The Rise Fund

Status

Active

Location

San Francisco, United States

Total investments

64

Average round size

106M

Portfolio companies

45

Rounds per year

8.00

Lead investments

20

Follow on index

0.30

Exits

5

Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechHealth CareEducationMedical DeviceMedicalTherapeuticsSolar

Summary

The Rise Fund appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2016.

The top activity for fund was in 2018. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 50 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Opposing the other organizations, this The Rise Fund works on 24 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The average startup value when the investment from The Rise Fund is more than 1 billion dollars.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of 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 popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight C3 IoT, EVERFI, Zipline. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are FinTech, Therapeutics.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the The Rise Fund, startups are often financed by e.ventures, TomorrowVentures, Sound Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are TPG Growth, Velocity Capital & Progression Africa, Endeavor Catalyst. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by e.ventures, Warburg Pincus, Torch Capital.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
64
Lead investments
20
Exits
5
Rounds per year
8.00
Follow on index
0.30
Investments by industry
  • Financial Services (14)
  • Health Care (12)
  • FinTech (10)
  • Therapeutics (9)
  • Education (8)
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Investments by region
  • United States (44)
  • China (3)
  • United Kingdom (1)
  • Israel (2)
  • Canada (3)
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Peak activity year
2018
Number of Unicorns
6
Number of Decacorns
6
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
344M
Group Appearance index
0.84
Avg. company exit year
6
Avg. multiplicator
4.24

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Ceribell 25 Sep 2018 Biotechnology, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Medical Device Early Stage Venture 35M United States, California, Mountain View
Letao 01 Dec 2010 E-Commerce, Internet, Shoes Late Stage Venture 32M Beijing, Fengtai District, China
Sionna Therapeutics 06 Mar 2024 Health Care, Genetics, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics Late Stage Venture 182M United States, Massachusetts, Natick
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