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Northern Light Venture Capital

Founders Feng Deng Jeffrey Lee Yan Ke

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Total investments 415
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$17M
Portfolio companies 307
Rounds per year 21.84
Lead investments 53
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Exits 36
Key employees 7
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Manufacturing
  • Internet
  • Biotechnology
Summary

Northern Light Venture Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2005. The main department of described VC is located in the Beijing. The venture was found in Asia in China.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 15 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The high activity for fund was in 2018. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. The typical startup value when the investment from Northern Light Venture Capital is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this Northern Light Venture Capital works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - China. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Dianrong, Vipkid, Meituan.com. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Health Care, Semiconductor.

The current fund was established by Feng Deng, Yan Ke. The overall number of key employees were 7.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 partakers. Despite the Northern Light Venture Capital, startups are often financed by Sequoia Capital China, Sinovation Ventures, New Enterprise Associates. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Qiming Venture Partners, Matrix Partners China, Sinovation Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by IDG Capital, New Enterprise Associates, SAIF Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Wuwen Xinqiong

Cloud Computing
Electronics
05 Dec 2023 Beijing, Beijing, China

Sanegene Bio

Biopharma
Health Care
Medical
$80M01 Dec 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Zhonghui Laser

Laser
Manufacturing
25 Sep 2023 Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Flytech

Advanced Materials
Manufacturing
Product Research
15 Sep 2023 Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Chaoying Pharmaceutical

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
13 Sep 2023 Meishan, Sichuan, China

Kangpu Bio-Pharma

Biopharma
Clinical Trials
Health Care
$15M30 Aug 2023 Shanghai, China

Moge Microflow

Chemical
Electronics
Manufacturing
21 Aug 2023 Shantou, Guangdong, China

Yingke Materials

Electrical Distribution
Electronics
Industrial Manufacturing
18 Aug 2023 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Aegis

Blockchain
Network Security
Security
17 Aug 2023 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
News
New Core Tech Raises USD 35M in Series C Funding

– New Core Tech is a Shanghai, China-based manufacturing company.
– The company raised USD 35M in Series C funding.
– The round was led by XiaoMi, Shunwei Capital with participation from Northern Light Venture Capital and Cowin Capital.
– The new investment will be used to partnership and channel expansion and talent acquisition.

Immune-Onc Therapeutics Announces $73 Million in Series B1 and B2 Financing to Advance its Portfolio of Novel Immunotherapies in Blood Cancers and Solid Tumors

– Immune-Onc Therapeutics, Inc. (“Immune-Onc”), a clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company developing novel biotherapeutics targeting immunosuppressive myeloid checkpoints today announced the closing of a $73 million Series B1 and B2 financing.
– The round was led by Oceanpine Capital with participation from additional new investors including Octagon Capital and Sphera Healthcare, and existing investors, including Northern Light Venture Capital and Vivo Capital.
– In conjunction with this round of financing, Oceanpine CEO and managing partner Dave Chenn joins the Immune-Onc Board of Directors.

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Total investments 415
Average round size 17M
Rounds per year 21.84
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 53
Follow on index 0.26
Exits 36
Group Appearance index 0.62

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Wuwen Xinqiong

Cloud Computing
Electronics
05 Dec 2023 Beijing, Beijing, China

Sanegene Bio

Biopharma
Health Care
Medical
$80M01 Dec 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Zhonghui Laser

Laser
Manufacturing
25 Sep 2023 Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Flytech

Advanced Materials
Manufacturing
Product Research
15 Sep 2023 Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Chaoying Pharmaceutical

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
13 Sep 2023 Meishan, Sichuan, China

Kangpu Bio-Pharma

Biopharma
Clinical Trials
Health Care
$15M30 Aug 2023 Shanghai, China

Moge Microflow

Chemical
Electronics
Manufacturing
21 Aug 2023 Shantou, Guangdong, China

Yingke Materials

Electrical Distribution
Electronics
Industrial Manufacturing
18 Aug 2023 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Aegis

Blockchain
Network Security
Security
17 Aug 2023 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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