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Talu Ventures

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Total investments 29
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 12
Rounds per year 2.07
Lead investments 7
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.59
Exits 5
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Mobile
  • Biotechnology
  • Security
  • Software
  • Information Technology
Summary

Talu Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2007. The fund was located in Australia. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Brisbane.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight CHF Solutions, Inc., Mantara, Dilithium Networks. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Analytics, Information Technology. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. 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.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2008. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Talu Ventures performs on 12 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 27 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Talu Ventures, startups are often financed by Technology Venture Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners, U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Southern Cross Venture Partners, GBS Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), Technology Venture Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Pathway Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$7M25 May 2011 San Francisco, California, United States

ThreatMetrix

Cyber Security
FinTech
Information Technology
Mobile
Security
$12M04 Oct 2010 San Jose, California, United States

Pathway Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$4M10 Aug 2010 San Francisco, California, United States

Pathway Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$2M09 Oct 2009 San Francisco, California, United States

ThreatMetrix

Cyber Security
FinTech
Information Technology
Mobile
Security
$6M03 Oct 2009 San Jose, California, United States

Mantara

Analytics
Security
Software
Trading Platform
$7M04 May 2009 New York, New York, United States

Datacastle

Cloud Security
Computer
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Internet
Mobile
Software
$5M19 Nov 2008 Seattle, Washington, United States

Pathway Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$9M18 Jun 2008 San Francisco, California, United States

AdGent Digital

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Video
$5M27 Mar 2008 Palo Alto, California, United States

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Total investments 29
Average round size 8M
Rounds per year 2.07
Peak activity year 2009
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.59
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.69

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Pathway Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$7M25 May 2011 San Francisco, California, United States

ThreatMetrix

Cyber Security
FinTech
Information Technology
Mobile
Security
$12M04 Oct 2010 San Jose, California, United States

Pathway Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$4M10 Aug 2010 San Francisco, California, United States

Pathway Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$2M09 Oct 2009 San Francisco, California, United States

ThreatMetrix

Cyber Security
FinTech
Information Technology
Mobile
Security
$6M03 Oct 2009 San Jose, California, United States

Mantara

Analytics
Security
Software
Trading Platform
$7M04 May 2009 New York, New York, United States

Datacastle

Cloud Security
Computer
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Internet
Mobile
Software
$5M19 Nov 2008 Seattle, Washington, United States

Pathway Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$9M18 Jun 2008 San Francisco, California, United States

AdGent Digital

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Video
$5M27 Mar 2008 Palo Alto, California, United States
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