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What does Finistere Ventures invest in?
Finistere Ventures invests most often at Series B and Series C (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Wearables, Smart Clothes and Clothes.
Finistere Ventures highlights
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13 rounds on record
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Mostly Series B and Series C: 67% of its rounds
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Led 1 rounds
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2 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $1.0M – $3.0M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- WearablesSmart ClothesClothes
- Based in
- Palo Alto, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first13 appearances
- 2024
1 round
- Oct
- 2019
2 rounds
- May
- May
- 2018
1 round
- Nov
- 2017
1 round
- Jul
- 2015
1 round
- Oct
- 2013
1 round
- Mar
- 2012
2 rounds
- Jan
- Jan
- 2009
2 rounds
- May
- Feb
- 2007
1 round
- Sept
- 2006
1 round
- Jan
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 registration3 named
AKArama KukutaiMANAGING PARTNER OF FINISTERE GP III, LLC, GENERAL PARTNERiFiling they signed
KBKirk BelsbyManaging Director of Finistere GP II, LLC, General PartneriFiling they signed
SMSpencer MaughanMANAGING PARTNER OF FINISTERE GP III, LLC, GENERAL PARTNERiFiling they signed
We also hold 14 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 listed2 in all
Sadra MedicalBought by Boston Scientific$193MNov 2010
AthenixBought by Bayer CropScienceUndisclosedAug 2009
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.