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Oyster Funds

Last cheque observed Feb 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietVC firm

Series ASeries BBusiness Development

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 2 on record
Since the last cheque2819days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.0MRounds led0 of 2Exits1 from the portfolio
Pitch Oyster Funds

Oyster Funds highlights

  1. 01

    2 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    1 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
Business Development
Based in
Auckland, New Zealand
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Feb
    CrayonSeries A · US · FinSMEs$6.0MWith 3 others
  3. 2005

    1 round

  4. May
    ArantechSeries B · IE · lightreading.com$10MWith 4 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

ArantechBought by Tektronix CommunicationsUndisclosedApr 2009

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Oyster Funds put money into.

Crayon$6.0M · Feb 2019

Quick answers about Oyster Funds

What does Oyster Funds invest in?

Oyster Funds invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Business Development.

How active is Oyster Funds?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2019.

What has Oyster Funds invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Crayon (Series A, Feb 2019).

How big are Oyster Funds's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.0M.

Is Oyster Funds investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2019.

What kind of investor is Oyster Funds?

Oyster Funds is a VC firm based in Auckland, New Zealand.

When was Oyster Funds founded?

Oyster Funds was founded in 2011.

Where does this information on Oyster Funds 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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