Scottish Enterprise

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Total investments

294

Average round size

4M

Portfolio companies

209

Rounds per year

8.91

Lead investments

46

Follow on index

0.29

Exits

18

Stages of investment
Seed
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyFood and BeverageHealth CareManufacturingMedical DeviceMedicalRenewable EnergyOil and Gas

Summary

In 1991 was created Scottish Enterprise, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Glasgow. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom.

This Scottish Enterprise works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. When the investment is from Scottish Enterprise the average startup value is 1-5 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 1 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The important activity for fund was in 2015. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Medical Device, Computer. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Cherwell Software, Spire Global, MindMate. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Scottish Enterprise, startups are often financed by Siemens Technology Accelerator, Scottish Investment Bank, Lancaster Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Lancaster Capital, Siemens Technology Accelerator, Seraphim Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Siemens Technology Accelerator, Lancaster Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistAI/Big DataB2B/EnterpriseCloud/InfrastructureConsumer/Retail Show 6 more
Stage focus
Series DSeries APre-SeedSeries ESeries F Show 3 more
Geo focus
United Kingdom, Scotland
Check size
123K — 2M

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
294
Lead investments
46
Exits
18
Rounds per year
8.91
Follow on index
0.29
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (66)
  • Health Care (51)
  • Software (40)
  • Information Technology (35)
  • Medical (34)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (252)
  • United States (22)
  • France (1)
  • Australia (2)
  • New Zealand (1)
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Peak activity year
2022
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
2

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
15
Avg. valuation at time of investment
16M
Group Appearance index
0.71
Avg. company exit year
48
Avg. multiplicator
0.80
Strategy success index
0.60

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
QuickBlock 29 Feb 2024 Construction Seed 630K Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Vector Photonics 07 Jun 2024 Semiconductor Seed 2M Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom

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