Late Stage Investment Exits

Exit Multiple    |    Exit Value

Leading fables InfiniBand chip maker
Exit: IPO (02/2007)
|     2.8X     |     $507M
Security solutions for cell & mobile devices
Exit: Sold to co-investores (12/2006)
|     2.8X     |     $53M

Respiratory patient monitoring systems
Exit: IPO (04/2000)
|     3.1X     |     $247M

Digital printing technology
Exit: IPO (07/1999)
|     20X     |     $667M

Team
3 Partners + Senior Venture Partner
World-class Advisory Board
Partners: Avg. experience 15+ years
Senior partners together 9 years
Lifecycle
Minimum $100 million
Investment period: 5 years
Life of Fund: 10+2 years
Focus and Size
Late-stage Israel-related technology
Growth capital
Target fund size: $200 million
Investments
$5-20 million per company
5 companies per partner
Exit visibility: 3 years
 

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A Proven Concept now in the Israeli market

 Index Joins Late-Stage Trend With $577M Target
VentureWire, Geneva, 12/17/2007

Index Ventures, one of Europe's best-known early-stage investors, has taken a page from the playbook of its North American peers with a new fund focused on late-stage deals, according to people familiar with the effort.

Index is the latest in a line of early-stage firms that have raised dedicated late-stage funds. Others include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Ignition Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures.



3i shifts to late-stage investments
Financial Times, London, 03/24/2008

3i, the former powerhouse of Europe’s venture capital industry, is abandoning early-stage investing in start-up companies, to focus on growth capital and late-stage venture capital investing, according to 3i’s chief executive Philip Yea.