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Student Upstarts

Founders Christian Jakenfelds Matthew Stafford

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Total investments 8
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3K
Portfolio companies 8
Rounds per year 0.89
Lead investments 2
Key employees Soon
http://studentupstarts.com
London, England, United Kingdom
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Service Industry
  • Internet
  • Content
  • Customer Service
  • Payments
Summary

In 2012 was created Student Upstarts, which is appeared as VC. The main office of represented VC is situated in the London. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are E-Commerce, Recruiting. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Loot Financial Services. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 1 and less years to receive the investment from the fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 partaker. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Speedinvest, GoBeyond, Global Founders Capital.

This organization was formed by Christian Jakenfelds, Matthew Stafford.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The common things for fund are deals in the range of less than 50 thousands dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2014. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Loot Financial Services

Apps
Banking
Finance
Financial Services
Payments
01 Jan 2015
Student Upstarts
 England

Fanbytes

Content
Customer Service
Service Industry
15 Apr 2014
Student Upstarts
 England

Consumer Goods
Electronics
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
09 Jan 2014
Student Upstarts
 London, England, United Kingdom

Bearded Colonel

E-Commerce
Internet
04 Jan 2014
Student Upstarts
 United Kingdom, England

Zealify

Human Resources
Internet
Recruiting
Small and Medium Businesses
$24K12 Jun 2013
Student Upstarts
 United Kingdom, England

Marizca

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical
17 Oct 2012
Student Upstarts
 London, England, United Kingdom

NearNote

Events
Location Based Services
Mobile
07 Jun 2012
Student Upstarts
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Total investments 8
Average round size 3K
Rounds per year 0.89
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 2

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Loot Financial Services

Apps
Banking
Finance
Financial Services
Payments
01 Jan 2015
Student Upstarts
 England

Fanbytes

Content
Customer Service
Service Industry
15 Apr 2014
Student Upstarts
 England

Consumer Goods
Electronics
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
09 Jan 2014
Student Upstarts
 London, England, United Kingdom

Bearded Colonel

E-Commerce
Internet
04 Jan 2014
Student Upstarts
 United Kingdom, England

Zealify

Human Resources
Internet
Recruiting
Small and Medium Businesses
$24K12 Jun 2013
Student Upstarts
 United Kingdom, England

Marizca

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical
17 Oct 2012
Student Upstarts
 London, England, United Kingdom

NearNote

Events
Location Based Services
Mobile
07 Jun 2012
Student Upstarts
 London, England, United Kingdom
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