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Start Co.

Founders Andre Fowlkes Eric Mathews

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Total investments 27
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$199K
Portfolio companies 23
Rounds per year 1.93
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.15
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • E-Commerce
  • Music
Summary

Start Co. appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2008. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Memphis.

Deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2014.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as SaaS, E-Commerce. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Preteckt, Vendor Registry, Devcon Detect.

The current fund was established by Andre Fowlkes, Eric Mathews.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Start Co., startups are often financed by Solidus Company, The JumpFund, Creative Destruction Lab. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Innova Memphis, Las Olas Venture Capital (LOVC), XMi High Growth Development Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Innova Memphis, VentureSouth, Las Olas Venture Capital (LOVC).

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Enlau

Food and Beverage
$830K12 Nov 2021 Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Digicity

Apps
Information Services
Online Portals
05 Oct 2021 Austin, Texas, United States

Easymove

B2B
Consumer Applications
Fleet Management
Last Mile Transportation
Logistics
Same Day Delivery
Transportation
$50K15 Jul 2019 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Preteckt

Artificial Intelligence
Automotive
Business/Productivity Software
Enterprise Software
Hardware
Machine Learning
Other Commercial Services
Other Transportation
Predictive Analytics
Software
Transportation
$2M19 Dec 2018 Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Soundways

Audio
Manufacturing
Music
Software
$25K20 May 2016 Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Coursicle

EdTech
Education
Higher Education
02 May 2016 New York, United States

HelloHome

E-Commerce
Real Estate
Smart Home
$43K12 May 2015 Memphis, Tennessee, United States

LendMed

Lending
Medical
Online Portals
$25K01 May 2015 Memphis, Tennessee, United States

eDivv

Fashion
Marketplace
Sales
$242K13 Nov 2014 New York, United States

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Total investments 27
Average round size 199K
Rounds per year 1.93
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.15
Group Appearance index 0.26

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Enlau

Food and Beverage
$830K12 Nov 2021 Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Digicity

Apps
Information Services
Online Portals
05 Oct 2021 Austin, Texas, United States

Easymove

B2B
Consumer Applications
Fleet Management
Last Mile Transportation
Logistics
Same Day Delivery
Transportation
$50K15 Jul 2019 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Preteckt

Artificial Intelligence
Automotive
Business/Productivity Software
Enterprise Software
Hardware
Machine Learning
Other Commercial Services
Other Transportation
Predictive Analytics
Software
Transportation
$2M19 Dec 2018 Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Soundways

Audio
Manufacturing
Music
Software
$25K20 May 2016 Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Coursicle

EdTech
Education
Higher Education
02 May 2016 New York, United States

HelloHome

E-Commerce
Real Estate
Smart Home
$43K12 May 2015 Memphis, Tennessee, United States

LendMed

Lending
Medical
Online Portals
$25K01 May 2015 Memphis, Tennessee, United States

eDivv

Fashion
Marketplace
Sales
$242K13 Nov 2014 New York, United States
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