About Leaf Investments
Leaf Investments is a venture capital firm located in Dublin, Ireland. As of May 2017, Leaf Investments has invested in 10 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Ireland based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to EdTech and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Zzish Overall, Leaf Investments portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely StoryToys. A lot of funds co-invest with Leaf Investments, with names like Career Education Corporation sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Leaf Investments has team of 3 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Leaf Investments' List of Top Investments
Leaf Investments has a portfolio of 10 companies. Their most notable investments are in Zzish and Realizeit.Their portfolio spans across Ireland, United Kingdom and Sweden. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, EdTech, High Tech and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Leaf Investments:1. StoryToys
Developer of educational apps for childrens. It offers interactive books combine stories, illustrations, and design with games. It also makes interactive childrens books and games for iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Android. The stories are presented in a simulation of a traditional pop-up book.
Key facts about StoryToys
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Dublin (Ireland)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $3.76M
- Employee Count: 42 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Zynga, Enterprise Ireland and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 15, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Touch Press
Developer of casual games. The portfolio of games developed are Barbie Color Creations, Disney Coloring World, Marvel HQ Kids Super Hero Fun, Barbie Color Creations, Sesame Street Mecha Builders, and more. It develops games for mobile platform and is made available on playstore.
Key facts about Touch Press
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Dublin (Ireland)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $18.4M
- Employee Count: 7 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: LUN Partners Group, Enterprise Equity and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 18, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Realizeit
Realizeit, part of CCKF Ltd, is a learning content management platform which enables authors to create personalized content from its repository of content library. Competency-based, adaptive, personalized learning models. Analytical support to create personalized learning paths for students and give administrators insights to the problem areas.Can be integrated with an LMS.
Key facts about Realizeit
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Dublin (Ireland)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $5.42M
- Employee Count: 36 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Europa, Leaf Investments and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Dec 01, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Zzish
Assessment platform for schools. It provides access to third-party assessment tools which can be plugged into ZzishHub and its own assessment tool called Quizalize. It allows the creation of assessments in the quiz and MCQ format. It provides insights to determine the student's level of mastery and personalize the teaching. Allows educators to assign resources to students and recommend apps, websites, videos, and worksheets. Offered on a subscription model.
Key facts about Zzish
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5.64M
- Employee Count: 19 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Crowdcube, Aevus Venture Partners and 46 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 01, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Immerse
Provider of a single VR app for immersive training, offering learning paths that include apps, forms, and gamification.
Key facts about Immerse
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $28.1M
- Employee Count: 34 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Narrative Fund, IBIS Capital and 49 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 09, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Leaf Investments' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Leaf Investments has invested in 10 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Zzish.Leaf Investments' Investments by Stage
Leaf Investments has made 5 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.05M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.42M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 5 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Leaf Investments' Investments by Sector
Leaf Investments has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the EdTech, Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, Sustainability Tech and Education. Notably, it has invested in 10 Tech companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 7 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
EdTech | 5 |
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
Sustainability Tech | 2 |
Education | 1 |
Others | 6 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Leaf Investments' Investments by Geography
Leaf Investments has made most investments in Ireland (3), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Ireland | 3 |
United Kingdom | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Leaf Investments' recent investments
Leaf Investments has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Leaf Investments:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 30, 2017 | United Kingdom | Seed | 2107 | ||
Feb 06, 2015 | United Kingdom | Seed | 9068 | ||
Nov 20, 2014 | Ireland | Series A | 4556 | ||
May 27, 2014 | United Kingdom | Seed | 8274 | - | |
May 2014 | Ireland | Seed | 5447 |
Acquired companies in Leaf Investments' Portfolio
1 company from Leaf Investments' portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition were StoryToys in Jul 2021 by Team17 for $26.5M.Here are Leaf Investments' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 02, 2021 | - | - | 4209 |
Team profile of Leaf Investments
Leaf Investments has a team of 3 members located in Ireland. Leaf Investments' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Leaf Investments
Over the past 13 years, 7 investors have co-invested in Leaf Investments's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of Leaf Investments: 4 investors entered a company along with Leaf Investments. These include investors like Career Education Corporation (1 company).
- Invested after Leaf Investments: A total of 3 investors have invested in Leaf Investments's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Europa (1 company), Eurovestech (1 company) and Album VC (1 company).
Recent News related to Leaf Investments
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Leaf Round Raises $300,000 In Pre-Seed FundingEntrepreneur•Apr 13, 2022•Tap Invest, Upsparks Capital, Superbio Company, Leaf Round and 6 others
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Leaf Investment acquires 15% shares in Oando PlcNairametrics•Nov 29, 2021•Oando Plc, Leaf Investments, Realtors
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