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Rugged Ventures

Founders Dave Lerner

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Total investments 12
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 12
Rounds per year 0.55
Lead investments 0
Exits 4
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Apps
  • Mobile
  • Consumer
  • Advertising
Summary

Rugged Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2001. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the New York.

The fund was created by Dave Lerner. Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

Opposing the other organizations, this Rugged Ventures works on 15 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2013. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

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 States. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Locket, KidPass, AdYapper Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Advertising, Education.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 9-10 participants. Despite the Rugged Ventures, startups are often financed by ff Venture Capital, Techstars, Right Side Capital Management. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are ff Venture Capital, Timothy Chi, Thomas Lehrman. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by ff Venture Capital, Quotidian Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Zinier

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Enterprise Applications
Enterprise Software
Field Support
Machine Learning
SaaS
$8M15 Jan 2018 California, United States

Viro Media

Developer Platform
Mobile
Virtual Reality
$2M22 Mar 2017 Seattle, Washington, United States

KidPass

Children
Education
Internet
Subscription Service
$800K28 Sep 2016 New York, New York, United States

Fraud.net

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Banking
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Consumer Lending
Cyber Security
E-Commerce
Financial Services
FinTech
Fraud Detection
Internet
Machine Learning
Payments
Retail
SaaS
Security
01 Feb 2016 New York, New York, United States

Astro

$3M24 Jun 2015 New York, New York, United States

Locket

Android
Apps
Mobile
$3M10 Feb 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

Keen Home

Hardware
Internet of Things
Smart Home
Software
Wireless
$1M29 Oct 2014 New York, New York, United States

Paintzen

Consumer
Home and Garden
Home Decor
Home Improvement
Home Renovation
Home Services
Interior Design
$1M16 Oct 2014 New York, New York, United States

AdYapper

Advertising
Analytics
Finance
$1M05 Sep 2013 Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Total investments 12
Average round size 2M
Rounds per year 0.55
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 0
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.92

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Zinier

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Enterprise Applications
Enterprise Software
Field Support
Machine Learning
SaaS
$8M15 Jan 2018 California, United States

Viro Media

Developer Platform
Mobile
Virtual Reality
$2M22 Mar 2017 Seattle, Washington, United States

KidPass

Children
Education
Internet
Subscription Service
$800K28 Sep 2016 New York, New York, United States

Fraud.net

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Banking
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Consumer Lending
Cyber Security
E-Commerce
Financial Services
FinTech
Fraud Detection
Internet
Machine Learning
Payments
Retail
SaaS
Security
01 Feb 2016 New York, New York, United States

Astro

$3M24 Jun 2015 New York, New York, United States

Locket

Android
Apps
Mobile
$3M10 Feb 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

Keen Home

Hardware
Internet of Things
Smart Home
Software
Wireless
$1M29 Oct 2014 New York, New York, United States

Paintzen

Consumer
Home and Garden
Home Decor
Home Improvement
Home Renovation
Home Services
Interior Design
$1M16 Oct 2014 New York, New York, United States

AdYapper

Advertising
Analytics
Finance
$1M05 Sep 2013 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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