Serra Ventures

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Champaign, United States

Total investments

235

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

98

Rounds per year

9.04

Lead investments

26

Follow on index

0.58

Exits

11

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyInternetSoftwareAnalyticsInformation TechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsSaaSMedical DeviceMedical

Summary

Serra Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1998. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Champaign.

This organization was formed by Dennis Beard, Rob Schultz, Steve Beck, Tim Hoerr. The overall number of key employees were 4.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The average startup value when the investment from Serra Ventures is 1-5 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 13-24 deals per year. The top activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Comparing to the other companies, this Serra Ventures performs on 24 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The real fund results show that this VC is 6 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. 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 Blooma, 640 Labs, Earshot. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Health Care, Medical Device. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Serra Ventures, startups are often financed by Illinois Ventures, Village Global, Flyover Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Illinois Ventures, Flyover Capital, Cultivation Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Flyover Capital, Cultivation Capital, National Institutes of Health.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Deep Tech
Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
United States

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
USD 45000000
Fund raised date
2024-01-28

Analytics

Total investments
235
Lead investments
26
Exits
11
Rounds per year
9.04
Follow on index
0.58
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (45)
  • Software (38)
  • Biotechnology (37)
  • SaaS (33)
  • Medical (28)
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Investments by region
  • United States (225)
  • United Kingdom (2)
  • Canada (2)
  • Norway (1)
  • Argentina (1)
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Peak activity year
2017

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1M
Group Appearance index
0.44
Avg. company exit year
6
Avg. multiplicator
0.81

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Elate 13 Feb 2023 Software, Productivity Tools, Computer Early Stage Venture 4M United States, Indianapolis, Indiana
HerdDogg 26 Mar 2024 Health Care, Robotics, Consumer Electronics, Internet of Things, AgTech Early Stage Venture 6M United States, Wyoming, Laramie
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