The Yucaipa Companies

Total investments

5

Average round size

37M

Portfolio companies

5

Rounds per year

0.14

Lead investments

3

Exits

2

Stages of investment
Private Equity
Areas of investment
InternetGamingFood and BeverageSportsSocial MediaDigital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentHospitalityVideo GamesWater Purification

Summary

The Yucaipa Companies appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1986. The main department of described VC is located in the Los Angeles. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2 partakers. Despite the The Yucaipa Companies, startups are often financed by Elliott Management Corp., Colbeck Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are ZDNet, TEV | Tengelmann Ventures, Michael Ovitz. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by ZDNet, TomorrowVentures, Macquarie Bank.

This organization was formed by Ron Burkle.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. This The Yucaipa Companies works on 21 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2012. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Hospitality, Water Purification. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight GameSpy. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund.

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Analytics

Total investments
5
Lead investments
3
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.14
Investments by industry
  • Hospitality (2)
  • Food and Beverage (2)
  • Digital Entertainment (1)
  • Social Media (1)
  • Media and Entertainment (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (5)
Peak activity year
2012
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
54
Avg. valuation at time of investment
10M
Group Appearance index
0.60
Avg. company exit year
16
Avg. multiplicator
1.24
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
GameSpy 29 Jul 1999 Internet, Gaming, Video Games Early Stage Venture 3M United States, California, Irvine

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