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Solon Ventures

Founders Angus Whiteley Richard Thompson

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Total investments 10
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 9
Lead investments 0
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.10
Exits 6
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Health Care
  • Medical
Summary

The main department of described VC is located in the London. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The important activity for fund was in 2009. This Solon Ventures works on 31 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Solon Ventures, startups are often financed by Ventech, Quest for Growth, Gilde Healthcare. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Ventech, Quest for Growth, Gilde Healthcare. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Accel, 14W, Ventech.

The fund was created by Angus Whiteley, Richard Thompson.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Concentra, Fever, Nimbus Partners. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Online Games, Biotechnology.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Fever

Event Management
Event Promotion
Events
$1M07 May 2014 New York, New York, United States

Prosonix

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$23M24 May 2012 England

Prosonix

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$15M06 Jul 2011 England

Novalia

Information Services
Information Technology
Service Industry
08 Mar 2007 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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Total investments 10
Average round size 4M
Peak activity year 2011
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.10
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.40

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Fever

Event Management
Event Promotion
Events
$1M07 May 2014 New York, New York, United States

Prosonix

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$23M24 May 2012 England

Prosonix

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$15M06 Jul 2011 England

Novalia

Information Services
Information Technology
Service Industry
08 Mar 2007 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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