The Contrarian Group

Total investments

7

Average round size

8M

Portfolio companies

6

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.14

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInformation TechnologyMarketing AutomationRestaurantsGiftBig DataDigital MarketingAdvertisingSocial Media MarketingEnvironmental Engineering

Summary

The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Newport Beach. The company was established in North America in United States.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 1 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Social Media Marketing, Environmental Engineering. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Sauce Labs, VYRL, Adroit Worldwide Media

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2013. Comparing to the other companies, this The Contrarian Group performs on 9 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2011. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 0 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the The Contrarian Group, startups are often financed by Wavepoint Ventures, Valley Oak Investments, Tech Coast Angels. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Jason Goldberg, David Perry, Tech Coast Angels. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Triage Ventures, Toba Capital, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Analytics

Total investments
7
Lead investments
1
Exits
1
Follow on index
0.14
Investments by industry
  • Information Technology (2)
  • E-Commerce (2)
  • Digital Marketing (2)
  • Marketing Automation (2)
  • Big Data (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (7)
Peak activity year
2011

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
25M
Group Appearance index
0.86

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Carro 17 Jul 2018 Lifestyle, Marketing Seed 1M United States, California, Irvine

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