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Rand Capital

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Total investments 44
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 26
Rounds per year 0.83
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.41
Exits 10
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Social Media
  • Enterprise Software
Summary

Rand Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1969. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Buffalo. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Rand Capital, startups are often financed by Cayuga Venture Fund, Z80 Labs Technology Incubator, Advantage Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Cayuga Venture Fund, Advantage Capital, Z80 Labs Technology Incubator. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Cayuga Venture Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Advantage Capital.

The overall number of key employees were 1.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2015. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The real fund results show that this VC is 6 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The important activity for fund was in 2015. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Comparing to the other companies, this Rand Capital performs on 17 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Diagnostics, Software. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline ACV, Rheonix, Empire Genomics

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Centivo

Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
$34M07 Dec 2020 New York, New York, United States

Centivo

Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
$34M18 Jul 2018 New York, New York, United States

Tilson

Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Service Industry
$1M12 Dec 2017 Portland, Maine, United States

Tilson

Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Service Industry
$3M12 Nov 2017 Portland, Maine, United States

Grainful

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Organic Food
$3M07 Jun 2017 Ithaca, New York, United States

PostProcess Technologies

Industrial
Mechanical Engineering
Software
$4M26 Apr 2017 Buffalo, New York, United States

ACV

Apps
Automotive
Marketplace
Mobile Apps
$15M08 Mar 2017 Buffalo, New York, United States

ACV

Apps
Automotive
Marketplace
Mobile Apps
$5M19 Sep 2016 Buffalo, New York, United States

Genicon

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$2M21 Apr 2016 Florida, United States

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Total investments 44
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 0.83
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.41
Exits 10
Group Appearance index 0.89

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Centivo

Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
$34M07 Dec 2020 New York, New York, United States

Centivo

Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
$34M18 Jul 2018 New York, New York, United States

Tilson

Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Service Industry
$1M12 Dec 2017 Portland, Maine, United States

Tilson

Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Service Industry
$3M12 Nov 2017 Portland, Maine, United States

Grainful

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Organic Food
$3M07 Jun 2017 Ithaca, New York, United States

PostProcess Technologies

Industrial
Mechanical Engineering
Software
$4M26 Apr 2017 Buffalo, New York, United States

ACV

Apps
Automotive
Marketplace
Mobile Apps
$15M08 Mar 2017 Buffalo, New York, United States

ACV

Apps
Automotive
Marketplace
Mobile Apps
$5M19 Sep 2016 Buffalo, New York, United States

Genicon

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$2M21 Apr 2016 Florida, United States

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