Rampersand

Status

Active

Location

Melbourne, Australia

Total investments

45

Average round size

5M

Portfolio companies

25

Rounds per year

4.09

Lead investments

8

Follow on index

0.44

Exits

2

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechHuman ResourcesRecruitingArtificial IntelligenceEnterprise SoftwareMarketplaceMarketingSocial Media Marketing

Summary

Rampersand is the famous VC, which was founded in 2013. The company was established in Australia. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Melbourne.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline PredictiveHire, Cog, School Places Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Mobile Devices, Enterprise Software. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Australia.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Rampersand, startups are often financed by Macdoch Ventures, Giant Leap Fund, Full Circle Venture Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Giant Leap Fund, Full Circle Venture Capital, Macdoch Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Giant Leap Fund, Full Circle Venture Capital, Blackbird Ventures (Australia).

The fund was created by Jim Cassidy, Paul Naphtali.

The important activity for fund was in 2016. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The real fund results show that this VC is 3 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
AustraliaGeneralistNew Zealand
Check size
3M — 5M

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
AUD 40000000
Fund raised date
2021-11-01

Analytics

Total investments
45
Lead investments
8
Exits
2
Rounds per year
4.09
Follow on index
0.44
Investments by industry
  • Software (11)
  • Artificial Intelligence (6)
  • Marketing (6)
  • Financial Services (6)
  • Recruiting (5)
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Investments by region
  • Australia (32)
  • New Zealand (3)
  • United States (8)
  • Sweden (2)
Peak activity year
2023

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
419K
Group Appearance index
0.96
Avg. company exit year
9

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Cake Equity 12 Mar 2022 Seed 2M Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia
Hatch 19 Feb 2024 Human Resources, Recruiting, Professional Services Seed 5M Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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