RWI Ventures

Total investments

20

Average round size

22M

Portfolio companies

13

Rounds per year

0.91

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.35

Exits

6

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyInternetInformation TechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedical DeviceSecuritySemiconductorElectronicsEmail

Summary

RWI Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2000. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Menlo Park.

This organization was formed by Don A. Lucas. The overall number of key employees were 2.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Care, Software. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Infinera Corporation, BlueArc, Barosense. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the RWI Ventures, startups are often financed by Kleiner Perkins, VenGrowth Asset Management, Prism Venture Management. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Kleiner Perkins, ATA Ventures, Venrock. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Kleiner Perkins, Mobius Venture Capital, VenGrowth Asset Management.

The high activity for fund was in 2007. The real fund results show that this VC is 0 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this RWI Ventures performs on 9 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

Show more

Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
20
Lead investments
2
Exits
6
Rounds per year
0.91
Follow on index
0.35
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (8)
  • Manufacturing (7)
  • Medical Device (6)
  • Biotechnology (4)
  • Security (3)
  • Show 25 more
Investments by region
  • United States (18)
  • Canada (2)
Peak activity year
2007

Discover reliable insights

Leverage validated data, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities for your business.

Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
20
Avg. valuation at time of investment
37M
Group Appearance index
0.95
Avg. company exit year
17
Avg. multiplicator
0.86

Need more data?

Get access to full data about investors, including their team, contact information, and historic data.

Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Barosense 05 Dec 2007 Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Device, Therapeutics Late Stage Venture 11M United States, California, Redwood City

Similar funds

By same location

By same geo focus

By doing lead investments

How we get our data

At Unicorn Nest, we combine cutting-edge technology with human expertise to build one of the most reliable venture capital databases in the market. Our process begins with automated AI-enhanced data collection, leveraging the full potential of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Later, our team of analysts takes it further with manual verification, using proprietary tools for data cleaning and validation to ensure accuracy and reliability. We cross-check and enhance our findings through press and media monitoring, integrating information from trusted news outlets and venture capital aggregators. Finally, we stay ahead of the curve by monitoring social networks like LinkedIn and X.com.