PROfounders Capital

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

London, United Kingdom

Total investments

80

Average round size

5M

Portfolio companies

52

Rounds per year

5.33

Lead investments

21

Follow on index

0.35

Exits

14

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareMobileGamingSaaSAppsVirtual RealityTravelVideo Games

Summary

PROfounders Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 2009. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom. The main department of described VC is located in the London.

The fund was created by Brent Hoberman, Jonathan Goodwin, Michael Birch, Peter Dubens, Rogan Angelini-Hurll, Sean Seton-Rogers. Besides them, we counted 8 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the PROfounders Capital, startups are often financed by Index Ventures, YYX Capital, Windcrest Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Index Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Creandum. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Spark Capital, Index Ventures, Future Fifty.

The top activity for fund was in 2012. Opposing the other organizations, this PROfounders Capital works on 2 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Internet, Apps. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 3 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Compass, GetYourGuide, MADE.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
B2B/EnterpriseConsumer/Retail
Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
AlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Show 36 more
Check size
530K — 3M

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
EUR 80000000
Fund raised date
2023-12-01

Analytics

Total investments
80
Lead investments
21
Exits
14
Rounds per year
5.33
Follow on index
0.35
Investments by industry
  • Software (29)
  • E-Commerce (14)
  • Mobile (11)
  • Internet (10)
  • Travel (10)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (26)
  • Finland (12)
  • Poland (3)
  • United States (15)
  • Germany (6)
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Peak activity year
2012
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
2
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
55M
Group Appearance index
0.93
Avg. company exit year
4
Avg. multiplicator
1.80
Strategy success index
0.60

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Bloobirds 25 May 2020 Software, B2B, Sales, SaaS, Business Development, Sales Automation Seed 3M Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Nilo Health 23 May 2022 Health Care Seed 8M Berlin, Berlin, Germany
SmartMore Technology 24 Jun 2021 Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Early Stage Venture 200M Guangdong Province, Futian District, China

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