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byFounders

Founders Christine Spiten Eric Lagier Louise Lachmann Peter M Jensen Tommy Andersen

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Total investments 68
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 45
Rounds per year 9.71
Lead investments 12
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.32
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Mobile Apps
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • SaaS
Summary

byFounders is the famous VC, which was founded in 2017. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in Denmark. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Copenhagen.

The fund was created by Eric Lagier, Tommy Andersen. Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the byFounders, startups are often financed by Nordic Makers, Y Combinator, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Y Combinator, Nordic Makers, New York Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Scott Kurnit, New York Venture Partners.

The important activity for fund was in 2018. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 24 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Energy, Education. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Denmark. 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 various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline DrugStars, Greenely, Uizard Technologies

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Monta

Electric Vehicle
Mobile Apps
Software
$94M23 Jan 2024 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

QA.tech

Artificial Intelligence
Developer Tools
Quality Assurance
SaaS
Software
$1M26 Sep 2023 Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden

Jellatech

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Life Science
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$3M22 Aug 2023 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Quantica

3D Printing
3D Technology
Manufacturing
$16M12 Apr 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

OWND

Business Development
Service Industry
$750K23 Feb 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

DREM

Renewable Energy
$2M30 Jan 2023 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Digitail

Health Care
Pet
Veterinary
$11M12 Jan 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

SuperNormal

Software
$10M04 Jan 2023 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Watalook

Beauty
Freelance
Marketplace
Mobile Apps
SaaS
$3M21 Dec 2022 Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
News
Uizard Raises $15M in Series A Funding Led by Global ScaleUp Investor Insight Partners

– Copenhagen-based Uizard, the world’s first AI-powered digital design assistant for non-designers, announced that it has raised $15m in Series A funding.
– The funding was led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, with participation from Mariano Suarez-Battan, CEO and Co-Founder of Mural, and existing investors byFounders, LDV Capital and av8 Ventures.
– Uizard will use the funding to grow its marketing and commercial teams and hire new talent globally, with a focus on Europe.

Bob W, the ‘tech-driven’ hospitality provider, raises €10M in seed funding

– Bob W, a tech-driven hospitality provider, raised €10m in seed funding.
– The round was led by byFounders VC and private equity firm Finnish Industry Investment (Tesi).
– Other European real estate and venture capitalist investors participating include Kaamos, Superangel, United Angels and NREP (via its anchor investment into the 2150 venture capital fund, which promises to back sustainable urban technologies).
– The company plans to open properties in London.

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Total investments 68
Average round size 8M
Rounds per year 9.71
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 12
Follow on index 0.32
Group Appearance index 0.93

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Monta

Electric Vehicle
Mobile Apps
Software
$94M23 Jan 2024 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

QA.tech

Artificial Intelligence
Developer Tools
Quality Assurance
SaaS
Software
$1M26 Sep 2023 Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden

Jellatech

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Life Science
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$3M22 Aug 2023 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Quantica

3D Printing
3D Technology
Manufacturing
$16M12 Apr 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

OWND

Business Development
Service Industry
$750K23 Feb 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

DREM

Renewable Energy
$2M30 Jan 2023 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Digitail

Health Care
Pet
Veterinary
$11M12 Jan 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

SuperNormal

Software
$10M04 Jan 2023 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Watalook

Beauty
Freelance
Marketplace
Mobile Apps
SaaS
$3M21 Dec 2022 Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
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