Wilco

Type

Corporate investor

Status

Active

Location

Paris, France

Total investments

215

Average round size

405K

Portfolio companies

197

Rounds per year

9.35

Lead investments

9

Follow on index

0.08

Exits

25

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyE-CommerceInternetSoftwareAnalyticsInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareSaaSApps

Summary

In 2001 was created Wilco, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The venture was found in Europe in France. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Paris.

The important activity for fund was in 2015. This Wilco works on 21 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. When the investment is from Wilco the average startup value is 1-5 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 16 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is generally included in 13-24 deals every year.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Apps, Health Care. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - France. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Ynsect, FINALCAD, InnovaFeed.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Wilco, startups are often financed by BOOST Programs, Microsoft Accelerator Paris, Kima Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Bpifrance, Isai, Idinvest Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Iris Capital, Axeleo, 360 Capital Partners.

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Investor highlights

Geo focus
France
Check size
Up to 163K

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
215
Lead investments
9
Exits
25
Rounds per year
9.35
Follow on index
0.08
Investments by industry
  • Software (53)
  • Internet (29)
  • Information Technology (27)
  • SaaS (27)
  • Artificial Intelligence (26)
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Investments by region
  • France (202)
  • United States (10)
  • Pakistan (1)
  • United Arab Emirates (1)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2015
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
23M
Group Appearance index
0.11
Avg. company exit year
6
Avg. multiplicator
2.30
Strategy success index
0.40

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Kenko 19 Jul 2023 Mobile Apps, Health Insurance, Insurance Seed 1M Ile-de-France, Paris, France
Taylor & Hart 29 Aug 2019 E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion, Jewelry Early Stage Venture 4M England, London, United Kingdom
Yogosha 25 Jan 2022 Internet, Software, Cyber Security, Security Early Stage Venture 11M Ile-de-France, Paris, France

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