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Northwestern University

14987 employees

Northwestern is one of the country's leading private research and teaching universities, located in Evanston, IL.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Analytics4
FinTech3
Financial Services3
Foundation Software2
Biotechnology2
Health Care2
Big Data2
SaaS2
Enterprise Software2
Pension Software2
Portfolio Reporting & Analytics2
Family Office Software2
Endowment Software2
Institutional Investment Management Technology2
OCIO Software2
Limited Partner Portfolio Management Platform2
Multi-Asset Class Portfolio Management Technology2
Investment Data Aggregation2
Fitness1
Personal Health1

Funding rounds participated in

$8.8M sweet spot round size

Most of their 11 investments are in rounds between $3.3M and $40M

Investor type

University Program

Basic info

Industry

higher education

Sectors

Leadership
Higher Education
Materials Science
Law
Communications
Management
Universities
Marketing
Training
Medicine
Engineering
EdTech
Education
Music
Entrepreneurship
Graduate studies
Theatre
Arts and Sciences
Journalism
Professional development
Social Policy

Date founded

1851

Investments made

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asensei raised $2.2M on June 16, 2021

Investors: KB Partners and Northwestern University

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Ocient raised $40M on January 25, 2021

Investors: OCA Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, VCapital Management, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, - and Northwestern University

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Gearflow.com raised $162K on May 20, 2020

Investors: Northwestern University

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Stemloop, Inc. raised undisclosed on May 15, 2020

Investors: Northwestern University

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Undisclosed raised $65M on June 4, 2018

Investors: Northwestern University

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Trim raised $9.5M on April 1, 2018

Investors: Teamworthy Ventures, RGAX, Startup Capital Ventures, OCA Ventures, Haystack, Hard Yaka and Northwestern University

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Solovis raised $8M on May 9, 2017

Investors: Timberline Venture Partners, Edison Partners, MissionOG, FINTOP Capital, OCA Ventures, Cultivation Capital and Northwestern University

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Aptinyx Inc. raised $65M on May 10, 2016

Investors: Osage University Partners (OUP), New Leaf Venture Partners, Longitude Capital, Adams Street Partners, Frazier Healthcare Partners and Northwestern University

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Solovis raised $3.3M on January 19, 2016

Investors: Timberline Venture Partners, OCA Ventures, MissionOG, Edison Partners and Northwestern University

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Undisclosed raised $5M on June 23, 2015

Investors: R7, PEAK6 and Northwestern University

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