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Total investments 9
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 8
Rounds per year 1.00
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.11
Exits 2
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • E-Commerce
  • Hospitality
  • Travel
  • Tourism
Summary

Spark is the famous VC, which was founded in 2013. The fund was located in Australia. The main department of described VC is located in the Ngahere.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Spark, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, Spark Capital, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Spark Capital, Y Combinator, Uncork Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Y Combinator, Visa, Tencent Holdings.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Opposing the other organizations, this Spark works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2016. The important activity for fund was in 2013. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Mobile Advertising, Social Media. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Paystack, Timehop, Coin. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Parkable

Parking
$2M30 Aug 2019 Australia, Brisbane City

Paystack

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Payments
19 Dec 2016 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

ogaVenue

Events
Marketplace
Online Portals
$45K18 Aug 2016 Nigeria, " Nigeria"}

Timehop

Content
Internet
Mobile Advertising
Photography
Private Social Networking
Social Media
$10M22 Jul 2014 New York, United States

Coin

Consumer Electronics
FinTech
Hardware
Mobile
Payments
$15M05 May 2014 San Francisco, California, United States

Drinks.ng

Delivery Service
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Food and Beverage
Retail
Retail Technology
Same Day Delivery
Wine And Spirits
$100K01 Mar 2013 Lagos

PropertyPro Nigeria

E-Commerce
Internet
Real Estate
$230K02 Feb 2013 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Hotels.Ng

Hospitality
Internet
Tourism
Travel
$225K01 Jan 2013 Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria

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Total investments 9
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 1.00
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.11
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.56

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Parkable

Parking
$2M30 Aug 2019 Australia, Brisbane City

Paystack

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Payments
19 Dec 2016 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

ogaVenue

Events
Marketplace
Online Portals
$45K18 Aug 2016 Nigeria, " Nigeria"}

Timehop

Content
Internet
Mobile Advertising
Photography
Private Social Networking
Social Media
$10M22 Jul 2014 New York, United States

Coin

Consumer Electronics
FinTech
Hardware
Mobile
Payments
$15M05 May 2014 San Francisco, California, United States

Drinks.ng

Delivery Service
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Food and Beverage
Retail
Retail Technology
Same Day Delivery
Wine And Spirits
$100K01 Mar 2013 Lagos

PropertyPro Nigeria

E-Commerce
Internet
Real Estate
$230K02 Feb 2013 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Hotels.Ng

Hospitality
Internet
Tourism
Travel
$225K01 Jan 2013 Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria
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