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Ventures West

Founders Michael J. Brown

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Total investments 64
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$33M
Portfolio companies 40
Rounds per year 2.13
Lead investments 15
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.38
Exits 23
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Internet
  • Therapeutics
Summary

The main department of described VC is located in the Vancouver. The venture was found in North America in Canada.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Ventures West, startups are often financed by GrowthWorks Capital, Perseus, Oregon Life Sciences. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Business Development Bank of Canada, H.I.G. Capital, Perseus. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by BDC Venture Capital, GrowthWorks Capital, Perseus.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2014. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Comparing to the other companies, this Ventures West performs on 6 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The real fund results show that this VC is 15 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The high activity for fund was in 2007. When the investment is from Ventures West the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Canada. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Internet, Pharmaceutical. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Epic Games, Celator Pharmaceuticals, QuickPlay Media.

This organization was formed by Michael J. Brown.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Viigo

Mobile
News
Sports
$5M18 Dec 2013 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$18M03 Apr 2013 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$25M17 Jun 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

SWITCH Materials

Automotive
Electronics
Health Care
Industrial Supplies and Parts
Organic
$7M15 Jan 2010 Canada, British Columbia

Zeugma Systems

Internet
Telecommunications
Web Hosting
$8M17 Mar 2009 Canada, Ontario

Celator Pharmaceuticals

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$22M29 Jul 2008 New Jersey, United States

Fresco Microchip

DSP
Semiconductor
Wireless
$14M15 Jan 2008 Markham, Ontario, Canada

Zeugma Systems

Internet
Telecommunications
Web Hosting
$20M01 Dec 2007 Canada, Ontario

SiXtron Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials
Energy
Industrial
Solar
$10M07 Nov 2007 Canada, Quebec, Canada

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Total investments 64
Average round size 33M
Rounds per year 2.13
Peak activity year 2007
Lead investments 15
Follow on index 0.38
Exits 23
Group Appearance index 0.97

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Viigo

Mobile
News
Sports
$5M18 Dec 2013 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$18M03 Apr 2013 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$25M17 Jun 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

SWITCH Materials

Automotive
Electronics
Health Care
Industrial Supplies and Parts
Organic
$7M15 Jan 2010 Canada, British Columbia

Zeugma Systems

Internet
Telecommunications
Web Hosting
$8M17 Mar 2009 Canada, Ontario

Celator Pharmaceuticals

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$22M29 Jul 2008 New Jersey, United States

Fresco Microchip

DSP
Semiconductor
Wireless
$14M15 Jan 2008 Markham, Ontario, Canada

Zeugma Systems

Internet
Telecommunications
Web Hosting
$20M01 Dec 2007 Canada, Ontario

SiXtron Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials
Energy
Industrial
Solar
$10M07 Nov 2007 Canada, Quebec, Canada
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