Canada · Investor

Blackberry

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

QuietCompanyWebsite unconfirmed

SeedSeries ASeries BCommunicationsCybersecurityAutomotive

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 4 on record
Since the last cheque5233days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$4.4MRounds led0 of 4Sole investor1 roundsExits1 from the portfolio
Pitch Blackberry

Blackberry highlights

  1. 01

    4 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 50% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $5K

  4. 04

    1 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
Company
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
CommunicationsCybersecurityAutomotive
Based in
Canada
Cold pitches
Not stated

A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. Tell us the right one.

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances

  1. 2012

    1 round

  2. Jun
    PicRate.MeSeed · NG · lagbook.com$5KSole investor
  3. 2011

    1 round

  4. Sept
    mDialogSeries A · CA · techcrunch.com$4.9MWith 1 other
  5. 2008

    1 round

  6. May
    Igloo SoftwareVenture · CA · mediacastermagazine.com$4.0MWith 1 other
  7. 2001

    1 round

  8. Mar
    VaultusSeries B · US$32MWith 5 others

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.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all

mDialogBought by GoogleUndisclosedJun 2014

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

Cylance Inc.$1.4BNov 2018
Encription Ltd.UndisclosedFeb 2016
Good Technology$425MSept 2015
AtHocUndisclosedJul 2015
AtHoc, Inc.UndisclosedJul 2015
WatchDoxUndisclosedApr 2015
WatchDox Ltd.UndisclosedApr 2015
MovirtuUndisclosedSept 2014
SecusmartUndisclosedJul 2014
Secusmart GmbHUndisclosedJul 2014
ScroonUndisclosedMay 2013
ParatekUndisclosedMar 2012

Quick answers about Blackberry

What does Blackberry invest in?

Blackberry invests most often at Seed and Series A (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Communications, Cybersecurity and Automotive.

How active is Blackberry?

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

How big are Blackberry's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.4M.

Is Blackberry investing now?

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

What kind of investor is Blackberry?

Blackberry is a company based in Canada.

Where does this information on Blackberry come from?

From 3 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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