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As we approach our upcoming event in LA (it’s just two week away, people!) we are continuing our deeper drive into the ecosystem, seeing what makes it work.A
As we have already shown you, LA is home to the world’s best rappers, it’s home to some of today’s most promising startups, such as SnapChat, Whisper, The Honest Company, DollarShaveClub and JustFab. In fact, recent fundings into SnapChat, DollarShaveClub and The Honest Company this year have driven LA VC investments up 5X in five years.
Now we want to look at who is on the other side of that equation: the investors, the ones who are supplying that funding and allowing those companies to flourish.
Here are the most active LA-based investors, based on number of investments, in the first half of 2015, according to data supplied to VatorNews from NVCA. And, we’re proud to say we have partners from the top three firms joining us at Vator Splash LA on Oct. 2015. Have you registered yet? Join us by registering here. Use “vatormember” for a 20% discount. Register here.
Number of deals: 18 in 17 companies
Total amount invested: $37.14 million
Average equity per deal: $2.06 million
Stage: Seed to late stage
Notable investments: GumGum, ChowNow, Shots Mobile, Kyriba, AlphaDraft
Number of deals: 16 in 15 companies
Total amount invested: $2.9 million
Average equity per deal: $0.18 million
Stage: Early stage
Notable investments: Clutter, Local Store Identity, Isomnio, Bridg, Sensay
Number of deals: 12 in 12 companies
Total amount invested: $3.63 million
Average equity per deal: $0.3 million
Stage: Seed/early stage
Notable investments: Beatshare, FloWater, Kitabu
Number of deals: 9 in 9 companies
Total amount invested: $2.11 million
Average equity per deal: $0.23 million
Stage: Early stage
Notable investments: HONK, Quick.ly, Sense360, Orbitera, Local Store Identity
Number of deals: 8 in 7 companies
Total amount invested: $6.59 million
Average equity per deal: $0.82 million
Stage: Early stage
Notable investments: Mobcrush, Conversion Logic, Little Labs, Big Monday, Local Store Identity
Firm: Queensbridge Venture Partners
Number of deals: 7 in 7 companies
Amount invested: $4.82 million
Average equity per deal: $0.69 million
Stage: Seed/early stage
Top investments: Mobcrush, CoinTent, Shift Messenger, Draft, MightySignal, Fitmob
Number of deals: 5 in 5 companies
Total amount invested: $16.08
Average equity per deal: $3.22 million
Stage: Early stage
Notable investments: Quick.ly, Burrito Labs, E8 Security, CoHo Data, Heal
Number of deals: 5 in 5 companies
Total amount invested: $11.36 million
Average equity per deal: $2.27 million
Stage: Early stage
Notable investments: HomeHero, Signpost, R​Escour, ToutApp
Number of deals: 4 in 4 companies
Total amount invested: $8.93 million
Average equity per deal: $2.23 million
Stage: Early stage
Notable investments: ChowNow, Laurel & Wolf, Prevoty
Number of deals: 4 in 4 companies
Total amount invested: $5.56 million
Average equity per deal: $1.41 million
Stage: Early stage
Notable investments: Mayvenn, Ripple Labs, Honest Dollar, CoverHound
Number of deals: 4 in 4 companies
Total amount invested: $2.21 million
Average equity per deal: $0.55 million
Stage: Early stage
Notable investments: AlphaDraft, Big Monday, Mapsense, Little Labs,
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