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Square

Founders Buzz Andersen Jack Dorsey Jim McKelvey

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Total investments 24
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$24M
Portfolio companies 21
Rounds per year 1.71
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.08
Exits 4
Key employees 3

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • FinTech
  • Financial Services
  • Mobile Apps
  • Enterprise Software
Summary

Square appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2009. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the San Francisco.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 7-8 partakers. Despite the Square, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, Helion Venture Partners, GSF. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Helion Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Wipro Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Helion Venture Partners, Penske Automotive Group, Mitsui & Co.

The current fund was established by Jack Dorsey, Jim McKelvey. Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Apps, Mobile. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Ridecell, Livspace, Trimian. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups.

The high activity for fund was in 2016. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Square performs on 9 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

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Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$55M14 Jun 2022 Depok, West Java, Indonesia

TRM Labs

Blockchain
$60M07 Dec 2021 Maryland, United States

Yellow Card

Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency
Finance
Financial Exchanges
Financial Services
FinTech
Virtual Currency
$15M26 Sep 2021 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

ŌURA

Health Care
Mobile Apps
Wearables
Wellness
$100M04 May 2021 Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Satispay

Apps
Banking
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
$109M20 Nov 2020 Milan, Lombardy, Italy

ŌURA

Health Care
Mobile Apps
Wearables
Wellness
$28M17 Mar 2020 Oulu

Transparent Financial Systems

Banking
Blockchain
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$14M05 Feb 2020 Seattle, Washington, United States

ŌURA

Health Care
Mobile Apps
Wearables
Wellness
27 Dec 2019 Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Quicko Technosoft Labs Private Limited

Customer Service
Enterprise Applications
Enterprise Software
Guides
Information Services
Information Technology
Software
Training
$3M04 Apr 2017 San Jose, California, United States

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Total investments 24
Average round size 24M
Rounds per year 1.71
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.08
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.96

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Flip

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$55M14 Jun 2022 Depok, West Java, Indonesia

TRM Labs

Blockchain
$60M07 Dec 2021 Maryland, United States

Yellow Card

Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency
Finance
Financial Exchanges
Financial Services
FinTech
Virtual Currency
$15M26 Sep 2021 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

ŌURA

Health Care
Mobile Apps
Wearables
Wellness
$100M04 May 2021 Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Satispay

Apps
Banking
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
$109M20 Nov 2020 Milan, Lombardy, Italy

ŌURA

Health Care
Mobile Apps
Wearables
Wellness
$28M17 Mar 2020 Oulu

Transparent Financial Systems

Banking
Blockchain
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$14M05 Feb 2020 Seattle, Washington, United States

ŌURA

Health Care
Mobile Apps
Wearables
Wellness
27 Dec 2019 Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Quicko Technosoft Labs Private Limited

Customer Service
Enterprise Applications
Enterprise Software
Guides
Information Services
Information Technology
Software
Training
$3M04 Apr 2017 San Jose, California, United States
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