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WillowWorks

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Total investments 15
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 9
Rounds per year 2.14
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.40
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Sports
  • Gambling
  • Blockchain
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Mobile Apps
Summary

WillowWorks appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2016. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Columbus.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2 partakers. Despite the WillowWorks, startups are often financed by Rick Thompson, Proton Enterprises, Pasadena Angels. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Techstars, Steven MacDonald, Right Side Capital Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by The Syndicate Fund, ff Venture Capital, Total Access Fund.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Care, Service Industry. 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 portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Spinal Simplicity, Nikola, Kush Marketplace.

The top activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ZenSports

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Gambling
Mobile Apps
Sports
$458K10 Jun 2021 California, United States

ZenSports

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Gambling
Mobile Apps
Sports
02 Jan 2021 California, United States

ZenSports

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Gambling
Mobile Apps
Sports
04 Jun 2020 California, United States

ZenSports

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Gambling
Mobile Apps
Sports
01 Mar 2020 California, United States

bittboard

E-Commerce
01 Sep 2019 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Alerje

Food and Beverage
Health Care
01 Aug 2019 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Nikola Labs Inc.

Consumer Electronics
Electrical Distribution
Industrial Automation
Industrial Manufacturing
Internet of Things
$20M30 Oct 2018 Ohio, United States

Kush Marketplace

B2B
Cannabis
Consulting
E-Commerce
Marketplace
$3M01 Sep 2018 Seattle, Washington, United States

Nikola Labs Inc.

Consumer Electronics
Electrical Distribution
Industrial Automation
Industrial Manufacturing
Internet of Things
01 Aug 2018 Ohio, United States

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Total investments 15
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 2.14
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.40
Group Appearance index 0.33

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ZenSports

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Gambling
Mobile Apps
Sports
$458K10 Jun 2021 California, United States

ZenSports

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Gambling
Mobile Apps
Sports
02 Jan 2021 California, United States

ZenSports

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Gambling
Mobile Apps
Sports
04 Jun 2020 California, United States

ZenSports

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Gambling
Mobile Apps
Sports
01 Mar 2020 California, United States

bittboard

E-Commerce
01 Sep 2019 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Alerje

Food and Beverage
Health Care
01 Aug 2019 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Nikola Labs Inc.

Consumer Electronics
Electrical Distribution
Industrial Automation
Industrial Manufacturing
Internet of Things
$20M30 Oct 2018 Ohio, United States

Kush Marketplace

B2B
Cannabis
Consulting
E-Commerce
Marketplace
$3M01 Sep 2018 Seattle, Washington, United States

Nikola Labs Inc.

Consumer Electronics
Electrical Distribution
Industrial Automation
Industrial Manufacturing
Internet of Things
01 Aug 2018 Ohio, United States
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