# CDC Group: portfolio, investments and team

> CDC Group is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 14 investments on record, latest Jul 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# CDC Group

No cheque observed since Jul 2019, after 14 earlier cheques, and the website is dead.

Dormant VC firm

Growth Seed Series A E-Commerce Recruiting Financial Services

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 14 on record

Since the last cheque **2649** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$25M** Rounds led **1 of 14** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **India, 58%**

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## CDC Group highlights

- 01 14 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Venture: 55% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $22M

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Growth Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** E-Commerce Recruiting Financial Services
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **14 appearances**

- **2019** 5 rounds
- **Jul** **[Indifi](https://millionrounds.com/company/indifi)** Series C · IN · Entrackr **$21M** *Led*
- **May** **[BigBasket](https://millionrounds.com/company/bigbasket)** Series F · IN · TechCrunch **$150M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[GlowRoad](https://millionrounds.com/company/glowroad)** Series B · IN · TechCrunch **$10M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[PEG Africa](https://millionrounds.com/company/peg-africa)** Debt · GH · Disrupt-africa **$50M** With 6 others
- **Jan** **[TheBoardroom Africa](https://millionrounds.com/company/theboardroom-africa)** Cdcgroup **$2.1M** With 1 other
- **2018** 1 round
- **Nov** **[UNICAF](https://millionrounds.com/company/unicaf)** Series B · CY · Edsurge **$28M** With 2 others
- **2015** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Daraz.pk](https://millionrounds.com/company/daraz-pk)** Series A · PK **$56M** With 1 other
- **2014** 3 rounds
- **Apr** **[The Ratnakar Bank](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-ratnakar-bank)** **$5.5M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Jabong.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/jabong-com)** Venture · IN **$28M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Bridge International Academies](https://millionrounds.com/company/bridge-international-academies)** Series A · KE **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **2013** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Equitas Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/company/equitas-holdings)** Venture · IN **$16M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Rainbow Hospitals](https://millionrounds.com/company/rainbow-hospitals)** Venture · IN · vccircle.com **$20M** With 1 other
- **2008** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Moser Baer Solar](https://millionrounds.com/company/moser-baer-solar)** Series B · IN · vccircle.com **$93M** With 4 others
- **2006** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Neocase Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/neocase-software)** Series C · US · venturebeat.com **$6.5M** With 1 other

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

Growth Seed Series A

Median round joined **$25M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$22M**

Led 1 of 14 rounds **7%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B *3*
- Venture *3*
- Series A said *2*
- Series C *2*
- Debt *1*
- Growth said *-*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2006 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies CDC Group put money into.

[**Indifi** $21M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/indifi)[**BigBasket** $150M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/bigbasket)[**GlowRoad** $10M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/glowroad)[**TheBoardroom Africa** $2.1M · Jan 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/theboardroom-africa)[**UNICAF** $28M · Nov 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/unicaf)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name CDC Group in their description, not their title.

- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 12 Dec 2019 · 46 min Ep 62: Sam Fankhauser, Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (GRI) Mentions [CDC Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cdc-group) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about CDC Group

### What does CDC Group invest in?

CDC Group invests most often at Series B and Venture (55% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as E-Commerce, Recruiting and Financial Services.

### How active is CDC Group?

14 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jul 2019.

### What has CDC Group invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Indifi (Series C, Jul 2019), BigBasket (Series F, May 2019) and GlowRoad (Series B, Mar 2019).

### How big are CDC Group's cheques?

The median round it joins is $25M.

### Does CDC Group lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 14 investments on record (7%).

### Where does CDC Group invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in India (58%), Ghana (8%) and Cyprus (8%).

### Is CDC Group investing now?

It looks quiet: no investment on record since Jul 2019.

### What kind of investor is CDC Group?

CDC Group is a VC firm based in London, United Kingdom.

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