venVelo

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Orlando, United States

Total investments

21

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

13

Rounds per year

1.75

Lead investments

6

Follow on index

0.38

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareFinancial ServicesAnalyticsPaymentsFinanceSaaSEnterprise SoftwareMobile PaymentsTransaction ProcessingLocal Business

Summary

venVelo appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2012. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Winter Park.

The current fund was established by Peter McAlindon. The overall number of key employees were 8.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight flexEngage (formerly flexReceipts), Vigilant Biosciences, Fattmerchant. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are SaaS, Facial Recognition. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2015. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. This venVelo works on 21 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2016.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the venVelo, startups are often financed by Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research, Florida Opportunity Fund, Florida Angel Nexus. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Florida Opportunity Fund, Florida Angel Nexus, DeepWork Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Fulcrum Equity Partners, Florida Opportunity Fund, Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research.

Show more

Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistAI/Big DataB2B/EnterpriseCloud/InfrastructureConsumer/Retail Show 6 more
Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
United States, Florida

Discover reliable insights

Find relevant VC investors, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities.

Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
21
Lead investments
6
Exits
1
Rounds per year
1.75
Follow on index
0.38
Investments by industry
  • Software (11)
  • SaaS (6)
  • Analytics (6)
  • Enterprise Software (3)
  • Finance (3)
  • Show 43 more
Investments by region
  • United States (21)
Peak activity year
2015

Discover reliable insights

Leverage validated data, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities for your business.

Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
58M
Group Appearance index
0.67
Strategy success index
0.70

Need more data?

Get access to full data about investors, including their team, contact information, and historic data.

Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Fattmerchant 24 Oct 2017 Software, Financial Services, Payments, Finance, Mobile Payments, Transaction Processing, Local Business Early Stage Venture 5M United States, Florida, Orlando
flexEngage 08 Apr 2014 Analytics, Retail Technology, SaaS, Big Data, Cloud Data Services, Email Marketing Early Stage Venture 1M United States, Florida, Orlando

Similar funds

By same location

By same geo focus

By doing lead investments

How we get our data

At Unicorn Nest, we combine cutting-edge technology with human expertise to build one of the most reliable venture capital databases in the market. Our process begins with automated AI-enhanced data collection, leveraging the full potential of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Later, our team of analysts takes it further with manual verification, using proprietary tools for data cleaning and validation to ensure accuracy and reliability. We cross-check and enhance our findings through press and media monitoring, integrating information from trusted news outlets and venture capital aggregators. Finally, we stay ahead of the curve by monitoring social networks like LinkedIn and X.com.