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Venture Catalysts

Founders Agostinho Jou00e3o Almeida Bruno Santos Hugo Ramos Jou00e3o Ferreira Rafael Simu00e3o

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Total investments 178
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$926K
Portfolio companies 7
Rounds per year 13.69
Lead investments 71
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.23
Exits 1
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • FinTech
  • Medical
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Oil and Gas
Summary

In 2010 was created Venture Catalysts, which is appeared as VC. The main department of described VC is located in the Matosinhos. The venture was found in Europe in Portugal.

The real fund results show that this VC is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The important activity for fund was in 2016. The typical startup value when the investment from Venture Catalysts is 1-5 millions dollars. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are GreenTech, E-Commerce. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Impact Guru, GoMechanic, PeeSafe. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - India.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 partakers. Despite the Venture Catalysts, startups are often financed by Renaud Laplanche, IIFL Seed Ventures, Accel. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Redcliffe Capital, growX ventures, Vishal Gondal. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Venture Catalyst, Shorooq Partners, SOSV.

The fund was created by Agostinho Jou00e3o Almeida, Bruno Santos, Hugo Ramos, Jou00e3o Ferreira, Rafael Simu00e3o. The overall number of key employees were 5.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Freightify

Freight Service
Industrial Automation
Service Industry
Software
$2M27 Jul 2021 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Matching Ventures

Crowdfunding
FinTech
Funding Platform
Venture Capital
01 Feb 2021 Porto, Porto, Portugal

Zypp

GreenTech
Internet of Things
Mobile Apps
Ride Sharing
Transportation
01 Nov 2018 Haryana

LenDenClub

FinTech
Impact Investing
Internet
Peer to Peer
11 Apr 2016 Maharashtra

vPhrase

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Data Integration
Information Technology
Machine Learning
SaaS
$1M08 Mar 2016 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

IMMUNETHEP

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
16 Oct 2013 Portugal, " Portugal"}

Abyssal

Enterprise Software
Navigation
Oil and Gas
22 Feb 2011 North
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Freightify lands $2.5M to make rate management easier for freight forwarders

– Freight forwarder Freightify raised $2.5m in pre-Series A funding.
– The round was led by Nordic Eye Venture Capital, with participation from Tradeworks VC, Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns and Blume Funders Fund.
– The company plans to use the funding to expand into the United States and Europe.

ION Energy Raises $3.6 Million with the Participation of Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund

– ION Energy, an energy-tech startup building advanced electronics and software platforms for new energy enterprises, announced it has raised $3.6 million in Pre-Series A funding.
– The round was raised from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund and joined by Silicon Valley-based Climate Capital, early-stage investor YourNest Venture Capital, Riso Capital, Venture Catalysts, and other angel investors.
– The funds will be used to grow the ION team to 125+ (currently 70), invest in product development, and expand the software business in North America and Europe.
– As part of the round, Anup Menon, Head of Strategy & Emerging Technology at Bank of America will join ION’s Board of Directors.

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Total investments 178
Average round size 926K
Rounds per year 13.69
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 71
Follow on index 0.23
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.63

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Freightify

Freight Service
Industrial Automation
Service Industry
Software
$2M27 Jul 2021 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Matching Ventures

Crowdfunding
FinTech
Funding Platform
Venture Capital
01 Feb 2021 Porto, Porto, Portugal

Zypp

GreenTech
Internet of Things
Mobile Apps
Ride Sharing
Transportation
01 Nov 2018 Haryana

LenDenClub

FinTech
Impact Investing
Internet
Peer to Peer
11 Apr 2016 Maharashtra

vPhrase

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Data Integration
Information Technology
Machine Learning
SaaS
$1M08 Mar 2016 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

IMMUNETHEP

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
16 Oct 2013 Portugal, " Portugal"}

Abyssal

Enterprise Software
Navigation
Oil and Gas
22 Feb 2011 North
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