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U-Start

Founders Andrea Colombo

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Total investments 38
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$6M
Portfolio companies 28
Rounds per year 3.17
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Exits 3
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Travel
  • FinTech
  • Financial Services
  • Payments
Summary

In 2012 was created U-Start, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in Switzerland. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Lugano.

This organization was formed by Andrea Colombo. The overall number of key employees were 3.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight SumUp, Satispay, Rebag. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Payments, Internet. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 1 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 17 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. This U-Start works on 23 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2016. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The typical startup value when the investment from U-Start is 5-10 millions dollars.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the U-Start, startups are often financed by Project A, Marco Valta, K Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Rancilio Cube, Project A, Ithaca Investments. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Angel Capital Management, Project A, FJ Labs.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

dott

Automotive
Last Mile Transportation
Mobile Apps
Ride Sharing
$34M04 Jul 2019 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

TransferGo

B2B
Business Intelligence
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$3M08 May 2019 England

Keatz

Cooking
Delivery
Food and Beverage
Recipes
Restaurants
$14M22 Mar 2019 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

TransferGo

B2B
Business Intelligence
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$7M14 Dec 2018 London, England, United Kingdom

Naadam

Fashion
Internet
Retail
Sustainability
$16M17 Jul 2018 New York, New York, United States

Finless Foods

Biotechnology
Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$3M20 Jun 2018 Berkeley, California, United States

Freeda Media

Content
Digital Media
Lifestyle
Media and Entertainment
Social Media Advertising
$10M02 May 2018 Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Horizn Studios

Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Travel
$14M18 Jan 2018 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Rebag

E-Commerce
Fashion
Peer to Peer
$15M26 Jul 2017 New York, New York, United States

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Total investments 38
Average round size 6M
Rounds per year 3.17
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.24
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.95

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

dott

Automotive
Last Mile Transportation
Mobile Apps
Ride Sharing
$34M04 Jul 2019 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

TransferGo

B2B
Business Intelligence
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$3M08 May 2019 England

Keatz

Cooking
Delivery
Food and Beverage
Recipes
Restaurants
$14M22 Mar 2019 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

TransferGo

B2B
Business Intelligence
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$7M14 Dec 2018 London, England, United Kingdom

Naadam

Fashion
Internet
Retail
Sustainability
$16M17 Jul 2018 New York, New York, United States

Finless Foods

Biotechnology
Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$3M20 Jun 2018 Berkeley, California, United States

Freeda Media

Content
Digital Media
Lifestyle
Media and Entertainment
Social Media Advertising
$10M02 May 2018 Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Horizn Studios

Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Travel
$14M18 Jan 2018 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Rebag

E-Commerce
Fashion
Peer to Peer
$15M26 Jul 2017 New York, New York, United States
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