Ulupono Initiative

Total investments

2

Average round size

14M

Portfolio companies

2

Rounds per year

0.15

Stages of investment
Grant
Areas of investment
AutomotiveMarketingAdvertisingEnergyCommercial Real EstateHospitalitySolarEnergy EfficiencyAdvertising PlatformsElectric Vehicle

Summary

Ulupono Initiative is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2009. The company was established in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Honolulu.

The important activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6 participants. Despite the Ulupono Initiative, startups are often financed by The Social Entrepreneurs Fund (TSEF), Elemental Excelerator, Blue Startups. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are eBay, Tom Steyer's, Steve Girsky. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by EPIC Ventures, Cox Enterprises, Cesar Lee.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. 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 various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Carbon Lighthouse, Volta Charging Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Electric Vehicle, Advertising. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Analytics

Total investments
2
Lead investments
0
Rounds per year
0.15
Investments by industry
  • Electric Vehicle (1)
  • Automotive (1)
  • Marketing (1)
  • Advertising Platforms (1)
  • Advertising (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (2)
Peak activity year
2014

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
12
Group Appearance index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Volta Charging 09 Jan 2014 Automotive, Marketing, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Electric Vehicle Seed 1M United States, California, San Francisco

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