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The FSE Group

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Total investments 196
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$822K
Portfolio companies 165
Rounds per year 8.91
Lead investments 115
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.16
Exits 5
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Health Care
  • Electronics
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

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$2M07 May 2024 -

Amutri

Architecture
$685K14 Mar 2024 Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Role Mapper Technologies

Software
$2M20 Dec 2023 Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

MyPeople

Analytics
CRM
Information Technology
Software
$1M27 Jun 2023 Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Molendotech Ltd

Electronics
Manufacturing
$1M25 May 2023 Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Tugdock

Marine Transportation
Shipping
$685K20 Jan 2023 Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Clothes Doctor

E-Commerce
Fashion
Lifestyle
$1M16 Dec 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Celtic & Co.

Fashion
Retail
Shoes
28 Nov 2022 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

Intelligent AI

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Insurance
InsurTech
Real Estate
$2M07 Nov 2022 Exeter, England, United Kingdom

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Total investments 196
Average round size 822K
Rounds per year 8.91
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 115
Follow on index 0.16
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.28

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

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$2M07 May 2024 -

Amutri

Architecture
$685K14 Mar 2024 Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Role Mapper Technologies

Software
$2M20 Dec 2023 Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

MyPeople

Analytics
CRM
Information Technology
Software
$1M27 Jun 2023 Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Molendotech Ltd

Electronics
Manufacturing
$1M25 May 2023 Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Tugdock

Marine Transportation
Shipping
$685K20 Jan 2023 Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Clothes Doctor

E-Commerce
Fashion
Lifestyle
$1M16 Dec 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Celtic & Co.

Fashion
Retail
Shoes
28 Nov 2022 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

Intelligent AI

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Insurance
InsurTech
Real Estate
$2M07 Nov 2022 Exeter, England, United Kingdom
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