Scala Ventures

Type

Private equity

Status

Active

Location

Lugano, Switzerland

Total investments

5

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

4

Rounds per year

0.62

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.20

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Seed
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetMobileLifestyleMarketingFashionSocial MediaAdvertisingDigital MediaContent Delivery Network

Summary

Scala Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2013. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Lugano. The venture was found in Europe in Switzerland.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Denmark. 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 E-Commerce, Marketing. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight adQuota, Atosho, prettysocial media International GmbH.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Scala Ventures, startups are often financed by Supremum Capital, Concentric. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Concentric, Northcap, German Startups Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Concentric.

This Scala Ventures works on 31 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2014. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The typical startup value when the investment from Scala Ventures is 1-5 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2016.

The current fund was established by Sacha Carton, Ulrich Schmidt. Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Media/ContentMartech/Adtech
Stage focus
Series BSeries ASeed
Geo focus
AlbaniaAndorraAustriaBelgiumBosnia and Herzegovina Show 40 more

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
5
Lead investments
1
Exits
3
Rounds per year
0.62
Follow on index
0.20
Investments by industry
  • Mobile (2)
  • Advertising (2)
  • Content Delivery Network (2)
  • Social Media (2)
  • Internet (2)
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Investments by region
  • Denmark (2)
  • Germany (3)
Peak activity year
2013

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
9
Avg. valuation at time of investment
590K
Group Appearance index
0.80
Avg. company exit year
4

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Atosho 26 May 2014 E-Commerce, Software, Mobile, Advertising, E-Commerce Platforms, NFC Early Stage Venture 2M Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

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