# Platinum Venture Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Platinum Venture Capital is a vc firm based in Kuwait. 5 investments on record, latest Sept 2011. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Platinum Venture Capital

Last cheque observed Sep 2011. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet VC firm

Growth Photography Search Engine

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **5535** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$15M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 60%**

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## Platinum Venture Capital highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series B: 60% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $5.6M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Growth
- **Sectors:** Photography Search Engine
- **Based in:** Al Kuwait, Kuwait
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2011** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Teamsun Technology Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/teamsun-technology-co)** Series G · CN **$74M** With 2 others
- **2010** 1 round
- **Aug** **[MoSo](https://millionrounds.com/company/moso)** Series C · CN **$5.6M** Sole investor
- **2005** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Voltaire](https://millionrounds.com/company/voltaire)** Venture · US · voltaire.com **$15M** With 7 others
- **2004** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Voltaire](https://millionrounds.com/company/voltaire)** Venture · US **$15M** With 5 others
- **2002** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Celerica](https://millionrounds.com/company/celerica)** Series B · US **$18M** With 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 listed **1 in all**

**[Voltaire](https://millionrounds.com/company/voltaire)** Bought by [Mellanox Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mellanox-technologies) **$218M** Nov 2010

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

## The cheque

Growth

Median round joined **$15M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$5.6M**

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2011
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *2*
- Series B *1*
- Series C *1*
- Series G *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2002 2011

Often in the room with

- [Baker Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baker-capital) 2
- [Challenge Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/challenge-capital-partners) 2
- [Tamir Fishman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tamir-fishman) 2
- [Vertex Ventures China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures-china) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Platinum Venture Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Baker Capital** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baker-capital)[**Challenge Capital Partners** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/challenge-capital-partners)[**Tamir Fishman** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tamir-fishman)[**Vertex Ventures China** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures-china)

## Quick answers about Platinum Venture Capital

### What does Platinum Venture Capital invest in?

Platinum Venture Capital invests most often at Venture and Series B (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Photography and Search Engine.

### How active is Platinum Venture Capital?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2011.

### How big are Platinum Venture Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $15M.

### Does Platinum Venture Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Platinum Venture Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (60%) and China (40%).

### Is Platinum Venture Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2011.

### Who does Platinum Venture Capital invest alongside?

Most often Baker Capital (2 rounds together), Challenge Capital Partners (2 rounds together) and Tamir Fishman (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Platinum Venture Capital?

Platinum Venture Capital is a VC firm based in Al Kuwait, Kuwait.

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