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venVelo

Founders Peter McAlindon

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Total investments 21
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 13
Rounds per year 1.75
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.38
Exits 1
Key employees 8
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • SaaS
  • Analytics
  • Enterprise Software
  • Finance
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.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Urban SDK

Analytics
Civil Engineering
Government
Law Enforcement
Public Transportation
Smart Cities
Software
Transportation
05 Jul 2023 Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Kalogon

Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Medical Device
Product Design
$3M22 Sep 2022 -

Urban SDK

Analytics
Civil Engineering
Government
Law Enforcement
Public Transportation
Smart Cities
Software
Transportation
$715K27 Jan 2022 Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Urban SDK

Analytics
Civil Engineering
Government
Law Enforcement
Public Transportation
Smart Cities
Software
Transportation
$2M30 Nov 2021 Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Switchboard Live

Brand Marketing
Content Syndication
Digital Media
Media and Entertainment
SaaS
Social Media Marketing
Video Streaming
$1M04 Dec 2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Fattmerchant

Finance
Financial Services
Local Business
Mobile Payments
Payments
Software
Transaction Processing
$5M24 Oct 2017 Orlando, Florida, United States

Actionable Quality Assurance

Food and Beverage
Quality Assurance
Software
15 Mar 2017 Gainesville, Florida, United States

Details Flowers

E-Commerce
Software
07 Sep 2016 Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

Vigilant Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
$5M11 Jul 2016 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

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Total investments 21
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 1.75
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.38
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.67

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Urban SDK

Analytics
Civil Engineering
Government
Law Enforcement
Public Transportation
Smart Cities
Software
Transportation
05 Jul 2023 Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Kalogon

Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Medical Device
Product Design
$3M22 Sep 2022 -

Urban SDK

Analytics
Civil Engineering
Government
Law Enforcement
Public Transportation
Smart Cities
Software
Transportation
$715K27 Jan 2022 Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Urban SDK

Analytics
Civil Engineering
Government
Law Enforcement
Public Transportation
Smart Cities
Software
Transportation
$2M30 Nov 2021 Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Switchboard Live

Brand Marketing
Content Syndication
Digital Media
Media and Entertainment
SaaS
Social Media Marketing
Video Streaming
$1M04 Dec 2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Fattmerchant

Finance
Financial Services
Local Business
Mobile Payments
Payments
Software
Transaction Processing
$5M24 Oct 2017 Orlando, Florida, United States

Actionable Quality Assurance

Food and Beverage
Quality Assurance
Software
15 Mar 2017 Gainesville, Florida, United States

Details Flowers

E-Commerce
Software
07 Sep 2016 Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

Vigilant Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
$5M11 Jul 2016 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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