West
Startup studio
Active
San Francisco, United States
16
12M
15
1.33
1
- Stages of investment
- Areas of investment
Summary
West appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2011. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the San Francisco. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.
The fund was created by Allison Johnson, Joanna Rees.
The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.
Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Copia, Torch Leadership Labs. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Education, SaaS. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.
The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 partakers. Despite the West, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, Tribeca Venture Partners, Halogen Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Y Combinator, Transmedia Capital, Structure Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Octopus Ventures.
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Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 16
- Lead investments
- 1
- Rounds per year
- 1.33
- Investments by industry
- Software (4)
- Fitness (3)
- Health Care (3)
- SaaS (3)
- Wellness (2) Show 49 more
- Investments by region
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- United States (14)
- Malta (1)
- Peak activity year
- 2019
- Number of Unicorns
- 1
- Number of Decacorns
- 1
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 6
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 133M
- Group Appearance index
- 0.88
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASAPP | 19 May 2021 | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, CRM, Customer Service, Sales Automation | Late Stage Venture | 120M | United States, New York, New York |
| Cor | 21 Mar 2022 | Fitness, Apps, Mobile Apps, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Mapping Services | Early Stage Venture | 12M | United States, California, San Francisco |
| WOM Token | 13 Nov 2018 | Cryptocurrency | Seed | 0 | Central Region, Malta, Malta |
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