Software

Big Data
Predictive Analytics
Software
$6M04 Oct 2011 California, United States

MyBuys

Advertising
E-Commerce
Email
Mobile
Personalization
Social Media
$20M04 Mar 2011 California, United States

Biscotti

Hardware
Software
Video
$3M18 Oct 2010 Mckinney, Texas, United States

Damballa

Cyber Security
ISP
Telecommunications
$8M30 Mar 2010 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Ace Metrix

Advertising
Analytics
Real Time
TV
$6M16 Dec 2009 California, United States

Bigfoot Networks

Computer
Enterprise Software
Gaming
Hardware
Information Technology
Internet
Online Games
$8M17 Nov 2009 Redwood City, California, United States
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