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Rough Draft Ventures

Founders Bilal Zuberi Nitesh Banta Peter Boyce II Zachary Hamed

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Total investments 159
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$714K
Portfolio companies 138
Rounds per year 13.25
Lead investments 4
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.13
Exits 15
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
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Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Internet
  • Machine Learning
Summary

In 2012 was created Rough Draft Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Cambridge.

The current fund was established by Bilal Zuberi, Nitesh Banta, Peter Boyce II, Zach Hamed. The overall number of key employees were 4.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Rough Draft Ventures, startups are often financed by MIT delta v, Dorm Room Fund, The Brandery. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Y Combinator, SV Angel, Slow Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Y Combinator, Techstars, Sound Ventures.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Mark43, Smarking, Sigma Ratings. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The important activity for fund was in 2014. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. Opposing the other organizations, this Rough Draft Ventures works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The real fund results show that this VC is 13 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. Deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars are the general things for fund. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2016.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Hinkal Protocol

$4M16 Nov 2023 -

Portabl

Financial Services
Identity Management
$3M19 Sep 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Out Of The Box Education

E-Learning
EdTech
31 Mar 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

SoundMind

Health Care
Mobile Apps
Software
Wellness
$800K01 Mar 2022 Newport Beach, California, United States

Fanfix

$1M01 Oct 2021 -

Relentlo

Gaming
Software
$2M01 Jul 2021 Berkeley, California, United States

Yobs

Artificial Intelligence
Developer APIs
Human Resources
Recruiting
$2M01 Mar 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Chippin

Food and Beverage
Pet
01 Jan 2021 New York, New York, United States

Abacus

Blockchain
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Software
17 Dec 2020 San Francisco, California, United States

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Total investments 159
Average round size 714K
Rounds per year 13.25
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.13
Exits 15
Group Appearance index 0.70

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Hinkal Protocol

$4M16 Nov 2023 -

Portabl

Financial Services
Identity Management
$3M19 Sep 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Out Of The Box Education

E-Learning
EdTech
31 Mar 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

SoundMind

Health Care
Mobile Apps
Software
Wellness
$800K01 Mar 2022 Newport Beach, California, United States

Fanfix

$1M01 Oct 2021 -

Relentlo

Gaming
Software
$2M01 Jul 2021 Berkeley, California, United States

Yobs

Artificial Intelligence
Developer APIs
Human Resources
Recruiting
$2M01 Mar 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Chippin

Food and Beverage
Pet
01 Jan 2021 New York, New York, United States

Abacus

Blockchain
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Software
17 Dec 2020 San Francisco, California, United States
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