StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)

Type

Corporate investor

Status

Active

Location

Palo Alto, United States

Total investments

356

Average round size

5M

Portfolio companies

291

Rounds per year

23.73

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.18

Exits

57

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareAnalyticsInformation TechnologyMobileArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningHealth CareEnterprise SoftwareBig Data

Summary

StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund) is the famous VC, which was founded in 2010. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Palo Alto. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The typical startup value when the investment from StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund) is 10-50 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2016. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 20 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

This organization was formed by Cameron Teitelman, Dan Ha, Jonathan Golden. The overall number of key employees were 7.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. 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 fund investment industries, there are SaaS, Enterprise Software. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Intelligent Energy, Vida Health, Lucira Health.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund), startups are often financed by Data Collective DCVC, FundersClub, Andreessen Horowitz. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SV Angel, Data Collective DCVC, 500 Startups. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Y Combinator, Ulu Ventures, SOSV.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
356
Lead investments
1
Exits
57
Rounds per year
23.73
Follow on index
0.18
Investments by industry
  • Software (94)
  • Health Care (87)
  • Artificial Intelligence (58)
  • Machine Learning (55)
  • Information Technology (41)
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Investments by region
  • United States (340)
  • United Kingdom (4)
  • Mexico (2)
  • Malaysia (1)
  • United Arab Emirates (1)
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Peak activity year
2015
Number of Unicorns
5
Number of Decacorns
8
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
169M
Group Appearance index
0.74
Avg. company exit year
5
Avg. multiplicator
1.90
Strategy success index
0.70

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Crafting 14 Apr 2022 Software, Developer Tools, Developer Platform Seed United States, California, Palo Alto
RoadFlex 01 Apr 2022 Logistics, Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Early Stage Venture 15M United States, California, Palo Alto

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