WP Global Partners

Type

Venture Capital, Private equity

Status

Active

Location

Chicago, United States

Total investments

55

Average round size

11M

Portfolio companies

42

Rounds per year

3.06

Lead investments

6

Follow on index

0.22

Exits

15

Stages of investment
Private EquityEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareMobileFood and BeverageFood ProcessingHealth CareManufacturingMedical DeviceAgricultureFarmingHydroponics

Summary

WP Global Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2005. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Chicago.

The overall number of key employees were 6.

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 has no specific favorite 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 Ginger, Illumitex, BrightFarms. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Marketing, Data Integration.

When the investment is from WP Global Partners the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2015.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the WP Global Partners, startups are often financed by NGEN Partners, Khosla Ventures, Emil Capital Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are NGEN Partners, Tao Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NGEN Partners, Catalyst Investors, SharesPost Investment Management.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
B2B/EnterpriseConsumer/RetailFoodtechAgricultureClimate tech Show 1 more
Stage focus
Series CSeries DSeries FSeries E
Check size
5M — 25M

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
55
Lead investments
6
Exits
15
Rounds per year
3.06
Follow on index
0.22
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (12)
  • Agriculture (7)
  • Manufacturing (7)
  • Food Processing (6)
  • Mobile (5)
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Investments by region
  • United States (51)
  • Canada (2)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2015
Number of Unicorns
6
Number of Decacorns
6
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
23
Avg. valuation at time of investment
346M
Group Appearance index
0.33
Avg. company exit year
15
Avg. multiplicator
2.92
Strategy success index
0.50

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Blackpoint Holdings 20 May 2022 Cyber Security, Computer Early Stage Venture United States, Maryland
BrightFarms 03 Jun 2014 Food Processing, Agriculture, Farming, Hydroponics Early Stage Venture 2M United States, New York
KREATIZE 13 Feb 2019 Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, Information Services, Manufacturing Early Stage Venture 4M Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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