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Baird Capital

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Total investments 174
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$12M
Portfolio companies 106
Rounds per year 1.67
Lead investments 54
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.39
Exits 41
Key employees 21
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Software
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical
  • SaaS
Summary

In 1919 was created Baird Capital, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Milwaukee.

The overall number of key employees were 21.

The top activity for fund was in 2013. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. When the investment is from Baird Capital the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. This Baird Capital works on 6 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The real fund results show that this VC is 24 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Hireology, Sittercity, GenomeDx Biosciences. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. 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 popular fund investment industries, there are Enterprise Software, Medical. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Baird Capital, startups are often financed by I2A Fund, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Sigma Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Arboretum Ventures, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, MATH Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Beringea, InvestMichigan, Canaan Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Virtual Incision

Advanced Materials
Developer Platform
Health Care
Robotics
$30M19 Sep 2023 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Osano

B2B
Privacy
SaaS
$25M10 Aug 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

Parallax

Analytics
Computer
Software
$12M08 Jan 2023 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

High Street Partners

Accounting
Business Development
Consulting
Human Resources
Legal
Management Consulting
Marketing
Professional Services
Software
$14M01 Dec 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Zylo

Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
$31M29 Nov 2022 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

High Street Partners

Accounting
Business Development
Consulting
Human Resources
Legal
Management Consulting
Marketing
Professional Services
Software
$14M28 Nov 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Tellius

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Business Intelligence
Intelligent Systems
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
$16M20 Oct 2022 Reston, Virginia, United States

Upfront Healthcare Services

Analytics
Health Care
Hospital
$10M06 Sep 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Autobooks

Accounting
Banking
Enterprise Software
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
Software
$50M21 Jun 2022 Detroit, Michigan, United States
News
Forj Raises Undisclosed Funding

– Forj, a Milwaukee WI-based virtual events and member experience platform, raised an undisclosed amount of funding.
– The round was led by Baird Capital with participation from GCI.
– The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its growth and develop its platform.

Competitive Intelligence Platform Crayon Raises $22 Million

– Crayon is a competitive intelligence platform for the enterprise.
– The company raised $22m in Series B funding.
Baird Capital led the round and joined by Baseline Ventures, Bedrock Capital, C&B Capital and Oyster Funds.

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Total investments 174
Average round size 12M
Rounds per year 1.67
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 54
Follow on index 0.39
Exits 41
Group Appearance index 0.75

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Virtual Incision

Advanced Materials
Developer Platform
Health Care
Robotics
$30M19 Sep 2023 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Osano

B2B
Privacy
SaaS
$25M10 Aug 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

Parallax

Analytics
Computer
Software
$12M08 Jan 2023 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

High Street Partners

Accounting
Business Development
Consulting
Human Resources
Legal
Management Consulting
Marketing
Professional Services
Software
$14M01 Dec 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Zylo

Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
$31M29 Nov 2022 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

High Street Partners

Accounting
Business Development
Consulting
Human Resources
Legal
Management Consulting
Marketing
Professional Services
Software
$14M28 Nov 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Tellius

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Business Intelligence
Intelligent Systems
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
$16M20 Oct 2022 Reston, Virginia, United States

Upfront Healthcare Services

Analytics
Health Care
Hospital
$10M06 Sep 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Autobooks

Accounting
Banking
Enterprise Software
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
Software
$50M21 Jun 2022 Detroit, Michigan, United States
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