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Driehaus Capital Management

Founders Richard Driehaus

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Total investments 31
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$102M
Portfolio companies 27
Rounds per year 0.74
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.10
Exits 15
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Therapeutics
  • Medical
Summary

Driehaus Capital Management is the famous VC, which was founded in 1982. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Chicago.

This Driehaus Capital Management works on 9 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Orchard Therapeutics, Pulmonx, Alloptic. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Marketplace, Pharmaceutical. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 9 partakers. Despite the Driehaus Capital Management, startups are often financed by The Column Group, Remeditex Ventures, Montreux Equity Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Perceptive Advisors, ArrowMark Partners, RTW Investments LLC. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by GMG Capital Partners, Athenian Venture Partners, Robb Kunz.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Congruence Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$50M08 Feb 2022 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

DiCE Molecules

Biotechnology
Medical
Medical Device
$60M24 Aug 2021 California, United States

Frontier Medicines

Artificial Intelligence
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$88M19 Jul 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Nuvalent

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$135M11 May 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

C2i Genomics

Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Therapeutics
Wellness
$100M15 Apr 2021 New York, New York, United States

Vividion Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$135M24 Feb 2021 San Diego, California, United States

DiCE Molecules

Biotechnology
Medical
Medical Device
$80M08 Jan 2021 California, United States

Elevation Oncology

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$65M18 Nov 2020 New York, United States

Elevation Oncology

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$32M21 Jul 2020 New York, New York, United States
News
DiCE Molecules Announces $60 Million Series C-1 Financing

– DiCE Molecules, a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary DNA-encoded library platform to discover and develop next-generation therapeutics in immunology and other therapeutic areas, announced the completion of its $60 million Series C-1 financing.
– The financing was led by RA Capital Management and Sands Capital, with participation from new investors Janus Henderson Investors, Deep Track Capital and Logos Capital.
– Existing investors Northpond Ventures, Eventide Asset Management, Driehaus Capital Management, Soleus Capital, New Leaf Venture Partners, Osage University Partners and Asymmetry Capital Management also participated in the round.
– With the closing of this Series C-1 financing round, the Company has raised approximately $200 million to date.

Biotech Company Nuvalent Raises $135 Million

– Nuvalent is a biotechnology company creating precisely targeted therapies for clinically proven kinase targets in cancer.
– The company raised $135m in Series B funding.
Bain Capital Life Sciences led the round and was joined by Deerfield Management, Fidelity Management and Research Company LLC, Wellington Management Company, Viking Global Investors, Janus Henderson Investors, Avoro Capital Advisors, Boxer Capital of Tavistock Group, Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, Fairmount Funds Management LLC, Driehaus Capital Management LLC, and Logos Capital.

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Total investments 31
Average round size 102M
Rounds per year 0.74
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.10
Exits 15
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Congruence Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$50M08 Feb 2022 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

DiCE Molecules

Biotechnology
Medical
Medical Device
$60M24 Aug 2021 California, United States

Frontier Medicines

Artificial Intelligence
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$88M19 Jul 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Nuvalent

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$135M11 May 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

C2i Genomics

Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Therapeutics
Wellness
$100M15 Apr 2021 New York, New York, United States

Vividion Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$135M24 Feb 2021 San Diego, California, United States

DiCE Molecules

Biotechnology
Medical
Medical Device
$80M08 Jan 2021 California, United States

Elevation Oncology

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$65M18 Nov 2020 New York, United States

Elevation Oncology

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$32M21 Jul 2020 New York, New York, United States
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