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Coinstar

Last cheque observed May 2012. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietCorporate VC

DebtVentureGift CardVirtual Currency

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 2 on record
Since the last cheque5291days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$11MRounds led0 of 2Sole investor1 roundsExits1 from the portfolio
Pitch Coinstar

Coinstar highlights

  1. 01

    2 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Debt and Venture: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $4.0M

  4. 04

    1 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
Gift CardVirtual Currency
Based in
Bellevue, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances

  1. 2012

    1 round

  2. May
    ecoATMVenture · US · techcrunch.com$17MWith 5 others
  3. 2011

    1 round

  4. Apr
    PURSUANT HEALTHDebt · US · sec.gov$4.0MSole 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.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

1 of 2 we have independently watched raise

Zero Hash LLCFDIC Prepaid Cards

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 listed1 in all

ecoATMBought by Outerwall$350MJul 2013

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

Quick answers about Coinstar

What does Coinstar invest in?

Coinstar invests most often at Debt and Venture (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Gift Card and Virtual Currency.

How active is Coinstar?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2012.

How big are Coinstar's cheques?

The median round it joins is $11M.

Is Coinstar investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2012.

What kind of investor is Coinstar?

Coinstar is a corporate VC based in Bellevue, United States.

When was Coinstar founded?

Coinstar was founded in 1991.

Where does this information on Coinstar come from?

From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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