Prescient

Total investments

3

Average round size

6M

Portfolio companies

2

Rounds per year

0.27

Follow on index

0.33

Exits

1

Areas of investment
Application SoftwareElectronics (B2C)FitnessHealth CareWellnessMedical DeviceCommunications InfrastructureWearablesSatellite Communication

Summary

Prescient is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2013. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Durham.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight BodyMedia. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Wearables, Wellness. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get 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 Vanker, Michael Lastowski.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Prescient, startups are often financed by UPMC, Draper Triangle, DFJ. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are ePlanet Capital, UPMC, Draper Triangle. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Draper Triangle, DFJ, ePlanet Capital.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2013. The important activity for fund was in 2002. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
3
Lead investments
0
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.27
Follow on index
0.33
Investments by industry
  • Wellness (2)
  • Application Software (2)
  • Medical Device (2)
  • Electronics (B2C) (2)
  • Fitness (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (2)
  • South Africa (1)
Peak activity year
2005

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Avg. valuation at time of investment
50M
Group Appearance index
0.67
Avg. company exit year
14
Avg. multiplicator
2.91

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
BodyMedia 25 Jul 2002 Application Software, Electronics (B2C), Fitness, Health Care, Wellness, Medical Device, Wearables Early Stage Venture 6M United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
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