Principal Financial Group

Status

Active

Total investments

5

Average round size

10M

Portfolio companies

4

Rounds per year

0.03

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.20

Exits

2

Stages of investment
Late Stage Venture
Areas of investment
InternetInformation TechnologyMachine LearningEnterprise SoftwareContentInsuranceInsurTechCloud ManagementWirelessCommercial Insurance

Summary

In 1879 was created Principal Financial Group, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Des Moines.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Principal Financial Group, startups are often financed by MassMutual Ventures, AXA Venture Partners, Wanxiang Healthcare Investments. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Equity Dynamics, Wells Fargo, Transamerica. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Cedar Fund, BP Growth Partners.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this Principal Financial Group works on 4 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The important activity for fund was in 2019. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2013.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Palisade Systems, Limelight Health. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Insurance, Health Care. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Analytics

Total investments
5
Lead investments
1
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.03
Follow on index
0.20
Investments by industry
  • Content (2)
  • Enterprise Software (2)
  • InsurTech (2)
  • Wireless (1)
  • Cloud Management (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (5)
Peak activity year
2009

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
16
Avg. valuation at time of investment
67M
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
12
Avg. multiplicator
1.44

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
EvolutionIQ 28 Feb 2023 Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Insurance, InsurTech, Commercial Insurance, Risk Management, Fraud Detection, Life Insurance Early Stage Venture 7M United States, New York, New York

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