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WS Investments

Founders Larry W. Sonsini

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Total investments 56
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$10M
Portfolio companies 48
Rounds per year 1.24
Lead investments 5
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.14
Exits 18
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Software
  • Biotechnology
  • E-Commerce
  • Enterprise Software
Summary

The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Palo Alto.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The important activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The real fund results show that this VC is 10 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The average startup value when the investment from WS Investments is 10-50 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2003. Comparing to the other companies, this WS Investments performs on 2 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.

This organization was formed by Larry W. Sonsini. We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the WS Investments, startups are often financed by Intel Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Polaris Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Polaris Partners, Physic Ventures, New Enterprise Associates. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by TCV, Wayra, Sequoia Capital.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Cloudian, Driveroo The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Medical, Marketplace. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive 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 - United States.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Alias Technologies

Consulting
Financial Services
$3M31 Aug 2023 Houston, Texas, United States

Smartlens

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Home Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Personal Health
$6M11 Jul 2023 San Jose, California, United States

Holocron Technologies

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Business Intelligence
Consulting
GovTech
Information Services
Information Technology
Marketing
Software
$1M27 Apr 2023 New York, New York, United States

Crowdz

B2B
Blockchain
FinTech
Predictive Analytics
Supply Chain Management
$3M30 Jun 2020 California, United States

Crowdz

B2B
Blockchain
FinTech
Predictive Analytics
Supply Chain Management
$6M22 May 2019 California, United States

Driveroo

Automotive
Mobile Apps
Software
$3M23 Apr 2019 California, United States

Switchboard Sales

E-Commerce
Enterprise Software
SaaS
Software
$1M15 Jan 2019 California, United States

Savitude

E-Commerce
Fashion
Machine Learning
Retail Technology
$325K01 Mar 2018 Palo Alto, California, United States

GenXComm

Information Services
Information Technology
Software
Telecommunications
Wireless
$7M12 Dec 2017 Austin, Texas, United States

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Total investments 56
Average round size 10M
Rounds per year 1.24
Peak activity year 2006
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.14
Exits 18
Group Appearance index 0.86

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Alias Technologies

Consulting
Financial Services
$3M31 Aug 2023 Houston, Texas, United States

Smartlens

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Home Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Personal Health
$6M11 Jul 2023 San Jose, California, United States

Holocron Technologies

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Business Intelligence
Consulting
GovTech
Information Services
Information Technology
Marketing
Software
$1M27 Apr 2023 New York, New York, United States

Crowdz

B2B
Blockchain
FinTech
Predictive Analytics
Supply Chain Management
$3M30 Jun 2020 California, United States

Crowdz

B2B
Blockchain
FinTech
Predictive Analytics
Supply Chain Management
$6M22 May 2019 California, United States

Driveroo

Automotive
Mobile Apps
Software
$3M23 Apr 2019 California, United States

Switchboard Sales

E-Commerce
Enterprise Software
SaaS
Software
$1M15 Jan 2019 California, United States

Savitude

E-Commerce
Fashion
Machine Learning
Retail Technology
$325K01 Mar 2018 Palo Alto, California, United States

GenXComm

Information Services
Information Technology
Software
Telecommunications
Wireless
$7M12 Dec 2017 Austin, Texas, United States
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