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.
| Fund Name | Location |
| a>m ventures | Memphis, Tennessee, United States |
| African Rainbow Capital | Gauteng, NA - South Africa, South Africa |
| Bracket Capital | Beverly Hills, California, United States |
| Brightleaf Capital | Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States |
| Canadian Trade Commissioner Service | Canada, Ontario, Ottawa |
| CMS Holdings | - |
| Cultural Investment Development Group | Beijing, Beijing, China |
| Dacheng Innovative Capital Management | China, Guangdong, Tianjin |
| Galen Investment Advisors | California, Oakland, United States |
| Guojin Dingxing Investment | China, Shanghai |
| Henan Maisheng Medical Technology | - |
| Juhua Group | China, Hangzhou, Zhejiang |
| K2MediaLabs | - |
| LeanSquare | Belgium, Liège, Liege |
| Millennium Management | New York, New York, United States |
| Pilot Group | Florida, Sarasota, United States |
| Special Equities Group | - |
| Tanant Capital | - |
| Tsinghua Blockchain Capital | - |
Notable deals
| Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
dott | $34M | 04 Jul 2019 | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | ||
TransferGo | $3M | 08 May 2019 | England | ||
Keatz | $14M | 22 Mar 2019 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany | ||
TransferGo | $17M | 14 Dec 2018 | England | ||
Naadam | $16M | 17 Jul 2018 | New York, New York, United States | ||
Finless Foods | $3M | 20 Jun 2018 | Berkeley, California, United States | ||
Freeda Media | $10M | 02 May 2018 | Milan, Lombardy, Italy | ||
Horizn Studios | $14M | 18 Jan 2018 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany | ||
Rebag | $15M | 26 Jul 2017 | New York, New York, United States |
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| Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
dott | $34M | 04 Jul 2019 | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | ||
TransferGo | $3M | 08 May 2019 | England | ||
Keatz | $14M | 22 Mar 2019 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany | ||
TransferGo | $17M | 14 Dec 2018 | England | ||
Naadam | $16M | 17 Jul 2018 | New York, New York, United States | ||
Finless Foods | $3M | 20 Jun 2018 | Berkeley, California, United States | ||
Freeda Media | $10M | 02 May 2018 | Milan, Lombardy, Italy | ||
Horizn Studios | $14M | 18 Jan 2018 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany | ||
Rebag | $15M | 26 Jul 2017 | New York, New York, United States |
