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Total investments 185
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$21M
Portfolio companies 115
Rounds per year 4.20
Lead investments 52
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.37
Exits 52
Key employees 43
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Software
  • Therapeutics
Summary

Gimv is the famous VC, which was founded in 1980. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Antwerpen. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in Belgium.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Neurotech, AgroSavfe, FIRE1 Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Therapeutics, Enterprise Software. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Belgium. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Gimv, startups are often financed by Sofinnova Partners, Novartis Venture Fund, 3i Group. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Neomed Management, Andera Partners, VI Partners AG. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sofinnova Partners, Neomed Management, HBM Healthcare Investments AG.

Besides them, we counted 31 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The top activity for fund was in 2013. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. This Gimv works on 3 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 12 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Onera Health

Medical
Medical Device
$35M16 Jan 2024 Palo Alto, California, United States

Complement Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$84M17 Apr 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Mediar Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$85M15 Mar 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Paleo

AgTech
Food Processing
$14M21 Feb 2023 Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

JenaValve Technology

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$100M31 Aug 2022 Munich, Bavaria, Germany

ImCheck Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$113M13 Jun 2022 Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

ImmunOs Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$77M07 Jun 2022 Zurich, Switzerland

Precirix

Biotechnology
$94M16 Mar 2022 City of Brussels, Belgium

Anjarium Biosciences

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$60M15 Sep 2021 Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland
News
Anjarium Biosciences Raises $61M in Series A Financing

– Anjarium Biosciences AG is a Schliren, Zurich-based biotech company focused on creating and delivering a new class of non-viral gene therapies.
– Series A funding closed at $61m.
– The round was co-led by Abingworth and Gimv, with participation from Omega Funds, Pfizer Ventures and Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company).
– The new investment will be used to advance the company’s pipeline programs towards clinical development.

Anjarium Biosciences Raises $61M in Series A Financing

– Anjarium Biosciences AG is a Schliren, Zurich-based biotech company focused on creating and delivering a new class of non-viral gene therapies.
– Series A funding closed at $61m.
– The round was co-led by Abingworth and Gimv, with participation from Omega Funds, Pfizer Ventures and Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company).
– The new investment will be used to advance the company’s pipeline programs towards clinical development.

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Total investments 185
Average round size 21M
Rounds per year 4.20
Peak activity year 2006
Lead investments 52
Follow on index 0.37
Exits 52
Group Appearance index 0.83

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Onera Health

Medical
Medical Device
$35M16 Jan 2024 Palo Alto, California, United States

Complement Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$84M17 Apr 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Mediar Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$85M15 Mar 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Paleo

AgTech
Food Processing
$14M21 Feb 2023 Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

JenaValve Technology

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$100M31 Aug 2022 Munich, Bavaria, Germany

ImCheck Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$113M13 Jun 2022 Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

ImmunOs Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$77M07 Jun 2022 Zurich, Switzerland

Precirix

Biotechnology
$94M16 Mar 2022 City of Brussels, Belgium

Anjarium Biosciences

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$60M15 Sep 2021 Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland
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