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Total investments 8
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$10M
Portfolio companies 6
Rounds per year 0.05
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.25
Exits 2
Key employees 5

Areas of investment

  • Electronics
  • Lighting
  • Hardware
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy
Summary

In 1863 was created Solvay, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The company was established in Europe in Belgium. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Brussels.

The important activity for fund was in 2017. Opposing the other organizations, this Solvay works on 16 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 8 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Renewable Energy, Electronics. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. 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 Plextronics, MultiMechanics, Next Energy Technologies Inc..

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Solvay, startups are often financed by NYSERDA, Firelake Capital Management, Draper Triangle. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Tsing Capital, Solvay Ventures, Sanoh Industrial Co.. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Volta Energy Technologies, US Department of Energy, Tsing Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Solid Power

Battery
Electric Vehicle
Energy
Renewable Energy
$20M10 Sep 2018 Colorado, United States

MultiMechanics

Computer
Software
Software Engineering
$1M27 Jul 2017 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Nohms Technologies

Battery
Electric Vehicle
Electronics
Manufacturing
29 Aug 2016 Rochester, New York, United States

Polyera

Consumer Electronics
Electronics
Semiconductor
$24M05 Apr 2012 Illinois, United States

Polyera

Consumer Electronics
Electronics
Semiconductor
$4M06 Sep 2010 Illinois, United States

Plextronics

Electronics
Energy Storage
Hardware
Lighting
$14M20 Aug 2009 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Plextronics

Electronics
Energy Storage
Hardware
Lighting
$20M31 Aug 2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Total investments 8
Average round size 10M
Rounds per year 0.05
Peak activity year 2009
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.25
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.62

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Solid Power

Battery
Electric Vehicle
Energy
Renewable Energy
$20M10 Sep 2018 Colorado, United States

MultiMechanics

Computer
Software
Software Engineering
$1M27 Jul 2017 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Nohms Technologies

Battery
Electric Vehicle
Electronics
Manufacturing
29 Aug 2016 Rochester, New York, United States

Polyera

Consumer Electronics
Electronics
Semiconductor
$24M05 Apr 2012 Illinois, United States

Polyera

Consumer Electronics
Electronics
Semiconductor
$4M06 Sep 2010 Illinois, United States

Plextronics

Electronics
Energy Storage
Hardware
Lighting
$14M20 Aug 2009 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Plextronics

Electronics
Energy Storage
Hardware
Lighting
$20M31 Aug 2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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