ig vc. 3 years of investments (2013-2015)
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Three Years Summary
’13 ’14 ’15
Imperious Group is a rapidly developing venture capital company based in USA, Israel and Eastern Europe.
The founder and the president of the fund is Timur Yakubaros, businessman with 10+ years of experience in real-estate area.
The focus of our work — to invest in the growth of strong, interesting startups in such areas:• advertising (AdTech), • e-commerce, • SaaS, • mobile-products, • online education, • big data, • financial services.
We also consider the products aimed at the corporate sector [b2b], as well as a mass market [b2c] in niches in which teams have the experience.
How We Work
• focused on startups at pre-seed, seed and series A stage;
• investment range: $50k–500k [average], $1m+ [series a];
• target locations of teams: cis, Israel, Europe, usa, Asia;
• target markets: Europe, usa, Asia;• no intervention into operational processes;• connections with best tech /r&d teams
for quick growth.
about venture
Pavel Aleshin venture partner
A Graduate of Berkeley Venture Capital
Executive Program (California, usa).
Uses his knowledge and over 10 years
of experience in internet business within
the implementing strategy of the fund.
Dmitriy Shvets associate partner
An expert in strategic & startup consulting.
Experience in investment banking and
government area, enterprise software
and marketplaces. Has worked with startups
from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine.
Kyrylo Mazur associate partner
An internet entrepreneur with interest
in it-outsource, digital-marketing
and tennis area with clients from usa,
Australia, Canada, uk, Ukraine, Russia
and Kazakhstan.
Dmytro Karpov junior investment analyst
Studied at Kyiv School of Economics,
has experience in management consulting
and analytics. Working on startups research
and project analysis. Interested in mobile,
education (Edtech), social, marketplace.
team
commited fund size
25M
years term12
6.42 2013
3.25 2014
1.33 2015
currently invested
$11M
remains
$14M
40%
SportandmeTextgearsPruffmeBazzillaCardsupHealthmapsFootball4you SettleLendingstarUbiqmobileRetargetappHashtagoCroice
invest ing t imel ine & current status
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FreshofficeJetmePublicfastTopesPolltopayEchoCoursmosCupliArquestAudasterBethclipDentalcloudExclusivioFoodle
invest ing t imel ine & current status
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HappytomMittenSportambaMutlitestDelfastKwambioAllsetCrowdnetCrediographInstantapi
invest ing t imel ine & current status
pt.3
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usa 5
russia 10
ukraine 17
azerbaijan 1belarus 1
israel 1
malaysia 1
uk 1portfol io structureby countries
portfol io structureby category
10 Enterprise Software
Cloud Data Service
3D-Printing
Edtech
VR
10 Adtech & Social Media Music Services & Streaming
Dating
3 Health Care
Pet Care
7 Ecommerce
Marketplace
Fintech
7 Foodtech
Delivery Sports
portfol io structureby stage
seedpre-seed extended seed /series a
9
5
23
assets upturn & turnovers
Assets value based on confirmed valuations, investing commitments and current metrics
Portfolio companies’ turnovers growth summary
2013 2013
$5.743M
$0.52M
$9.423M
$1.52M+64% +125%
$21.238M
$3.21M
2014 20142015 2015
pt.1
Venture have a wide and versatile network of partners in vc ecosystem worldwide as partnerships in the usa, Germany, Holland, Ukraine, partners in China and Middle East.
network of vc professionals and partners
We have developed tailor made vc ecosystem database, applying our internal methodology, which helps our startups to grow faster and find right partners for their needs.
ecosystem researches
In house developed system for investors, startups and co investors, which helps our startups and our co investors stay connected and updated.
crm for investors and startups
benefits and cooperat ions
pt.2
FbStart provides startups with an exclusive community, worldwide events, mentorship from Facebook, and up to $80k in free tools and services.
fb start
Free transaction volume up to $1.5m on PayPal and Braintree ($50k of PayPal fees and $100k of Braintree fees waived for 18 months).
paypal blueprint
Dealflow sharing with international accelarators and funds helps us to see the best ideas on the market and companies who could become a valuable partners for our portfolio companies.
network of co investors
Co-investment opportunities via AngelList and partnership network.syndicate invest ing
benefits and cooperat ions
Companies have a choice of $15k valid for two years or $100k for one year. The package includes free credits and a lot of support such as 24 ⁄ 7 technical support, solution architect access, trainings and third party offers. The team at Amazon Web Services has a startup program for early stage companies. The program, aws activate, provides you with the following:
• two years of aws credits (up to $15k) or one year of aws credits (up to $100k) starting from your investment date (seed/series a);
• one year of premium aws business support (up to $5k);• free access to the aws essentials one day web-based training (normally
~$600/course), plus 8 tokens for self-paced labs (normally ~$30/lab);• free access to 1:1 virtual office hours with aws solutions architects;• special offers from other companies that help startups, including Chef,
Cloudability, Bitnami, Amazon Payments, soasta, CopperEgg and more.
amazon web serv ices
pt.3
benefits and cooperat ions
Imperious Group is an excellent partner for world class entrepreneurs seeking seed and early stage funding. Comprised of former experienced entrepreneurs and startup executives, the fund's team moves quickly with the entire investment process, allowing entrepreneurs to close fundraising rounds efficiently and focus on executing their plan. I had the pleasure of working with Imperious Group when they invested in a number of Velton Zegelman pc clients, both in Silicon Valley and internationally.
test imonials
tmt investments
velton zegelman
I've been honored to be a shareholder in a long list of Imperious Group portfolio companies, so, it gives me a special pleasure to congratulate the fund in many fast-growing startups. True to its name, Imperious bets on teams with grand Vision—the vision of building empires of talent, cutting edge tech and solid growth drivers. I wish Imperious continues success with selecting success-found startups.
Perfect team, deep expertise and the smart money for real.
Successful co-investing experience. Fast, cohesive and professionally.
wannabiz
altera cap ital
Fresh Office series b A cloud based platform combining all the necessary software tools for running a business.
• one of the “Most
successful projects
powered by Microsoft
Azure” in Russia;
• used by 25k users;
• “Top 50 of the best
startups”in Russian
Startup Ratings;
• over $2.1m of revenue.
valuat ion: 8m
Delfast series a 1-hour delivery service for online storeson electric bikes.
• the number of deliveries
increased from 1 019 to
5 324 per month during
the last 10 months;
• sales volume increased
from $1.4k to $11.5k
during the last 10 months;
• the number of b2b
clients increased from
27 to 367 during the last
10 months. valuat ion: 7m
Topes series a SaaS solution which makes companies more profitable by reducing their costs and making procurement more efficient and transparent.
• min 10% m /m revenue
growth during 12 months;
• 1k+ employees using
Topes for their offices;
• 100+ suppliers in Topes
suppliers network;
• 50k+/month revenue.
valuat ion: 5m
Cupli series a Cupli is a state of the art platform for highly targeted yet cost-effective respondents recruiting for quantitative market research.
• $0,99m annual revenue;
• 209% annual revenue
growth;
• 40k respondents
interviewed monthly,
started from 8000 a year
ago.
valuat ion: 10m
Echo seed Collective music curation.
• 13k units
downloaded (organic);
• 100+ sign ups a day;
• 25% returning traffic;
• 8 screens per session.
valuat ion: 2.5m
actual funding offers
some facts
653 people were employed by portfolio companies
20K people preordered their lunch with Settle and wasted no minute waiting
Multitest helped 2M people find internet provider
3.5M lessons viewed by users on Coursmos
Over 50K people got their deliveries within 1 hour with Delfast
Influencers earned over 50K from Publicfast just for recommending brands to their followers
The fund team made over 200 flights around the world, reviewing more than 7000 startups and listening over 1000 pitches
Follow-on investments into the best portfolio companies
Co-investments via partnership networks in eu, usa, Asia
Expansion of the investment focus geography
New investments leveraging our strong pipeline and market experience
what's next?
creditsData analysis—Pavel Aleshin Layout & data visualization—Marat Tyncherov