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Windcrest Partners

Founders Michael Gellert

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Total investments 21
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$6M
Portfolio companies 13
Rounds per year 0.39
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.38
Exits 2
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • SaaS
  • Enterprise Software
  • Analytics
  • Business Intelligence
Summary

Windcrest Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1967. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the New York.

The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline SmartRecruiters, GoodData, Passport New Media Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Enterprise Software, Business Intelligence. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The important activity for fund was in 2012. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2006. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 5 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. This Windcrest Partners works on 24 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The typical startup value when the investment from Windcrest Partners is 1-5 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

This organization was formed by Michael Gellert. The overall number of key employees were 4.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Windcrest Partners, startups are often financed by General Catalyst, CVP, Andreessen Horowitz. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are General Catalyst, CVP, Andreessen Horowitz. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Festicket

E-Commerce
Marketplace
Music
Ticketing
Travel
$3M11 Sep 2014 England

Festicket

E-Commerce
Marketplace
Music
Ticketing
Travel
$680K11 Mar 2013 England

GoodData

Analytics
Business Intelligence
Collaboration
Enterprise Software
SaaS
Software
$25M25 Jul 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

Axial Networks

Apps
Financial Software
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Other Financial Services
Social Network
Software
$6M17 May 2012 New York, United States

Regent Education

Education
SaaS
Software
$2M05 Mar 2012 Frederick, Maryland, United States

SmartRecruiters

Enterprise Software
Recruiting
SaaS
Social Recruiting
$5M09 Jan 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

Mobilize.me (Ohio)

Internet
Marketing
01 Jan 2012 Tallmadge, Ohio, United States

Wyng

Analytics
Cloud Data Services
Content Marketing
CRM
Digital Marketing
E-Commerce Platforms
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Marketing Automation
Personalization
Privacy
SaaS
Social Media
Social Media Marketing
Video
$2M09 Sep 2011 New York, United States

GoodData

Analytics
Business Intelligence
Collaboration
Enterprise Software
SaaS
Software
$15M18 Aug 2011 San Francisco, California, United States

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Total investments 21
Average round size 6M
Rounds per year 0.39
Peak activity year 2012
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.38
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.71

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Festicket

E-Commerce
Marketplace
Music
Ticketing
Travel
$3M11 Sep 2014 England

Festicket

E-Commerce
Marketplace
Music
Ticketing
Travel
$680K11 Mar 2013 England

GoodData

Analytics
Business Intelligence
Collaboration
Enterprise Software
SaaS
Software
$25M25 Jul 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

Axial Networks

Apps
Financial Software
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Other Financial Services
Social Network
Software
$6M17 May 2012 New York, United States

Regent Education

Education
SaaS
Software
$2M05 Mar 2012 Frederick, Maryland, United States

SmartRecruiters

Enterprise Software
Recruiting
SaaS
Social Recruiting
$5M09 Jan 2012 San Francisco, California, United States

Mobilize.me (Ohio)

Internet
Marketing
01 Jan 2012 Tallmadge, Ohio, United States

Wyng

Analytics
Cloud Data Services
Content Marketing
CRM
Digital Marketing
E-Commerce Platforms
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Marketing Automation
Personalization
Privacy
SaaS
Social Media
Social Media Marketing
Video
$2M09 Sep 2011 New York, United States

GoodData

Analytics
Business Intelligence
Collaboration
Enterprise Software
SaaS
Software
$15M18 Aug 2011 San Francisco, California, United States
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