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Upstage Ventures

Founders Mark Wachen

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Total investments 35
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$851K
Portfolio companies 28
Lead investments 0
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Exits 10
Key employees 1

Areas of investment

  • Mobile
  • Mobile Apps
  • Sports
  • Internet
  • Software
Summary

The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Ardsley.

This organization was formed by Mark Wachen. Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Mobile, Internet. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Stella Connect, Braavo Capital, Bedly The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Upstage Ventures, startups are often financed by YEI Innovation Fund, MassChallenge, Grace Beauty Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Zelkova Ventures, Stage One Capital, SV Angel. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Mark Wachen, RRE Ventures, Gotham Ventures.

The top activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2016. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this Upstage Ventures works on 12 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Fantasy Life

Apps
Mobile Apps
Sports
02 Aug 2019 New York, New York, United States

Livekick

Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$3M01 May 2019 New York, New York, United States

Vengo

Brand Marketing
Digital Media
News
Point of Sale
Retail
$7M03 Jan 2019 United States, New York

TransfrVR

Virtual Reality
29 May 2018 New York, United States

Braavo Capital

B2B
FinTech
Mobile
Venture Capital
$935K01 Dec 2017 New York, New York, United States

WinWin (Acquired)

Apps
Gaming
Mobile
Mobile Apps
$1M17 Nov 2017 New York, United States

Bedly

Commercial Real Estate
Internet
Property Development
Real Estate
$2M20 Apr 2017 New York, United States

Veritonic Inc.

Advertising
Analytics
Business/Productivity Software
Market Research
Marketing
Media and Information Services (B2B)
01 Sep 2016 United States, " United States"}

Rally

Collaborative Consumption
Events
Logistics
Music Venues
SaaS
Sports
Transportation
13 Jun 2016 New York, New York, United States

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Total investments 35
Average round size 851K
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.20
Exits 10
Group Appearance index 0.54

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Fantasy Life

Apps
Mobile Apps
Sports
02 Aug 2019 New York, New York, United States

Livekick

Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$3M01 May 2019 New York, New York, United States

Vengo

Brand Marketing
Digital Media
News
Point of Sale
Retail
$7M03 Jan 2019 United States, New York

TransfrVR

Virtual Reality
29 May 2018 New York, United States

Braavo Capital

B2B
FinTech
Mobile
Venture Capital
$935K01 Dec 2017 New York, New York, United States

WinWin (Acquired)

Apps
Gaming
Mobile
Mobile Apps
$1M17 Nov 2017 New York, United States

Bedly

Commercial Real Estate
Internet
Property Development
Real Estate
$2M20 Apr 2017 New York, United States

Veritonic Inc.

Advertising
Analytics
Business/Productivity Software
Market Research
Marketing
Media and Information Services (B2B)
01 Sep 2016 United States, " United States"}

Rally

Collaborative Consumption
Events
Logistics
Music Venues
SaaS
Sports
Transportation
13 Jun 2016 New York, New York, United States
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