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Capital Midwest Fund

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Total investments 37
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$9M
Portfolio companies 26
Rounds per year 2.31
Lead investments 8
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Exits 1
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Industrial Automation
  • Health Care
  • SaaS
  • Medical Device
Summary

The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Milwaukee.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Capital Midwest Fund, startups are often financed by Apjohn ventures, gener8tor, WISC Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Wisconsin Investment Partners, WISC Partners, Silicon Pastures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by WISC Partners, Women Angels, Wisconsin Investment Partners.

The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 3 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight CytoPherx, AIQ Solutions, HarQen. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Life Science, Medical Device.

Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 33 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Opposing the other organizations, this Capital Midwest Fund works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2015. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

The overall number of key employees were 6.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sprocket Security

$8M28 Mar 2024 Massachusetts, United States

BetterYou

Fitness
Health Care
Internet
iOS
Software
Wellness
$6M06 Dec 2023 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Valid8 Financial

Banking
Finance
Financial Services
$8M30 Nov 2023 Seattle, Washington, United States

FRAYT

Last Mile Transportation
Logistics
$7M11 Apr 2023 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Elate

Computer
Productivity Tools
Software
$4M13 Feb 2023 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

FactoryFix

Industrial Automation
Manufacturing
Marketplace
$10M21 Jan 2022 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Valid8 Financial

Banking
Finance
Financial Services
$6M28 Sep 2021 Seattle, Washington, United States

Hologram

Cloud Data Services
Communication Hardware
Developer Tools
Internet of Things
Mobile Devices
Telecommunications
$66M02 Aug 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

LightGuide

Augmented Reality
Industrial Automation
Software
$15M08 Jul 2021 Wixom, Michigan, United States
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LightGuide Raises $15M in Series B Funding

– LightGuide, Inc. from Wixom, MI provides an AR workflow instruction software platform that transforms manual assembly and manufacturing processes for companies worldwide.
– Company raised $15m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by G2 Venture Partners with participation from Capital Midwest Fund and Michigan Capital Advisors.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate the company’s global growth, including expansion of its global sales and support network and continued R&D in its cloud infrastructure and software suite.

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Total investments 37
Average round size 9M
Rounds per year 2.31
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 8
Follow on index 0.30
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.84

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sprocket Security

$8M28 Mar 2024 Massachusetts, United States

BetterYou

Fitness
Health Care
Internet
iOS
Software
Wellness
$6M06 Dec 2023 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Valid8 Financial

Banking
Finance
Financial Services
$8M30 Nov 2023 Seattle, Washington, United States

FRAYT

Last Mile Transportation
Logistics
$7M11 Apr 2023 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Elate

Computer
Productivity Tools
Software
$4M13 Feb 2023 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

FactoryFix

Industrial Automation
Manufacturing
Marketplace
$10M21 Jan 2022 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Valid8 Financial

Banking
Finance
Financial Services
$6M28 Sep 2021 Seattle, Washington, United States

Hologram

Cloud Data Services
Communication Hardware
Developer Tools
Internet of Things
Mobile Devices
Telecommunications
$66M02 Aug 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

LightGuide

Augmented Reality
Industrial Automation
Software
$15M08 Jul 2021 Wixom, Michigan, United States
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