The Motley Fool

Total investments

6

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

4

Rounds per year

0.21

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.33

Areas of investment
E-CommerceFinancial ServicesFinTechInformation TechnologyFood and BeverageWellnessPersonal HealthPersonalizationFood DeliverySnack Food

Summary

In 1993 was created The Motley Fool, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The company was established in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Alexandria.

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 exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as E-Commerce, Financial Services. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Kazoo, MyWallSt, Territory Foods. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 participants. Despite the The Motley Fool, startups are often financed by Upfront Ventures, Social Starts, Rick Marini. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Upfront Ventures, Enterprise Ireland, WPP. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Upfront Ventures, Enterprise Ireland, 500 Startups.

This organization was formed by Tom Gardner.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2017.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
6
Lead investments
1
Rounds per year
0.21
Follow on index
0.33
Investments by industry
  • E-Commerce (3)
  • FinTech (2)
  • Financial Services (2)
  • Information Technology (2)
  • Personal Health (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (4)
  • Ireland (2)
Peak activity year
2017

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Group Appearance index
0.83

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Territory Foods 08 May 2017 E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Wellness, Personal Health, Personalization, Delivery Service, Nutrition, Food Delivery, Snack Food Early Stage Venture 6M United States, Arlington, Virginia
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