The U.S. Air Force

Type

Government organization

Status

Active

Location

Randolph, United States

Total investments

26

Average round size

10M

Portfolio companies

24

Rounds per year

0.34

Lead investments

8

Follow on index

0.08

Exits

4

Areas of investment
GovernmentSoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceRoboticsSecurityNational SecurityElectronicsInternet of ThingsSensor

Summary

The U.S. Air Force appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1947. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Randolph.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Cloud Computing, Satellite Communication. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Engility, Lockheed Martin, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this The U.S. Air Force works on 31 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2012. The high activity for fund was in 2019.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 partaker. Despite the The U.S. Air Force, startups are often financed by National Science Foundation, NYSERDA.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
26
Lead investments
8
Exits
4
Rounds per year
0.34
Follow on index
0.08
Investments by industry
  • Software (5)
  • Information Technology (5)
  • National Security (4)
  • Robotics (4)
  • Sensor (3)
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Investments by region
  • United States (26)
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
3
Number of Decacorns
3

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
192M
Group Appearance index
0.12
Avg. company exit year
14
Avg. multiplicator
22.54
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
NeuroGeneces 01 Jul 2022 Health Care, Consumer Electronics Seed 750K United States, New Mexico, Santa Fe
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