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UJ Ventures

Founders Eric Chen

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Total investments 10
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 7
Lead investments 0
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Exits 3
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Art
  • Subscription Service
  • Recreation
  • Education
Summary

The main office of represented VC is situated in the Los Altos. The company was established in North America in United States.

The current fund was established by Eric Chen. We also calculated 1 valuable employee in our database.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Internet, E-Commerce. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight ice, KiwiCo, Optimus Ride. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 1 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 7-8 participants. Despite the UJ Ventures, startups are often financed by Streamlined Ventures, Signatures Capital, Raymond Tonsing. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Raymond Tonsing, Mayfield Fund, Grace Beauty Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by S28 Capital, Greylock Partners, Glynn Capital Management.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The high activity for fund was in 2015. This UJ Ventures works on 4 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Optimus Ride

Autonomous Vehicles
Electric Vehicle
Robotics
$5M11 Oct 2016 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Rhumbix

Analytics
Business/Productivity Software
Construction
Construction and Engineering
Enterprise Software
Mobile
$6M04 Sep 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

ice

E-Commerce
Fashion
Jewelry
Marketplace
$2M01 Jul 2015 Austin, Texas, United States

KiwiCo

Art
Children
E-Commerce
Education
Recreation
Subscription Service
$3M18 Feb 2015 Mountain View, California, United States

Koality

Enterprise Software
Software
Test and Measurement
$1M03 Oct 2013 San Francisco, California, United States

KiwiCo

Art
Children
E-Commerce
Education
Recreation
Subscription Service
$5M18 Jan 2012 Mountain View, California, United States

KiwiCo

Art
Children
E-Commerce
Education
Recreation
Subscription Service
$2M11 Oct 2011 Mountain View, California, United States

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Total investments 10
Average round size 3M
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.30
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Optimus Ride

Autonomous Vehicles
Electric Vehicle
Robotics
$5M11 Oct 2016 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Rhumbix

Analytics
Business/Productivity Software
Construction
Construction and Engineering
Enterprise Software
Mobile
$6M04 Sep 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

ice

E-Commerce
Fashion
Jewelry
Marketplace
$2M01 Jul 2015 Austin, Texas, United States

KiwiCo

Art
Children
E-Commerce
Education
Recreation
Subscription Service
$3M18 Feb 2015 Mountain View, California, United States

Koality

Enterprise Software
Software
Test and Measurement
$1M03 Oct 2013 San Francisco, California, United States

KiwiCo

Art
Children
E-Commerce
Education
Recreation
Subscription Service
$5M18 Jan 2012 Mountain View, California, United States

KiwiCo

Art
Children
E-Commerce
Education
Recreation
Subscription Service
$2M11 Oct 2011 Mountain View, California, United States
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