Strand Equity Partners

Type

Private equity

Status

Active

Location

Los Angeles, United States

Total investments

34

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

26

Rounds per year

2.83

Lead investments

7

Follow on index

0.24

Exits

4

Areas of investment
E-CommerceBeautyCosmeticsConsumer GoodsRetailFood and BeverageFood ProcessingHealth CareWellnessOrganic Food

Summary

The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Los Angeles.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this Strand Equity Partners performs on 20 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 21 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The current fund was established by Seth Rodsky. The overall number of key employees were 2.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Wander Beauty, Banza, HUM Nutrition. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. 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 Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Strand Equity Partners, startups are often financed by Wendi Murdoch, Thrive Capital, Founders Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Imaginary Ventures, CircleUp Growth Partners, Thirty Five Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by L Catterton, Thrive Capital, Ken Hertz.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
34
Lead investments
7
Exits
4
Rounds per year
2.83
Follow on index
0.24
Investments by industry
  • Food and Beverage (11)
  • Beauty (10)
  • Organic Food (8)
  • Health Care (7)
  • Retail (6)
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Investments by region
  • United States (30)
  • Canada (2)
  • United Kingdom (1)
  • Sweden (1)
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
2

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
155M
Group Appearance index
0.53
Avg. company exit year
7
Avg. multiplicator
29.70
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
HUM Nutrition 13 Nov 2017 Beauty, Consumer Goods, Health Care, Wellness, Nutrition Early Stage Venture 5M United States, California, Los Angeles
INNBEAUTY PROJECT 12 Oct 2021 Beauty, Cosmetics Seed United States, New York, White Plains
Sparesbox 16 Dec 2014 Automotive, E-Commerce Seed 730K New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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