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Stripes

Founders Ken Fox

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Total investments 126
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$67M
Portfolio companies 85
Rounds per year 7.88
Lead investments 28
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 18
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • SaaS
  • E-Commerce
  • Machine Learning
Summary

Stripes is the famous VC, which was founded in 2008. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the New York.

This organization was formed by Ken Fox.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2019. Comparing to the other companies, this Stripes performs on 1 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The average startup value when the investment from Stripes is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 50 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Internet, Audio. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Udemy, Kareo, Seamless Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 2 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Stripes, startups are often financed by Kleiner Perkins, GV, Bessemer Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Western Technology Investment. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Silicon Valley Bank, OpenView Venture Partners, Greenspring Associates.

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$57M22 Aug 2023 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Memfault

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$24M24 Jan 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Island

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$60M10 Nov 2022 Dallas, Texas, United States

Katalyst

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$26M04 Oct 2022 Seattle, Washington, United States

Frontegg

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$40M28 Jul 2022 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

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$72M06 Jul 2022 Corona Del Mar, California, United States

Nomad

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$30M16 May 2022 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
News
Balto Raises $37.5M; Pushes to Close Execution Gap for Contact Centers

– Balto announced the completion of a $37.5m Series B funding round.
– The funding was led by Stripes and joined by RingCentral Ventures.
– Existing investors that participated include Sierra Ventures, TIA Ventures, OCA Ventures, Stage Venture Partners, SaaS Venture Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Cultivation Capital, and Atreides Management.
– The funding comes on the heels of Balto’s two latest product releases and as Balto’s Real-Time Platform surpasses 75 million guided calls and 160 million Real-Time Recommendations.

Lithic Raises $60M in Series C Funding

– Lithic is a NYC-based card issuing platform for developers.
– The company raised $60m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by Stripes, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Exor, Rainfall, Tusk Venture Partners, and Commerce Ventures.
– The investment will be used to continue to grow, help the team scale and expand the platform through strategic acquisitions to enhance the product and its core offerings.

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Total investments 126
Average round size 67M
Rounds per year 7.88
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 28
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 18
Group Appearance index 0.84

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Popup Bagels

Food and Beverage
Snack Food
$8M25 Oct 2023 Westport, Connecticut, United States

Island

Cyber Security
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Web Browsers
$100M23 Oct 2023 Dallas, Texas, United States

Nomad

Financial Services
$57M22 Aug 2023 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Memfault

Electronics
Information Services
Information Technology
Internet
Software
$24M24 Jan 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Island

Cyber Security
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Web Browsers
$60M10 Nov 2022 Dallas, Texas, United States

Katalyst

Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$26M04 Oct 2022 Seattle, Washington, United States

Frontegg

Compliance
Developer Platform
Developer Tools
Enterprise Software
SaaS
Software
$40M28 Jul 2022 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Tebra

Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Health Care
$72M06 Jul 2022 Corona Del Mar, California, United States

Nomad

Financial Services
$30M16 May 2022 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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