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Valence Ventures

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Total investments 17
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 13
Rounds per year 1.21
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Exits 3
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Health Care
  • E-Commerce
  • Apps
  • Internet of Things
Summary

Valence Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2011. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the New York.

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 portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Lightbox OOH Video Network, Artemis Health, Vadio. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Mobile, Messaging. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 1 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

The important activity for fund was in 2015. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The average startup value when the investment from Valence Ventures is 1-5 millions dollars. This Valence Ventures works on 23 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Valence Ventures, startups are often financed by Portland Seed Fund, Upslope Ventures, Shu Duan. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are XL Innovate, Shu Duan, Rogue Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Portland Seed Fund, SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, NextGen Venture Partners.

We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Notion

Apps
Home Improvement
Internet of Things
Security
Smart Home
Software
Wireless
$3M02 Jun 2016 Denver, Colorado, United States

UrbanStems

E-Commerce
Flowers
Gift Card
Local
$6M26 Apr 2016 District of Columbia, United States

Init.ai (acquired by Apple)

Artificial Intelligence
B2B
Developer Platform
Developer Tools
Machine Learning
Messaging
Natural Language Processing
Virtual Assistant
$100K18 Feb 2016 New York, New York, United States

TRAVO

Information Technology
Internet
Internet of Things
$2M04 Dec 2015 Torrance, California, United States

Notion

Apps
Home Improvement
Internet of Things
Security
Smart Home
Software
Wireless
01 Dec 2015 Denver, Colorado, United States

Skipper Hospitality

Hospitality
Hotel
Travel
$3M11 Aug 2015 New York, United States

Vadio

Internet Radio
Mobile
Video
Video Streaming
$8M12 May 2015 Portland, Oregon, United States

Splash

Advertising Platforms
E-Commerce
Events
Internet
Marketing Automation
SaaS
Social Media
Software
$6M11 Mar 2015 New York, United States

RxData

Consulting
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
14 Nov 2014 New York, United States

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Total investments 17
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 1.21
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.24
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.94

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Notion

Apps
Home Improvement
Internet of Things
Security
Smart Home
Software
Wireless
$3M02 Jun 2016 Denver, Colorado, United States

UrbanStems

E-Commerce
Flowers
Gift Card
Local
$6M26 Apr 2016 District of Columbia, United States

Init.ai (acquired by Apple)

Artificial Intelligence
B2B
Developer Platform
Developer Tools
Machine Learning
Messaging
Natural Language Processing
Virtual Assistant
$100K18 Feb 2016 New York, New York, United States

TRAVO

Information Technology
Internet
Internet of Things
$2M04 Dec 2015 Torrance, California, United States

Notion

Apps
Home Improvement
Internet of Things
Security
Smart Home
Software
Wireless
01 Dec 2015 Denver, Colorado, United States

Skipper Hospitality

Hospitality
Hotel
Travel
$3M11 Aug 2015 New York, United States

Vadio

Internet Radio
Mobile
Video
Video Streaming
$8M12 May 2015 Portland, Oregon, United States

Splash

Advertising Platforms
E-Commerce
Events
Internet
Marketing Automation
SaaS
Social Media
Software
$6M11 Mar 2015 New York, United States

RxData

Consulting
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
14 Nov 2014 New York, United States
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