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Connect Ventures

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Total investments 125
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$6M
Portfolio companies 86
Rounds per year 10.42
Lead investments 32
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Exits 10
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • FinTech
  • Financial Services
  • Apps
  • E-Commerce
Summary

In 2012 was created Connect Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The main department of described VC is located in the London. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The typical startup value when the investment from Connect Ventures is 5-10 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2014. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Opposing the other organizations, this Connect Ventures works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2020. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 45 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

We also calculated 8 valuable employees in our database.

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. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Citymapper, Typeform, Soldo. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Information Technology, Financial Services.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Connect Ventures, startups are often financed by Techstars, RTAventures VC, Point Nine Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Index Ventures, Seedcamp, Isomer Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Index Ventures, Upscale, Greycroft.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Aikido Security

Cloud Security
Cyber Security
SaaS
Software
$5M14 Nov 2023 Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Fantix

Information Technology
Internet
$1M10 Oct 2023 Nyack, New York, United States

Swallow

B2B
FinTech
InsurTech
SaaS
$1M05 Sep 2023 -

Outverse

Communities
Internet
Software
$6M11 Jul 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Faks

Mobile Apps
Pharmaceutical
Software
$5M17 May 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Zealy

Blockchain
Communities
Cryptocurrency
Gaming
Internet
Marketing
Software
$3M04 Apr 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Iteration X

Internet
Software
Web Browsers
$4M31 Mar 2023 Dallas, Texas, United States

Metomic

Developer APIs
Information Services
Information Technology
Privacy
Software
$18M22 Feb 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

eDRV

Developer APIs
Electric Vehicle
SaaS
Software
$1M17 Feb 2023 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
News
Candy Digital Secures $100 Million Investment in Series A Round; Values Company At $1.5bn

– Candy Digital announced a $100m Series A financing round, which values the company at $1.5bn.
– The round was co-led by leading global private equity and venture capital firms Insight Partners and Softbank Vision Fund 2. Additional participants in the round include Connect Ventures, an investment partnership between leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates, Will Ventures, Gaingels, Com2Us, Athletes Syndicate in partnership with Chaos Ventures, which includes participation from current and retired MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL players, and NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning.
– Candy Digital is building Major League Baseball’s official NFT ecosystem where fans and collectors will be able to purchase, trade, and share officially licensed NFTs to deepen their love of the sport.

Keebo Raises £5M in Seed Funding

– Keebo is a London, UK-based credit card approved by the FCA which uses open banking data.
– The company raised $5m in seed funding.
– The round was led by Breega and Connect Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to hire new people and continue to develop the platform towards launch.

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Total investments 125
Average round size 6M
Rounds per year 10.42
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 32
Follow on index 0.30
Exits 10
Group Appearance index 0.80

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Aikido Security

Cloud Security
Cyber Security
SaaS
Software
$5M14 Nov 2023 Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Fantix

Information Technology
Internet
$1M10 Oct 2023 Nyack, New York, United States

Swallow

B2B
FinTech
InsurTech
SaaS
$1M05 Sep 2023 -

Outverse

Communities
Internet
Software
$6M11 Jul 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Faks

Mobile Apps
Pharmaceutical
Software
$5M17 May 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Zealy

Blockchain
Communities
Cryptocurrency
Gaming
Internet
Marketing
Software
$3M04 Apr 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Iteration X

Internet
Software
Web Browsers
$4M31 Mar 2023 Dallas, Texas, United States

Metomic

Developer APIs
Information Services
Information Technology
Privacy
Software
$18M22 Feb 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

eDRV

Developer APIs
Electric Vehicle
SaaS
Software
$1M17 Feb 2023 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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