Technology Development Fund

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Reykjavik, Iceland

Total investments

708

Average round size

233K

Portfolio companies

281

Rounds per year

35.40

Lead investments

36

Follow on index

0.60

Exits

10

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyHealth CareAppsEducationManufacturingMedical DeviceMedical

Summary

In 2003 was created Technology Development Fund, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in Europe in Iceland. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Reykjavu00edk.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Apps, Energy. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 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 Controlant, Activity Stream, Solid Clouds. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Iceland.

When the investment is from Technology Development Fund the average startup value is 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 80 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2015. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. This Technology Development Fund works on 28 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The fund is generally included in 25-48 deals every year.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 participant. Despite the Technology Development Fund, startups are often financed by Frumtak Ventures, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Brunnur Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Brunnur Ventures, Crowberry Capital, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
EdtechMedia/ContentSportstechManufacturing
Stage focus
Series BSeries A
Geo focus
Iceland

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
708
Lead investments
36
Exits
10
Rounds per year
35.40
Follow on index
0.60
Investments by industry
  • Software (192)
  • Health Care (152)
  • Manufacturing (93)
  • Information Technology (87)
  • Medical (77)
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Investments by region
  • Iceland (647)
  • United States (16)
  • United Kingdom (14)
  • Netherlands (6)
  • Japan (6)
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Peak activity year
2015

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
13
Avg. valuation at time of investment
2M
Group Appearance index
0.01
Avg. company exit year
14
Avg. multiplicator
1.72
Strategy success index
0.40

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Princeton NuEnergy 13 May 2022 CleanTech, Renewable Energy Seed 7M
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