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WPP Ventures

No cheque observed since Aug 2019, after 7 earlier cheques, and the website is dead.

DormantCorporate VC

SeedSeries ABiotechnologyDental

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 7 on record
Since the last cheque2614days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.5MRounds led0 of 7Sole investor3 roundsMostly inUnited States, 86%
Pitch WPP Ventures

WPP Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    7 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Seed: 60% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $6.5M

What they do

Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries A
Sectors
BiotechnologyDental
Based in
United Kingdom
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first7 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Aug
    AnzuSeries A · IL · FinSMEs$6.5MWith 2 others
  3. 2017

    3 rounds

  4. Jun
    MicUS · FinSMEs$6.5MSole investor
  5. Jun
    CeltraUS · FinSMEs$15MWith 1 other
  6. Feb
    SubVRsiveSeries A · US · FinSMEs$4.0MSole investor
  7. 2016

    1 round

  8. Jun
    Woven DigitalSeries B · US · Wsj$19MSole investor
  9. 2013

    1 round

  10. Jun
    MuzySeed · US · techcrunch.com$4.4MWith 4 others
  11. 2007

    1 round

  12. Dec
    INVIDI TechnologiesSeries C · US · invidi.com$25MWith 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.

Recently backed

The latest companies WPP Ventures put money into.

Mic$6.5M · Jun 2017Celtra$15M · Jun 2017SubVRsive$4.0M · Feb 2017

Quick answers about WPP Ventures

What does WPP Ventures invest in?

WPP Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Biotechnology and Dental.

How active is WPP Ventures?

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

What has WPP Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Anzu (Series A, Aug 2019), Mic (Undisclosed round, Jun 2017) and Celtra (Undisclosed round, Jun 2017).

How big are WPP Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.5M.

Does WPP Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does WPP Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (86%) and Israel (14%).

Is WPP Ventures investing now?

It looks quiet: no investment on record since Aug 2019.

What kind of investor is WPP Ventures?

WPP Ventures is a corporate VC based in United Kingdom.

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