Investments
73Portfolio Exits
26About Start Fund
Start Fund is a joint venture between Yuri Milner and SV Angel. It was created to invest in Y Combinator startups and made its first set of investments in January 2011. It offers all Y Combinator startups $150,000 in convertible debt.
Start Fund Headquarter Location
San Francisco, California,
United States
Latest Start Fund News
Apr 7, 2022
Enterprise Ireland invested more than €28m in over 125 start-up companies last year. The firms supported included 82 high potential start-ups approved for over €18m in funding, with 24 of the firms led by women and 11 of those emerging from academic research More than €2m was approved for 43 companies under the Competitive Start Fund, with 16 of those women-led. Irish tech firms founded by women raised €230m in funding last year, over twice as much as in 2020, according to start-up hub TechIreland. Enterprise Ireland takes equity stakes in companies through its Competitive Start Fund (CSF) and High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) funding, alongside the Department of Enterprise. “As we emerge out of an incredibly challenging two-year period, it is important to recognise the extraordinary growth and accomplishments of our domestic start-ups in Ireland,” said Taoiseach Micheál Martin. “I commend anyone across the country who has taken the leap and started a business. I have seen the enormous resilience of Irish start-ups and I admire the tenacity of every Irish entrepreneur leading Ireland towards a future where innovation is front and centre.” He was speaking as more than 150 entrepreneurs and representatives from early stage businesses and companies supported in 2021 gathered for the Enterprise Ireland Start-Up Showcase 2022 event at the Aviva Stadium on Thursday. “Supporting companies on their growth journey means supporting local and national economies, as well as job creation for future generations,” said Enterprise Ireland chief executive Leo Clancy. The state development agency helped create a 11,911 net new jobs in 2021 in the firms it supports, bringing the number of people working for domestic companies to 207,894 last year. Business Newsletter
Start Fund Investments
73 Investments
Start Fund has made 73 investments. Their latest investment was in Authy as part of their Seed VC on September 9, 2014.
Start Fund Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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9/8/2014 | Seed VC | Authy | $3M | Yes | 8 | |
7/11/2014 | Seed VC | Amplitude | $1.97M | Yes | Adam Draper, Agile Angel, Alex Lin, Anil Dharni, Anton Bernstein, BoxGroup, Charlie Cheever, Data Collective, David Chen, Greg Chang, Hossein Eslambolchi, Jared Kopf, Jeffrey Skates, Klaus von Sayn-Wittgenstein, Matt Huang, Merus Capital, Mike Katz, Quest Venture Partners, Roy Sehgal, Silicon Badia, Siqi Chen, Slow Ventures, Steve Bartel, SV Angel, Tencent Holdings, Todd Corenson, and Y Combinator | 2 |
6/24/2014 | Seed VC | One Month | $0.77M | Yes | 1 | |
4/25/2014 | Seed VC | |||||
12/12/2013 | Seed VC |
Date | 9/8/2014 | 7/11/2014 | 6/24/2014 | 4/25/2014 | 12/12/2013 |
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Round | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC |
Company | Authy | Amplitude | One Month | ||
Amount | $3M | $1.97M | $0.77M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Adam Draper, Agile Angel, Alex Lin, Anil Dharni, Anton Bernstein, BoxGroup, Charlie Cheever, Data Collective, David Chen, Greg Chang, Hossein Eslambolchi, Jared Kopf, Jeffrey Skates, Klaus von Sayn-Wittgenstein, Matt Huang, Merus Capital, Mike Katz, Quest Venture Partners, Roy Sehgal, Silicon Badia, Siqi Chen, Slow Ventures, Steve Bartel, SV Angel, Tencent Holdings, Todd Corenson, and Y Combinator | ||||
Sources | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Start Fund Portfolio Exits
26 Portfolio Exits
Start Fund has 26 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was YourMechanic on June 02, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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6/2/2022 | Acquired | 3 | |||
11/2/2021 | Acquired | 8 | |||
9/28/2021 | IPO | Public | 28 | ||
Date | 6/2/2022 | 11/2/2021 | 9/28/2021 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Acquired | IPO | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | Public | ||||
Sources | 3 | 8 | 28 |
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