Wells Fargo Capital Finance

Total investments

34

Average round size

123M

Portfolio companies

34

Rounds per year

0.64

Lead investments

8

Exits

20

Stages of investment
Private Equity
Areas of investment
E-CommerceSoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechInformation TechnologyFinanceEnterprise SoftwareEnergyRenewable EnergyOil and Gas

Summary

Wells Fargo Capital Finance is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2002. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the New York. The company was established in North America in United States.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Wells Fargo Capital Finance, startups are often financed by Spectrum Equity, Wellington Management, Verlinvest. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Scotiabank, Lime Rock Partners, CIT Bank. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, Wells Fargo.

Deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Opposing the other organizations, this Wells Fargo Capital Finance works on 30 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 25 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged more than 20 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in some 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 popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Chewy, Sharecare, Verafin. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
34
Lead investments
8
Exits
20
Rounds per year
0.64
Investments by industry
  • Financial Services (5)
  • Software (5)
  • FinTech (4)
  • Oil and Gas (4)
  • Renewable Energy (3)
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Investments by region
  • United States (25)
  • Canada (5)
  • United Kingdom (3)
Peak activity year
2015
Number of Unicorns
4
Number of Decacorns
4
Number of Minotaurs
3

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
29
Avg. valuation at time of investment
515M
Group Appearance index
0.56
Avg. company exit year
40
Avg. multiplicator
2.85
Strategy success index
0.80

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
ShareBuilder 17 Apr 2000 Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile Apps Late Stage Venture 30M United States, District of Columbia, Washington

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