Valeo

Total investments

7

Average round size

9M

Portfolio companies

5

Rounds per year

0.07

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.29

Exits

2

Areas of investment
AutomotiveElectrical EquipmentFiberoptic EquipmentMachine LearningRoboticsManufacturingAutonomous VehiclesHardwareImage RecognitionLighting

Summary

Valeo appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1923. The company was established in Europe in France. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Cru00e9teil.

The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Machine Learning, Electric Vehicle. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - France. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Aledia, CloudMade, NAVYA.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. When the investment is from Valeo the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. This Valeo works on 21 percentage points more 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. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Valeo, startups are often financed by Orkos Capital, Heartcore Capital, CapDecisif. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sofinnova Partners, Shunwei Capital, Keywise Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Supernova Invest, Sofinnova Partners, Intel Capital.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
7
Lead investments
1
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.07
Follow on index
0.29
Investments by industry
  • Automotive (4)
  • Machine Learning (3)
  • Manufacturing (2)
  • Autonomous Vehicles (2)
  • Robotics (2)
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Investments by region
  • France (2)
  • United Kingdom (3)
  • China (2)
Peak activity year
2016
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1B
Group Appearance index
0.43
Avg. company exit year
9
Strategy success index
0.20

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Benewake 09 Jan 2019 Robotics, Manufacturing, Machinery Manufacturing Early Stage Venture Beijing, Dongcheng District, China
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