Volvo Cars Tech Fund
Corporate investor
Active
Göteborg, Sweden
38
29M
21
0.39
9
0.45
1
- Areas of investment
Summary
The main department of described VC is located in the Mountain View. The venture was found in North America in United States. Volvo Cars Tech Fund appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.
The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, startups are often financed by Sequoia Capital, AngelPad, Ulu Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are W. R. Berkley, Toyota Tsusho, The Westly Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Volvo Cars Group, The Westly Group, TRIREC.
For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Security, Medical Device. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Luminar, Zum, MDGo The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 1 or 3 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.
Considering the real fund results, this VC is 9 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund.
Investor highlights
- Industry focus
- Stage focus
- Geo focus
Discover reliable insights
Find relevant VC investors, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities.
Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 38
- Lead investments
- 9
- Exits
- 1
- Rounds per year
- 0.39
- Follow on index
- 0.45
- Investments by industry
- Automotive (17)
- Software (14)
- Artificial Intelligence (6)
- Hardware (6)
- CleanTech (6) Show 50 more
- Investments by region
-
- United States (11)
- Finland (5)
- Switzerland (2)
- Israel (8)
- Canada (2) Show 3 more
- Peak activity year
- 2020
- Number of Unicorns
- 3
- Number of Decacorns
- 3
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
- 189M
- Group Appearance index
- 0.63
- Avg. company exit year
- 8
- Strategy success index
- 0.60
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bcomp | 16 Apr 2024 | Automotive, Manufacturing, Sports | Late Stage Venture | 39M | Switzerland, Fribourg |
| Circulor | 10 Jun 2021 | Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, Blockchain, Risk Management | Early Stage Venture | 19M | England, London, United Kingdom |
| True NOSH | 01 Jan 2018 | Seed |
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.