Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Accelerator/Incubator
Active
Chicago, United States
38
263K
32
1.36
3
0.13
1
- Stages of investment
- Areas of investment
Summary
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1996. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Chicago. The venture was found in North America in United States.
The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Opposing the other organizations, this Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation works on 25 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 16 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2014.
Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Education, Food and Beverage. 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 OpenShelf, Ascent. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund.
The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, startups are often financed by Ryan Barr, Red Rock Ventures, Paul Wood. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Temerity Capital Partners, Foundation Capital, Doug Monieson. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Prosper Women Entrepreneurs, Wells Fargo, University of Chicago.
The fund was created by Ellen Rudnick, Steven Kaplan.
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- Stage focus
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Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 38
- Lead investments
- 3
- Exits
- 1
- Rounds per year
- 1.36
- Follow on index
- 0.13
- Investments by industry
- Software (8)
- Health Care (7)
- Hospital (6)
- Education (5)
- E-Commerce (4) Show 75 more
- Investments by region
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- United States (33)
- Peak activity year
- 2014
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 6
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 156K
- Group Appearance index
- 0.24
- Avg. company exit year
- 5
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascent | 01 Mar 2018 | Financial Services, FinTech, Legal, Legal Tech, Compliance | Early Stage Venture | 6M | United States, Illinois, Chicago |
| inclusive+ | 16 Jun 2022 | Health Care, Hospital | Seed | 10K | United States, Illinois, Chicago |
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