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South Carolina Research Authority

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Total investments 101
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$568K
Portfolio companies 88
Rounds per year 2.46
Lead investments 36
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.13
Exits 5
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Grant

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceutical
Summary

South Carolina Research Authority is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2006. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Columbia. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the South Carolina Research Authority, startups are often financed by VentureSouth, Windspeed Ventures, Sunbridge Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Windspeed Ventures, Upstate Carolina Angel Network, Sunbridge Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by VentureSouth, Windspeed Ventures, Upstate Carolina Angel Network.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Care, Computer. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline GreenWizard, ENGAGE Talent, Heatworks Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this South Carolina Research Authority performs on 18 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The high activity for fund was in 2010. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 21 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

LifeTagger

Augmented Reality
Digital Signage
Internet
Local Advertising
Mobile
Mobile Advertising
Mobile Apps
Software
01 Jul 2021 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Commercial Real Estate
IaaS
PaaS
Property Development
Real Estate Investment
Software
$535K01 Oct 2019 Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Vän Robotics

Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Consumer Electronics
Education
Software
$200K03 Jun 2019 Columbia, South Carolina, United States

REsimplifi

Commercial Real Estate
Real Estate
$1M10 Jul 2018 Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Medical Device
Procurement
$200K16 Apr 2018 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Life Science
$200K13 Dec 2017 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

ENGAGE Talent

Artificial Intelligence
Predictive Analytics
Recruiting
Software
$1M01 May 2017 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Distillery
Quality Assurance
Wine And Spirits
25 Jun 2012 South Carolina, United States

Heatworks

Hardware
Internet of Things
$200K10 Mar 2012 South Carolina, United States

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Total investments 101
Average round size 568K
Rounds per year 2.46
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 36
Follow on index 0.13
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.10

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

LifeTagger

Augmented Reality
Digital Signage
Internet
Local Advertising
Mobile
Mobile Advertising
Mobile Apps
Software
01 Jul 2021 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Commercial Real Estate
IaaS
PaaS
Property Development
Real Estate Investment
Software
$535K01 Oct 2019 Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Vän Robotics

Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Consumer Electronics
Education
Software
$200K03 Jun 2019 Columbia, South Carolina, United States

REsimplifi

Commercial Real Estate
Real Estate
$1M10 Jul 2018 Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Medical Device
Procurement
$200K16 Apr 2018 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Life Science
$200K13 Dec 2017 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

ENGAGE Talent

Artificial Intelligence
Predictive Analytics
Recruiting
Software
$1M01 May 2017 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Distillery
Quality Assurance
Wine And Spirits
25 Jun 2012 South Carolina, United States

Heatworks

Hardware
Internet of Things
$200K10 Mar 2012 South Carolina, United States
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