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Seraph Group

Founders Tuff Yen

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Total investments 70
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 51
Rounds per year 3.68
Lead investments 7
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Exits 15
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Analytics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biotechnology
Summary

Seraph Group appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2005. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Foster City.

This organization was formed by Tuff Yen. We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Analytics, Mobile. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Planetary Resources, Lucira Health, Second Genome.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Seraph Group, startups are often financed by XSeed Capital, Reddy Capital, DHVC. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are 500 Startups, Zelkova Ventures, Y Combinator. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by 500 Startups, Morado Ventures, Thomvest Ventures.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Comparing to the other companies, this Seraph Group performs on 0 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 8 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. When the investment is from Seraph Group the average startup value is 1-5 millions dollars.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HearHere

Software
$5M29 Mar 2023 Santa Barbara, California, United States

GridRival

Apps
Fantasy Sports
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$4M10 Mar 2023 Portland, Oregon, United States

medIQ

Health Care
Medical
Wellness
$1M21 Apr 2022 Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Venus Aerospace

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Transportation
$20M05 Apr 2022 California, United States

HearHere

Software
$2M28 Feb 2022 Santa Barbara, California, United States

Streetbeat

Analytics
Big Data
FinTech
Trading Platform
$10M07 Feb 2022 Palo Alto, California, United States

Kyte

Apps
Automotive
Car Sharing
Consumer Software
E-Commerce
Fleet Management
Information Services
Information Technology
iOS
Mobile
Mobile Apps
Rental
Software
Transportation
Video
$30M06 Oct 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Flywheel.io

Analytics
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Management
Software
$22M15 Sep 2021 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Motivo

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Software
$12M12 Aug 2021 Sunnyvale, California, United States
News
Flywheel Raises $22M in Series C Funding

– Flywheel announces a $22m Series C funding round.
– The round was led by 8VC and includes iSelect, Argonautic Ventures, Beringea, Novartis, HPE Pathfinder, Spike Ventures, Key Investments, Seraph, Great North Labs and others.
– Flywheel’s cloud-based data management platform enables researchers to accelerate discovery through streamlined data curation and management, automated pipelines for machine learning and analysis, and tools to ensure secure collaboration.
– With Flywheel’s platform in place, researchers across academic, clinical and life sciences organizations can transform productivity and accelerate innovation in imaging research, multicenter studies, AI development and clinical trials.

Blockchain startup XREX gets $17M to make cross-border trade faster

– Blockchain startup XREX raised $17m in pre-Series A funding.
– The round was led by CDIB Capital Group and joined by SBI Investment, Global Founders Capital, ThreeD Capital, E.Sun Venture Capital, Systex Corporation, MetaPlanet Holdings, AppWorks, BlackMarble, New Economy Ventures and Seraph Group.
– The company plans to apply for financial licenses in Singapore, Hong Kong and South Africa, and partner with banks and financial institutions, like payment gateways.

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Total investments 70
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 3.68
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.26
Exits 15
Group Appearance index 0.91

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HearHere

Software
$5M29 Mar 2023 Santa Barbara, California, United States

GridRival

Apps
Fantasy Sports
Gaming
Mobile Apps
Software
Sports
$4M10 Mar 2023 Portland, Oregon, United States

medIQ

Health Care
Medical
Wellness
$1M21 Apr 2022 Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Venus Aerospace

Aerospace
Product Research
Transportation
$20M05 Apr 2022 California, United States

HearHere

Software
$2M28 Feb 2022 Santa Barbara, California, United States

Streetbeat

Analytics
Big Data
FinTech
Trading Platform
$10M07 Feb 2022 Palo Alto, California, United States

Kyte

Apps
Automotive
Car Sharing
Consumer Software
E-Commerce
Fleet Management
Information Services
Information Technology
iOS
Mobile
Mobile Apps
Rental
Software
Transportation
Video
$30M06 Oct 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Flywheel.io

Analytics
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Management
Software
$22M15 Sep 2021 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Motivo

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Software
$12M12 Aug 2021 Sunnyvale, California, United States
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