Penske Automotive Group

Total investments

8

Average round size

11M

Portfolio companies

5

Rounds per year

0.24

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.38

Exits

1

Areas of investment
AutomotiveE-CommerceInternetTransportationEnterprise SoftwareAutonomous VehiclesInternet of ThingsRide SharingFleet ManagementLeasing

Summary

In 1990 was created Penske Automotive Group, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Bloomfield Hills. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are E-Commerce, B2C. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Fair, Ridecell, CarsDirect.com. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Penske Automotive Group, startups are often financed by Foundation Capital, Idealab, BMW i Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mitsui & Co, Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures, Denso. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund, Munich Re/ERGO Corporate Venture Fund, G Squared.

This Penske Automotive Group works on 9 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2018. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2007. The average startup value when the investment from Penske Automotive Group is 100-500 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
8
Lead investments
2
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.24
Follow on index
0.38
Investments by industry
  • Automotive (5)
  • Internet (3)
  • E-Commerce (2)
  • Leasing (2)
  • Fleet Management (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (8)
Peak activity year
2000
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
29
Avg. valuation at time of investment
193M
Group Appearance index
0.75
Avg. company exit year
9
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Ridecell 01 Jun 2018 Automotive, Transportation, Car Sharing, Enterprise Software, Autonomous Vehicles, Internet of Things, Ride Sharing, Fleet Management Early Stage Venture 28M United States, California, San Francisco
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