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Prelude Trust

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Total investments 25
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 13
Rounds per year 1.04
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.48
Exits 6
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Semiconductor
  • Manufacturing
  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
Summary

Prelude Trust is the famous VC, which was founded in 1997. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom. The main office of represented VC is situated in the London.

The important activity for fund was in 2006. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 5 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. This Prelude Trust works on 6 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2016.

The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight XMOS, m-spatial, ZBD Displays. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Prelude Trust, startups are often financed by DSM Venturing, BASF Venture Capital, TTP Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are TTP Ventures, The Dow Chemical Company, DSM Venturing. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by TTP Ventures, Bioventures Investors, Wellington Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Oxford Immunotec

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$40M29 Oct 2007 Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom

XMOS

Embedded Software
Embedded Systems
Semiconductor
$16M06 Sep 2007 Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Tribold

B2B
Product Design
Software
$15M22 Mar 2007 London, England, United Kingdom

SiConnect

Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$5M25 Sep 2006 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

XMOS

Embedded Software
Embedded Systems
Semiconductor
$1M19 Sep 2006 Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Sciona

Analytics
Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
$9M03 Apr 2006 Aurora, Colorado, United States

Oxford Immunotec

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$9M10 Aug 2005 Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom

SiConnect

Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$4M05 May 2005 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

Polatis

Consumer Electronics
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Software
Web Hosting
$9M11 Nov 2004 Massachusetts, United States

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Total investments 25
Average round size 8M
Rounds per year 1.04
Peak activity year 2006
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.48
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.96

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Oxford Immunotec

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$40M29 Oct 2007 Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom

XMOS

Embedded Software
Embedded Systems
Semiconductor
$16M06 Sep 2007 Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Tribold

B2B
Product Design
Software
$15M22 Mar 2007 London, England, United Kingdom

SiConnect

Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$5M25 Sep 2006 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

XMOS

Embedded Software
Embedded Systems
Semiconductor
$1M19 Sep 2006 Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Sciona

Analytics
Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
$9M03 Apr 2006 Aurora, Colorado, United States

Oxford Immunotec

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$9M10 Aug 2005 Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom

SiConnect

Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$4M05 May 2005 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

Polatis

Consumer Electronics
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Software
Web Hosting
$9M11 Nov 2004 Massachusetts, United States
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