The FSE Group

Type

Private equity

Status

Active

Location

Fleet, United Kingdom

Total investments

194

Average round size

794K

Portfolio companies

163

Rounds per year

8.82

Lead investments

113

Follow on index

0.16

Exits

5

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyMobileFood and BeverageHealth CareManufacturingMedicalElectronics

Summary

The FSE Group is the famous VC, which was founded in 2002. The main department of described VC is located in the Camberley. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline DataSift, Sentiment, FIXR The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Software, Manufacturing. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the The FSE Group, startups are often financed by Octopus Ventures, Mercia Fund Managers, MTI. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Thames Valley Berkshire Growth Loan Scheme, Simon Murdoch, Oxford Capital Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Octopus Ventures, Oxford Capital Partners, Indaco Venture Partners.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. The fund is constantly included in 13-24 investment rounds annually. The average startup value when the investment from The FSE Group is 5-10 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this The FSE Group works on 27 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 61 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistAnalyticsB2B/EnterpriseClimate techConsumer/Retail Show 14 more
Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
United Kingdom
Check size
31K — 6M

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
194
Lead investments
113
Exits
5
Rounds per year
8.82
Follow on index
0.16
Investments by industry
  • Software (44)
  • Information Technology (30)
  • Manufacturing (25)
  • Health Care (19)
  • Electronics (14)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (177)
  • United States (11)
  • South Korea (1)
  • Canada (2)
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
202K
Group Appearance index
0.28
Avg. company exit year
10

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Signapse 07 May 2024 Seed 2M
TruePlayers 24 May 2022 PC Games, Mobile Apps, Computer, Online Games, Video Games Seed 650K Cornwall, Falmouth, United Kingdom

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