Zero Stage Capital

Total investments

41

Average round size

11M

Portfolio companies

26

Rounds per year

0.95

Lead investments

7

Follow on index

0.37

Exits

11

Stages of investment
Late Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyHealth CareManufacturingSecurityPharmaceuticalIndustrialSolar

Summary

In 1981 was created Zero Stage Capital, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Boston.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Biopharma, Pharmaceutical. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Jenzabar, eYak (Sonexis), Powerspan. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2009. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2000. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Zero Stage Capital performs on 4 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 1 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

This organization was formed by Gordon Baty.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Zero Stage Capital, startups are often financed by Lazard Technology Partners, Pilot House Ventures, PJC. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Lazard Technology Partners, CB Health Ventures, Pilot House Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by New Enterprise Associates, Vanguard Ventures, DFJ.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
41
Lead investments
7
Exits
11
Rounds per year
0.95
Follow on index
0.37
Investments by industry
  • Software (10)
  • Manufacturing (9)
  • Biotechnology (6)
  • Solar (5)
  • Health Care (5)
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Investments by region
  • United States (39)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2000
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
23
Avg. valuation at time of investment
162M
Group Appearance index
0.80
Avg. company exit year
13
Avg. multiplicator
0.16
Strategy success index
0.20

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Mothernature.com 15 Jan 1999 Internet, Retail Early Stage Venture 15M United States, Massachusetts
Proxidyne 04 Jan 2016 Retail Technology, Mobile Apps, Internet of Things, Wireless Seed 860K United States, Illinois, Naperville
Spherics 12 May 2005 Health Care, Medical, Therapeutics Late Stage Venture 26M

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