U.S. Department of Agriculture

Type

Government organization

Status

Active

Location

Washington, United States

Total investments

380

Average round size

8M

Portfolio companies

351

Rounds per year

2.35

Lead investments

218

Follow on index

0.07

Exits

11

Stages of investment
GrantDebt
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyFood and BeverageHealth CareEducationTelecommunicationsNon ProfitService IndustryAgricultureFarmingElectrical Distribution

Summary

U.S. Department of Agriculture appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1862. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Washington. The company was established in North America in United States.

The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 36 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. This U.S. Department of Agriculture works on 20 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Sapphire Energy, Biosynthetic Technologies, Tombigbee Electric Cooperative Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Energy, Agriculture. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. 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 no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 2 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the U.S. Department of Agriculture, startups are often financed by National Science Foundation, ARCH Venture Partners, Venrock. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, U.S. Small Business Administration. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Y Combinator, Fifty Years, Valley Oak Investments.

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Analytics

Total investments
380
Lead investments
218
Exits
11
Rounds per year
2.35
Follow on index
0.07
Investments by industry
  • Agriculture (39)
  • Farming (36)
  • Food and Beverage (35)
  • Non Profit (34)
  • Education (29)
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Investments by region
  • United States (366)
  • Philippines (1)
  • Spain (1)
  • Australia (1)
  • United Kingdom (2)
Peak activity year
2023
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
33
Avg. valuation at time of investment
7M
Group Appearance index
0.04
Avg. company exit year
19
Strategy success index
0.40

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