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Stephens Group

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Total investments 70
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$11M
Portfolio companies 64
Rounds per year 0.77
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.09
Exits 30
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Energy
  • Oil and Gas
Summary

In 1933 was created Stephens Group, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Little Rock.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2011. The high activity for fund was in 2010. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Opposing the other organizations, this Stephens Group works on 18 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. When the investment is from Stephens Group the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

We also calculated 5 valuable employees in our database.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Medical, Internet. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline DISCO, Fuego, SmartSignal

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Stephens Group, startups are often financed by LiveOak Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Spark Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are LiveOak Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Viscogliosi Brothers. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Spark Capital, LiveOak Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

SchooLinks

Artificial Intelligence
Career Planning
EdTech
Education
Information Services
SaaS
21 Oct 2024 Austin, Texas, United States

Ledgebrook

Commercial Insurance
Insurance
InsurTech
$17M12 Sep 2024 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Accredible

E-Learning
EdTech
Education
Recruiting
28 Sep 2023 Mountain View, California, United States

DISCO

Artificial Intelligence
Document Management
Ediscovery
Information Technology
Legal
Legal Tech
Software
$18M02 Aug 2016 Austin, Texas, United States

Armor

Cyber Security
IaaS
Security
$10M15 Sep 2011 Richardson, Texas, United States

Moonfruit

Internet
Online Auctions
Software
$2M24 Aug 2010 England

Rules-Based Medicine

Biotechnology
Genetics
Medical
$25M15 Oct 2007 Austin, Texas, United States

Inform Technologies

Content Delivery Network
Software
$10M13 Feb 2006 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

SmartSignal

Enterprise Software
Oil and Gas
Predictive Analytics
Software
$12M02 Jan 2002 Illinois, United States

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Total investments 70
Average round size 11M
Rounds per year 0.77
Peak activity year 2007
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.09
Exits 30
Group Appearance index 0.29

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

SchooLinks

Artificial Intelligence
Career Planning
EdTech
Education
Information Services
SaaS
21 Oct 2024 Austin, Texas, United States

Ledgebrook

Commercial Insurance
Insurance
InsurTech
$17M12 Sep 2024 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Accredible

E-Learning
EdTech
Education
Recruiting
28 Sep 2023 Mountain View, California, United States

DISCO

Artificial Intelligence
Document Management
Ediscovery
Information Technology
Legal
Legal Tech
Software
$18M02 Aug 2016 Austin, Texas, United States

Armor

Cyber Security
IaaS
Security
$10M15 Sep 2011 Richardson, Texas, United States

Moonfruit

Internet
Online Auctions
Software
$2M24 Aug 2010 England

Rules-Based Medicine

Biotechnology
Genetics
Medical
$25M15 Oct 2007 Austin, Texas, United States

Inform Technologies

Content Delivery Network
Software
$10M13 Feb 2006 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

SmartSignal

Enterprise Software
Oil and Gas
Predictive Analytics
Software
$12M02 Jan 2002 Illinois, United States
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