Rooks Nest Ventures

Total investments

31

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

28

Rounds per year

3.88

Lead investments

7

Follow on index

0.03

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareAnalyticsInformation TechnologyGamingArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningVirtual RealityAdvertisingMedia and EntertainmentPodcast

Summary

Rooks Nest Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2016. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom. The main department of described VC is located in the London.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Fiit, Perlego, The RightsXchange Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Education, TV.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Westminster Growth Capital, Simon Franks, Redbus Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Alexander Edward Chesterman, Simon Franks, Peter Hinssen.

The current fund was established by Michael Sackler. The overall number of key employees were 3.

The high activity for fund was in 2016. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
31
Lead investments
7
Rounds per year
3.88
Follow on index
0.03
Investments by industry
  • Software (11)
  • Advertising (5)
  • Media and Entertainment (4)
  • Analytics (3)
  • Podcast (3)
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Investments by region
  • United States (12)
  • United Kingdom (11)
  • Germany (2)
  • Finland (1)
  • Poland (1)
Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
5
Avg. valuation at time of investment
8M
Group Appearance index
0.76

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Podsights 23 Mar 2021 Analytics, Advertising, Podcast Seed 4M United States, New York, New York
Yoko Robotics 16 Jun 2022 Food and Beverage, Wellness, Robotics, Personal Health, Cooking Seed
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