# Accelerate Fund: portfolio, investments and team

> Accelerate Fund is an angel network based in Canada. 9 investments on record, latest Oct 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerate-fund (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Accelerate Fund

Last cheque observed Oct 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Angel network Quiet

Pre-seed Seed Series A Banking Sustainable Finance

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record

Since the last cheque **4055** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.3M** Rounds led **0 of 9** Sole investor **8 rounds** Mostly in **Canada, 86%**

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## Accelerate Fund highlights

- 01 9 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $874K

## What they do

> Accelerate Fund supports the growth of early-stage Alberta technology companies with a venture capital fund that matches angel investment. From their own website

- **Type:** Angel network (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Banking Sustainable Finance
- **Based in:** Calgary, Canada
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances**

- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Knelf](https://millionrounds.com/company/knelf)** Seed · CA **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Leankor](https://millionrounds.com/company/leankor)** Seed · CA **$482K** Sole investor
- **2014** 3 rounds
- **Jul** **[Social Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/company/social-asset-management)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Memebox Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/memebox-corporation)** Series A · US **$12M** With 13 others
- **Jan** **[Surface Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/surface-medical)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2013** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[Gummii](https://millionrounds.com/company/gummii)** Seed · CA **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Mobile Data Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/mobile-data-technologies)** Seed · CA **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Advanced Flow Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/advanced-flow-technologies)** Seed · CA **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Zephyr Sleep Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/zephyr-sleep-technologies)** Seed · CA **Undisclosed** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$1.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$874K**

Led 0 of 9 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 8 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2015

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *8*
- Series A said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2013 2015

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## Quick answers about Accelerate Fund

### What does Accelerate Fund invest in?

Accelerate Fund invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Banking, Sustainable and Finance.

### How active is Accelerate Fund?

9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2015.

### How big are Accelerate Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.3M.

### Does Accelerate Fund lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Accelerate Fund invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Canada (86%) and the United States (14%).

### Is Accelerate Fund investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2015.

### What kind of investor is Accelerate Fund?

Accelerate Fund is an angel network based in Calgary, Canada.

### Does Accelerate Fund take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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