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MRL Ventures Fund

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Total investments 44
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$56M
Portfolio companies 27
Rounds per year 4.40
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.39
Exits 7
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Therapeutics
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Life Science
Summary

The main department of described VC is located in the Cambridge. The venture was found in North America in United States.

We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Comparing to the other companies, this MRL Ventures Fund performs on 7 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The real fund results show that this VC is 6 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Alector, Entrada Therapeutics, Carisma Therapeutics Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Care, Medical Device.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 8-9 partakers. Despite the MRL Ventures Fund, startups are often financed by Atlas Venture, Amgen Ventures, Polaris Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Atlas Venture, Amgen Ventures, SR One. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by GV, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Atlas Venture.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Insamo

$12M21 Feb 2024 Berkeley, California, United States

Eyebiotech

Biotechnology
Medical
$65M14 Nov 2023 New York, New York, United States

VectorY

$152M13 Nov 2023 -

Ray Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$100M16 May 2023 San Diego, California, United States

Anavo Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
$10M02 May 2023 Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Therini Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$36M27 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Carisma Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
Therapeutics
$30M21 Sep 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Photys Therapeutics

Biotechnology
$75M08 Sep 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Aktis Oncology

Biotechnology
Life Science
$84M25 Aug 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
News
Founded last year, Mozart Therapeutics lands $55M to develop therapies for celiac and other diseases

– Mozart Therapeutics, a Seattle-based biotech startup, raised $55m funding.
– The round was led by ARCH Venture Partners along with Sofinnova Partners.
– Other backers include MRL Ventures Fund from Merck, Leaps by Bayer, and Eli Lilly & Company.

PAQ Therapeutics Raises $30M in Series A Funding

– PAQ Therapeutics is a biotechnology company advancing a new approach to restoring health and curing disease through autophagy.
– The company announced the closing of a $30m Series A round.
Sherpa Healthcare Partners led the round with participation from Huagai Capital, MSA Capital, and MRL Ventures Fund as well as seed investors Nest.Bio Ventures and Matrix Partners China.
– The funding will be used to advance the company’s ATTEC platform and progress its pipeline programs.

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Total investments 44
Average round size 56M
Rounds per year 4.40
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.39
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Insamo

$12M21 Feb 2024 Berkeley, California, United States

Eyebiotech

Biotechnology
Medical
$65M14 Nov 2023 New York, New York, United States

VectorY

$152M13 Nov 2023 -

Ray Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$100M16 May 2023 San Diego, California, United States

Anavo Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
$10M02 May 2023 Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Therini Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$36M27 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Carisma Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
Therapeutics
$30M21 Sep 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Photys Therapeutics

Biotechnology
$75M08 Sep 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Aktis Oncology

Biotechnology
Life Science
$84M25 Aug 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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