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434Portfolio Exits
51Funds
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Latest NuFund Venture Group News
Mar 23, 2022
Tech Coast Angels–San Diego is changing its name to NuFund Venture Group. The rebranding, announced today, is meant to better represent the group’s “national reach and fund-first model,” said Ashok Kamal, NuFund’s executive director and co-fund manager. “NuFund has invested in not only San Diego-based companies, but also other high-performing portfolio companies including Casana, a New York-based connected device for measuring heart health that just closed a $30 million Series B round after NuFund’s investment in the seed round,” Kamal added, explaining that the COVID pandemic also accelerated a strategy to implement a more “virtual, expansive model” for the investor group. “The pandemic forced us to re-examine and adjust our culture and operations in a way that reached a larger scope of investors and founders in order to not only continue our business but also thrive by investing in the best startups around the country,” he said. As the area’s only licensee of the Tech Coast Angels brand, Tech Coast Angels–San Diego had always operated as an independent fund with a different approach to angel investing. Most angel investors write checks directly to companies, whereas TCA-SD — now NuFund — pools investor money in an annual fund. “We raise the money once a year from the membership, then we deploy it over the course of the year in a rolling fashion until it’s fully invested and then we do it again the next year and that’s the next vintage,” Kamal said. The group’s first vintage in the annual fund was $2.2 million and now in its fourth vintage, that number has grown to $6.9 million for an accumulated $17 million in assets under management. Last year, the group invested over $13 million. Membership in TCA-SD — now NuFund — has nearly tripled over the last three years to over 350 investors, according to a press release from the group. “We have a unique position in the early-stage investor market with a leading fund and member-managed culture that is diverse, inclusive, engaging, rewarding and fun all at the same time," said Caitlin Wege, NuFund’s board chair and president, who is also a partner at MoosDoos Investments. NuFund plans to continue to work closely with the Tech Coast Angels sharing deals, community and best practices in the SoCal startup ecosystem. “Our roots are firmly in San Diego, but we have expanded into a national group that can rapidly fund a startup company with up to $500,000 of capital,” Wege said. “This has helped us access some of the best people and investments everywhere.” Some of the group’s “best investments” recently have included exits like Doctible (an 8x return on investment), Discover Echo (5x), Companion Medical (58x), Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (6x), Insight Medical Systems (4x) and Portfolium (6x).
NuFund Venture Group Investments
434 Investments
NuFund Venture Group has made 434 investments. Their latest investment was in Anchor as part of their Seed VC - IV on June 6, 2022.
NuFund Venture Group Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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6/6/2022 | Seed VC - IV | Anchor | $0.5M | Yes | 1 | |
4/25/2022 | Seed VC | Indicio | $3.5M | Yes | 1 | |
3/15/2022 | Series B | Arima Genomics | $7M | Yes | 6 | |
2/16/2022 | Seed VC - IV | |||||
2/2/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 6/6/2022 | 4/25/2022 | 3/15/2022 | 2/16/2022 | 2/2/2022 |
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Round | Seed VC - IV | Seed VC | Series B | Seed VC - IV | Seed VC |
Company | Anchor | Indicio | Arima Genomics | ||
Amount | $0.5M | $3.5M | $7M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 6 |
NuFund Venture Group Portfolio Exits
51 Portfolio Exits
NuFund Venture Group has 51 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was EV Connect on June 21, 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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6/21/2022 | Acquired | 3 | |||
5/23/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
5/17/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 6/21/2022 | 5/23/2022 | 5/17/2022 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 3 | 1 | 1 |
NuFund Venture Group Fund History
3 Fund Histories
NuFund Venture Group has 3 funds, including ACE Annual Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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ACE Annual Fund | 1 | ||||
TCA OC Fund 20 | |||||
ACE 21 |
Closing Date | |||
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Fund | ACE Annual Fund | TCA OC Fund 20 | ACE 21 |
Fund Type | |||
Status | |||
Amount | |||
Sources | 1 |
NuFund Venture Group Partners & Customers
2 Partners and customers
NuFund Venture Group has 2 strategic partners and customers. NuFund Venture Group recently partnered with ProSeeder Technologies on April 4, 2015.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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4/14/2015 | Partner | United States | ProSeeder Technologies collaborated with Tech Coast Angels to create a solution that incorporated features of the existing Tech Coast Angels system while expanding its reach and depth . | 1 | |
Partner |
Date | 4/14/2015 | |
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Type | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | ||
Country | United States | |
News Snippet | ProSeeder Technologies collaborated with Tech Coast Angels to create a solution that incorporated features of the existing Tech Coast Angels system while expanding its reach and depth . | |
Sources | 1 |
NuFund Venture Group Team
10 Team Members
NuFund Venture Group has 10 team members, including current President, Christopher Hameetman.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Fred Haney | Founder | Current | |
Christopher Hameetman | President | Current | |
Michael Panesis | President | Current | |
Digvijay Sunny Singh | President | Current | |
Grant Van Cleve | President | Current |
Name | Fred Haney | Christopher Hameetman | Michael Panesis | Digvijay Sunny Singh | Grant Van Cleve |
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Work History | |||||
Title | Founder | President | President | President | President |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
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