Venture Catalysts

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Porto, Portugal

Total investments

178

Average round size

926K

Portfolio companies

7

Rounds per year

13.69

Lead investments

71

Follow on index

0.23

Exits

1

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyTransportationFinTechMobile AppsEnterprise SoftwareMedicalPharmaceuticalNavigationOil and GasGreenTech

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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Investor highlights

Industry focus
AgricultureFoodtechBiotech/Life SciencesEnergyClimate tech Show 2 more
Stage focus
Series BSeries A

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
178
Lead investments
71
Exits
1
Rounds per year
13.69
Follow on index
0.23
Investments by industry
  • FinTech (2)
  • Medical (1)
  • Biotechnology (1)
  • Pharmaceutical (1)
  • Oil and Gas (1)
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Investments by region
  • Singapore (1)
  • India (3)
  • Portugal (3)
Peak activity year
2020

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
6M
Group Appearance index
0.63
Avg. company exit year
10

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Freightify 27 Jul 2021 Freight Service, Software, Service Industry, Industrial Automation Seed 2M Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
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