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Passport Capital

Founders John Burbank

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Total investments 27
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$34M
Portfolio companies 20
Rounds per year 1.17
Lead investments 7
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Exits 11
Key employees 11
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • FinTech
  • Energy
  • Payments
  • E-Commerce
Summary

In 2000 was created Passport Capital, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the San Francisco.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Passport Capital, startups are often financed by VantagePoint Capital Partners, Yahoo, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Capricorn Investment Group, VantagePoint Capital Partners, Steven Boal. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Intel Capital, FTV Capital, SK Group.

The important activity for fund was in 2011. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Opposing the other organizations, this Passport Capital works on 16 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2014. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 21 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Internet, Solar. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Quotient Technology, NEOS GeoSolutions, Apartment List. 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 States.

The current fund was established by John Burbank. We also calculated 11 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TomoCredit

Credit
Credit Cards
FinTech
Personal Finance
$7M10 Feb 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Solana

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Internet
Virtual Currency
$20M30 Jul 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Dharma Labs

Credit
FinTech
Lending
Peer to Peer
$7M05 Feb 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Advertising
Analytics
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Enterprise Software
Fraud Detection
Security
$4M10 Dec 2013 Santa Monica, California, United States

Bright.com

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Human Resources
Information Technology
Internet
Machine Learning
Recruiting
Software
Staffing Agency
$14M18 Sep 2013 San Francisco, California, United States

CashStar

E-Commerce
FinTech
Internet
Loyalty Programs
Payments
$12M26 Oct 2011 Portland, Maine, United States

CashStar

E-Commerce
FinTech
Internet
Loyalty Programs
Payments
$5M15 Feb 2011 Portland, Maine, United States

Range Fuels

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Energy
$100M01 Apr 2008 Colorado, United States

HelioVolt

Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Solar
$101M16 Aug 2007 Austin, Texas, United States

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Total investments 27
Average round size 34M
Rounds per year 1.17
Peak activity year 2011
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.26
Exits 11
Group Appearance index 0.89

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TomoCredit

Credit
Credit Cards
FinTech
Personal Finance
$7M10 Feb 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Solana

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Internet
Virtual Currency
$20M30 Jul 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Dharma Labs

Credit
FinTech
Lending
Peer to Peer
$7M05 Feb 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Advertising
Analytics
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Enterprise Software
Fraud Detection
Security
$4M10 Dec 2013 Santa Monica, California, United States

Bright.com

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Human Resources
Information Technology
Internet
Machine Learning
Recruiting
Software
Staffing Agency
$14M18 Sep 2013 San Francisco, California, United States

CashStar

E-Commerce
FinTech
Internet
Loyalty Programs
Payments
$12M26 Oct 2011 Portland, Maine, United States

CashStar

E-Commerce
FinTech
Internet
Loyalty Programs
Payments
$5M15 Feb 2011 Portland, Maine, United States

Range Fuels

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Energy
$100M01 Apr 2008 Colorado, United States

HelioVolt

Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Solar
$101M16 Aug 2007 Austin, Texas, United States
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