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Valo Ventures

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Total investments 39
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$21M
Portfolio companies 22
Rounds per year 6.50
Lead investments 2
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.44
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Enterprise Software
  • SaaS
  • Manufacturing
Summary

In 2018 was created Valo Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Palo Alto. The company was established in North America in United States.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Retail Technology, Sales Automation. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight PlanetIQ, Simbe Robotics.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The high activity for fund was in 2019.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 7 partakers. Despite the Valo Ventures, startups are often financed by Vijay Pradeep, SOSV, Riot Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Virginia Tech Carilion (VTC) Innovation Fund, Venrock, Service Provider Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Simbe Robotics

Retail Technology
Robotics
Sales Automation
24 Oct 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

XGS Energy

$20M21 May 2024 Palo Alto, California, United States

Clever Carnivore

Food and Beverage
$7M04 Dec 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Inlyte Energy

Energy
Power Grid
$8M26 Oct 2023 Berkeley, California, United States

Granular Energy

Energy
Prediction Markets
Web Development
$8M02 Oct 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Optera

CleanTech
Environmental Consulting
Sustainability
$12M11 Sep 2023 Boulder, Colorado, United States

Modern Electron

Energy
$32M28 Mar 2023 Bellevue, Washington, United States

BioSqueeze

Biotechnology
Mineral
Oil and Gas
$7M16 Feb 2023 Butte, Montana, United States

Basecamp Research

Bioinformatics
Biometrics
Biotechnology
Sustainability
Waste Management
$22M13 Dec 2022 London, England, United Kingdom
News
Sinai Technologies Secures $10M in Seed Funding

– Sinai Technologies from San Francisco, CA develops a decarbonization platform to reduce carbon emissions.
– The company raised $10M in series A funding.
– The round was led by Obvious Ventures with participation from Ajax Strategies, Valo Ventures, High Alpha, Climactic, along with other angels and existing investors including Afore Capital, MCJ Collective and Climate Capital.
– The new investment will be used to scale the company’s decarbonization platform as well as launch new modules and tools for companies to achieve net-zero targets.

Boston Materials Closes $8 Million Series A Funding to Unlock High-Performance and Sustainable Carbon Fiber as America Invests in Green Infrastructure

– Boston Materials, the manufacturer of advanced lightweight materials that deliver increased performance and circular solutions using Z-axis Carbon Fiber technology, announced today the closing of an $8m financing led by AccelR8 and Valo Ventures.
Clean Energy Ventures, a previous backer, also participated in the round.
– The funding accelerates the expansion of the company’s Z-Axis Carbon Fiber technology into new electric vehicles, aerospace, and consumer electronics that are higher performing, lighter, and environmentally sustainable.

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Total investments 39
Average round size 21M
Rounds per year 6.50
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.44
Group Appearance index 0.97

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Simbe Robotics

Retail Technology
Robotics
Sales Automation
24 Oct 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

XGS Energy

$20M21 May 2024 Palo Alto, California, United States

Clever Carnivore

Food and Beverage
$7M04 Dec 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Inlyte Energy

Energy
Power Grid
$8M26 Oct 2023 Berkeley, California, United States

Granular Energy

Energy
Prediction Markets
Web Development
$8M02 Oct 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Optera

CleanTech
Environmental Consulting
Sustainability
$12M11 Sep 2023 Boulder, Colorado, United States

Modern Electron

Energy
$32M28 Mar 2023 Bellevue, Washington, United States

BioSqueeze

Biotechnology
Mineral
Oil and Gas
$7M16 Feb 2023 Butte, Montana, United States

Basecamp Research

Bioinformatics
Biometrics
Biotechnology
Sustainability
Waste Management
$22M13 Dec 2022 London, England, United Kingdom
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