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What does Best Buy invest in?
Best Buy invests most often at Seed and Series A (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, STEM Education and E-commerce.
Best Buy highlights
- 01
4 rounds on record
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 67% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 3 rounds, median undisclosed
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1 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Sectors
- Artificial IntelligenceSTEM EducationE-commerce
- Based in
- Richfield, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances
- 2012
1 round
- May
- 2010
1 round
- Jan
- 2007
2 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
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 team
We hold 12 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all
SiBEAMBought by Silicon Image$26MApr 2011
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
mindSHIFT Technologies$167MNov 2011
Five Star Appliance$180MFeb 2009
Napster$121MSept 2008
Speakeasy$97MMar 2007
Geek SquadUndisclosedOct 2002
Magnolia Hi-Fi$87MDec 2000