The Amherst Fund
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12M
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0.26
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- Stages of investment
- Areas of investment
Summary
In 1998 was created The Amherst Fund, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Ann Arbor.
We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.
The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 participants. Despite the The Amherst Fund, startups are often financed by Techstars, Resonant Venture Partners, First Step Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Techstars, Resonant Venture Partners, First Step Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by VTF Capital, Techstars, Resonant Venture Partners.
The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this The Amherst Fund performs on 12 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The top activity for fund was in 2013. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.
The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Biotechnology, Automotive. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Fusion Coolant Systems, Filament, Filament.
Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 6
- Lead investments
- 0
- Exits
- 1
- Rounds per year
- 0.26
- Follow on index
- 0.50
- Investments by industry
- Manufacturing (3)
- Automotive (3)
- Developer Tools (3)
- Software (2)
- Blockchain (2) Show 8 more
- Investments by region
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- Canada (1)
- United States (5)
- Peak activity year
- 2013
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 13
- Group Appearance index
- 1.00
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filament | 19 Aug 2013 | Software, Hardware, Bitcoin, Internet of Things, Blockchain, Industrial | Seed | 1M | United States, Nevada, Reno |
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