Rovi Guides

Total investments

2

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

2

Rounds per year

0.07

Lead investments

2

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
InternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyManufacturingSportsNewsHardwareSemiconductorMedia and EntertainmentCommunication Hardware

Summary

Rovi Guides appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1992. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Santa Clara.

The high activity for fund was in 2007. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2007. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Media and Entertainment, Manufacturing. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight BuddyTV, TeleCruz Technology.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 partaker. Despite the Rovi Guides, startups are often financed by CRV. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Madrona Venture Group, Spyglass, Sands Brothers Asset Management.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
2
Lead investments
2
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.07
Investments by industry
  • News (1)
  • Media and Entertainment (1)
  • Sports (1)
  • Semiconductor (1)
  • Software (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (2)
Peak activity year
2007

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
20
Avg. company exit year
2

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
BuddyTV 01 Jul 2007 Sports, News, Media and Entertainment Early Stage Venture 2M United States, Washington, Seattle

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