The Halo Fund

Total investments

16

Average round size

6M

Portfolio companies

11

Rounds per year

0.73

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.31

Exits

4

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
PublishingCommunication SoftwareBiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyHealth CareEnterprise SoftwareMedical DeviceVideoVideo Streaming

Summary

The Halo Fund is the famous VC, which was founded in 2000. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Mountain View. The venture was found in North America in United States.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 11-15 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Publishing, Education. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Intrapace, Sonoma Orthopedics, Ensighten.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the The Halo Fund, startups are often financed by The Angels' Forum, Garage Technology Ventures, Storm Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Garage Technology Ventures, Storm Ventures, Sapphire Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by The Angels' Forum, Storm Ventures, Garage Technology Ventures.

This organization was formed by Carol Sands.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2009. The important activity for fund was in 2012. This The Halo Fund works on 2 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
16
Lead investments
1
Exits
4
Rounds per year
0.73
Follow on index
0.31
Investments by industry
  • Software (7)
  • Video (5)
  • Video Streaming (4)
  • Communication Software (4)
  • Biotechnology (4)
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Investments by region
  • United States (15)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2007

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
20
Avg. valuation at time of investment
4M
Group Appearance index
0.94
Avg. company exit year
14
Avg. multiplicator
0.38

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Ensighten 12 Sep 2012 Enterprise Software, Cyber Security, Marketing, Privacy, Compliance Early Stage Venture 15M United States, California

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