Investments
86Portfolio Exits
4Latest Techstart Ventures News
May 23, 2022
New UK publisher aims to expand portfolio and grow team ahead of first launches The round also saw contributions from Swedish games investors Behold VC and Scottish tech fund Techstart Ventures. The money raised will be invested in expanding Firestoke's portfolio of games, as well as growing its publishing team ahead of its first launches later this year. "It's a privilege to have the opportunity to work with such proven game-focused investment teams at this early stage of Firestokes journey." said CEO and founder Paul Farley. "Each of the investor teams bring huge additional value with complementary skill sets, experience and networks. Most importantly we value many of the same things; creating great games, empowering development talent, building successful businesses, and bringing joy and delight to our players." Firestoke was officially launched back in January by Farley and co-founder Omar Khalil, though it had been operating quietly for a few months prior.
Techstart Ventures Investments
86 Investments
Techstart Ventures has made 86 investments. Their latest investment was in Neurolabs as part of their Seed VC - II on May 5, 2022.
Techstart Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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5/24/2022 | Seed VC - II | Neurolabs | $3.22M | No | 1 | |
5/23/2022 | Seed VC | Firestoke | $2.2M | Yes | 3 | |
3/16/2022 | Seed VC | Retinize | $2.6M | No | Ben Morrow, Bertram van Munster, Clarendon Fund Managers, Elise Doganieri, Sure Valley Ventures, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and VGC Partners | 6 |
2/23/2022 | Seed VC | |||||
1/10/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 5/24/2022 | 5/23/2022 | 3/16/2022 | 2/23/2022 | 1/10/2022 |
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Round | Seed VC - II | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC |
Company | Neurolabs | Firestoke | Retinize | ||
Amount | $3.22M | $2.2M | $2.6M | ||
New? | No | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | Ben Morrow, Bertram van Munster, Clarendon Fund Managers, Elise Doganieri, Sure Valley Ventures, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and VGC Partners | ||||
Sources | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Techstart Ventures Portfolio Exits
4 Portfolio Exits
Techstart Ventures has 4 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Overwatch Research on February 24, 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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2/24/2022 | Acquired | 5 | |||
Date | 2/24/2022 | |||
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Exit | Acquired | |||
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Sources | 5 |
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