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Windward Ventures

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Total investments 36
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$13M
Portfolio companies 15
Rounds per year 1.38
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.58
Exits 10
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Enterprise Software
  • Software
  • Cloud Computing
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
Summary

Windward Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 1997. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the San Diego. The venture was found in North America in United States.

Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

The top activity for fund was in 2005. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 2 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this Windward Ventures performs on 5 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Windward Ventures, startups are often financed by Mission Ventures, Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mission Ventures, Intel Capital, Palomar Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Mission Ventures, Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Care, Enterprise Software. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Solarflare Communications, SynergEyes, Nirvanix. The fund has 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.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Nirvanix

Cloud Computing
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Private Cloud
$25M03 May 2012 San Diego, California, United States

Nirvanix

Cloud Computing
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Private Cloud
$10M10 Nov 2010 San Diego, California, United States

Nirvanix

Cloud Computing
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Private Cloud
$5M09 Apr 2009 San Diego, California, United States

SynergEyes

Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$13M09 Feb 2009 Carlsbad, California, United States

Astute Networks

Cloud Computing
Enterprise Software
Network Hardware
$7M22 Oct 2008 San Diego, California, United States

Nirvanix

Cloud Computing
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Private Cloud
$18M19 Dec 2007 San Diego, California, United States

Syntricity

Business/Productivity Software
Database Software
Electronics
Enterprise Software
Semiconductor
Software
$1M11 May 2007 San Diego, California, United States

Proximetry

Infrastructure
Internet of Things
Mobile
Software
$5M04 Apr 2007 San Diego, California, United States

SynergEyes

Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$16M21 Apr 2006 Carlsbad, California, United States

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Total investments 36
Average round size 13M
Rounds per year 1.38
Peak activity year 2005
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.58
Exits 10
Group Appearance index 0.92

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Nirvanix

Cloud Computing
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Private Cloud
$25M03 May 2012 San Diego, California, United States

Nirvanix

Cloud Computing
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Private Cloud
$10M10 Nov 2010 San Diego, California, United States

Nirvanix

Cloud Computing
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Private Cloud
$5M09 Apr 2009 San Diego, California, United States

SynergEyes

Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$13M09 Feb 2009 Carlsbad, California, United States

Astute Networks

Cloud Computing
Enterprise Software
Network Hardware
$7M22 Oct 2008 San Diego, California, United States

Nirvanix

Cloud Computing
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Private Cloud
$18M19 Dec 2007 San Diego, California, United States

Syntricity

Business/Productivity Software
Database Software
Electronics
Enterprise Software
Semiconductor
Software
$1M11 May 2007 San Diego, California, United States

Proximetry

Infrastructure
Internet of Things
Mobile
Software
$5M04 Apr 2007 San Diego, California, United States

SynergEyes

Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$16M21 Apr 2006 Carlsbad, California, United States
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