SURGE Accelerator
41
117K
36
3.73
0.10
2
- Stages of investment
- Areas of investment
Summary
SURGE Accelerator is the famous VC, which was founded in 2011. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Houston.
The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight WatrHub, Infinite Composites Technologies, Deep Imaging Technologies. 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 Software, Energy Efficiency. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.
The fund was created by Kirk Coburn.
Deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars are the general things for fund. The high activity for fund was in 2013. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Comparing to the other companies, this SURGE Accelerator performs on 24 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.
The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the SURGE Accelerator, startups are often financed by Houston Angel Network, Mercury Fund, Start-Up Chile. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mercury Fund, Houston Angel Network, VentureWell. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Mercury Fund, Texas Halo Fund, OCAST.
Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 41
- Lead investments
- 0
- Exits
- 2
- Rounds per year
- 3.73
- Follow on index
- 0.10
- Investments by industry
- Software (18)
- Energy (17)
- Oil and Gas (10)
- Enterprise Software (9)
- Information Technology (7) Show 56 more
- Investments by region
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- United States (30)
- Spain (1)
- Canada (4)
- Ireland (1)
- Ecuador (1) Show 3 more
- Peak activity year
- 2013
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 16
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 926K
- Group Appearance index
- 0.46
- Avg. company exit year
- 2
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMEX | 21 Feb 2013 | Manufacturing, Industrial, Oil and Gas | Seed | 0 | United States, Texas, Houston |
| Project Insiders | 17 Feb 2014 | Energy, Oil and Gas, Lead Generation | Seed | United States, Texas, Houston |
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