# Bestport Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Bestport Ventures is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 2 investments on record, latest Jan 2010. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Bestport Ventures

Last cheque observed Jan 2010. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Healthcare Industrials Technology

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **6125** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.9M** Cheque size, as they say **$4.0M – $53M** Rounds led **0 of 2** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio**

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## Bestport Ventures highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $6.5M
- 04 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> We are entrepreneurial providers of private equity capital to the UK lower-mid market From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $4.0M – $53M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Healthcare Industrials Technology
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2010** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Intela](https://millionrounds.com/company/intela)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$7.3M** With 1 other
- **2006** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Mfuse](https://millionrounds.com/company/mfuse)** Venture · GB **$6.5M** 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 team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

JR **James Richard Bowring Stoddart** director i Company register since 2018

OB **Ole Bettum** director i Company register since 2018

We also hold **7** 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.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the UK company register, which it must file accurately by law

- **Companies House:** 11234307, since 2018

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 1 we have independently watched raise

Son of jess

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[Intela](https://millionrounds.com/company/intela)** Bought by Zeta Interactive **Undisclosed** Oct 2013

**[Mfuse](https://millionrounds.com/company/mfuse)** Bought by Nektan USA **Undisclosed** Jun 2013

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$6.9M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$6.5M**

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $4.0M – $53M
- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jan 2010
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *2*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2006 2010

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## Quick answers about Bestport Ventures

### What does Bestport Ventures invest in?

Bestport Ventures invests most often at Venture (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Healthcare, Industrials and Technology.

### How active is Bestport Ventures?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2010.

### How big are Bestport Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.9M. It says it writes cheques of $4.0M to $53M.

### Is Bestport Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2010.

### What kind of investor is Bestport Ventures?

Bestport Ventures is a VC firm based in London, United Kingdom.

### When was Bestport Ventures founded?

Bestport Ventures was founded in 2005.

### Where does this information on Bestport Ventures come from?

From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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