Santander UK

Type

Other

Status

Active

Location

London, United Kingdom

Total investments

30

Average round size

58M

Portfolio companies

24

Rounds per year

0.83

Lead investments

11

Follow on index

0.20

Exits

3

Areas of investment
LogisticsSoftwareRetailInformation TechnologyFood and BeverageRestaurantsDronesEnergyRenewable EnergyEnvironmental Consulting

Summary

In 1988 was created Santander UK, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the London. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Business Growth Fund.

The important activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Comparing to the other companies, this Santander UK performs on 4 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 63 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Flight Club Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
30
Lead investments
11
Exits
3
Rounds per year
0.83
Follow on index
0.20
Investments by industry
  • Software (6)
  • Renewable Energy (5)
  • Drones (4)
  • Logistics (4)
  • Energy (4)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (29)
  • Portugal (1)
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
14
Group Appearance index
0.33
Avg. company exit year
7
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Skyfarer LTD/ 01 Oct 2020 Logistics, Software, Drones Seed 1K England, Coventry, United Kingdom
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