Plaza Ventures

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Toronto, Canada

Total investments

38

Average round size

13M

Portfolio companies

28

Rounds per year

2.38

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.26

Exits

7

Areas of investment
Business/Productivity SoftwareMedia and Information Services (B2B)E-CommerceInternetSoftwareFinTechAnalyticsMobileSaaSMarketing

Summary

Plaza Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2008. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Toronto. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in Canada.

The overall number of key employees were 5.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Internet, Social Media. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Dejero Labs, Q4, Hubba The fund has no specific favorite in a number of 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 location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Canada.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Plaza Ventures, startups are often financed by iNovia Capital, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, White Star Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are iNovia Capital, Real Ventures, Structure Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by BDC Venture Capital, iNovia Capital, Pinetree Capital.

The high activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 16 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. Opposing the other organizations, this Plaza Ventures works on 8 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Series ASeries BSeries BSeries CPre-IPO
Geo focus
Canada

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
38
Lead investments
1
Exits
7
Rounds per year
2.38
Follow on index
0.26
Investments by industry
  • Software (16)
  • E-Commerce (8)
  • SaaS (8)
  • Internet (8)
  • Mobile (6)
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Investments by region
  • Canada (35)
  • United States (2)
  • Israel (1)
Peak activity year
2018
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
12
Avg. valuation at time of investment
75M
Group Appearance index
0.79
Avg. company exit year
10
Avg. multiplicator
1.89
Strategy success index
0.40

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Agensys 11 Oct 1999 Biotechnology, Health Diagnostics, Pharmaceutical Early Stage Venture 11M United States, California, Santa Monica
Drop Technologies 31 Jan 2018 Retail, Mobile Apps, Business Intelligence, Digital Marketing, Market Research, Social Media Marketing, Loyalty Programs, Consumer Research Early Stage Venture 16M Ontario, Old Toronto, Canada
Sophonix 23 Jun 2020 Biotechnology Early Stage Venture 15M Beijing, Dongcheng District, China
Super.com 24 Apr 2023 E-Commerce, FinTech, Mobile, Travel, Price Comparison Late Stage Venture 60M United States, California, San Francisco
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