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Ruffena Capital

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Total investments 7
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 7
Rounds per year 0.88
Lead investments 0
Exits 3
Key employees 7

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • SaaS
  • Information Services
  • Manufacturing
  • Fitness
Summary

Ruffena Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 2013. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom. The main department of described VC is located in the London.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Ruffena Capital, startups are often financed by Midven, Innovate UK, SevenMile Capital Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SyndicateRoom, Seventure Partners, Oxford Technology Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Horizon 2020, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Permira Debt Managers.

The overall number of key employees were 7.

Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2016. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. This Ruffena Capital works on 14 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as SaaS, Analytics. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Cambrooke Therapeutics, Lightpoint Medical, appScatter. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cambrooke Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Fitness
Food Products
Health Care
Nutrition
Other Healthcare
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
11 Apr 2016 Massachusetts, United States

Fantoo

Consumer Software
Information Services
Messaging
Productivity Tools
SaaS
Software
$685K01 May 2015 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

Lightpoint Medical

Biotechnology
Medical
Medical Device
$1M30 Dec 2014 United Kingdom, England

MSP Technologies

Electrical Distribution
Environmental Consulting
Manufacturing
Power Grid
$685K12 Aug 2014 United Kingdom, England

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Total investments 7
Average round size 2M
Rounds per year 0.88
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 0
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.57

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cambrooke Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Fitness
Food Products
Health Care
Nutrition
Other Healthcare
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
11 Apr 2016 Massachusetts, United States

Fantoo

Consumer Software
Information Services
Messaging
Productivity Tools
SaaS
Software
$685K01 May 2015 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

Lightpoint Medical

Biotechnology
Medical
Medical Device
$1M30 Dec 2014 United Kingdom, England

MSP Technologies

Electrical Distribution
Environmental Consulting
Manufacturing
Power Grid
$685K12 Aug 2014 United Kingdom, England
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