Vumela Fund
Active
London, United Kingdom
17
1M
14
1.13
10
0.18
1
- Stages of investment
- Areas of investment
Summary
Vumela Fund appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2009. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Hyde Park. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom.
For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - South Africa. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline SweepSouth Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Recruiting, E-Commerce. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.
The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Vumela Fund, startups are often financed by Vinny Lingham, Seedstars, Prosus. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Newtown Partners, Vinny Lingham, Smollan. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Smollan, Prosus Ventures, Prosus.
The top activity for fund was in 2016. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 57 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. This Vumela Fund works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.
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Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 17
- Lead investments
- 10
- Exits
- 1
- Rounds per year
- 1.13
- Follow on index
- 0.18
- Investments by industry
- E-Commerce (5)
- Home Services (3)
- Home Improvement (3)
- Logistics (3)
- Retail (3) Show 29 more
- Investments by region
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- South Africa (16)
- Brazil (1)
- Peak activity year
- 2021
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 11
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 1M
- Group Appearance index
- 0.35
- Avg. company exit year
- 12
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rentoza | 31 Aug 2023 | E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Retail Technology, Electronics | Early Stage Venture | 6M | Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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