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Novo Nordisk

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Total investments 16
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$48M
Portfolio companies 14
Rounds per year 0.16
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.12
Exits 4
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Therapeutics
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Diabetes
Summary

In 1923 was created Novo Nordisk, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Bagsvu00e6rd. The company was established in Europe in Denmark.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Clinical Trials, Health Care. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight TransTech Pharma, Beta Bionics, IO Biotech.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2015. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2014. This Novo Nordisk works on 9 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 8 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Novo Nordisk, startups are often financed by Stafford Capital Partners, Sofinnova Partners, Gimv. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Yasuda Enterprise Development, Western Technology Investment, Sofinnova Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by RTW Investments LLC, OrbiMed, Novo Holdings.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

The Sabi

Beauty
Cosmetics
Personal Health
$177K06 Apr 2023 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Beta Bionics

Biotechnology
Diabetes
Medical Device
$57M17 Feb 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Sundew

Agriculture
Aquaculture
Biotechnology
$1M24 Sep 2020 Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Beta Bionics

Biotechnology
Diabetes
Medical Device
$63M10 Jan 2019 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

IO Biotech

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$12M05 Jan 2016 Capital Region of Denmark

Beta Bionics

Biotechnology
Diabetes
Medical Device
$5M31 Dec 2015 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Affimed

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$23M29 Apr 2010 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$11M03 Sep 2008 San Francisco, California, United States

Pieris Pharmaceuticals

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$38M27 Mar 2008 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
News
Glooko Raises $30M Series D Financing

– Glooko, a leading provider of remote patient monitoring and chronic care management solutions including diabetes and obesity, has raised a $30m Series D round of funding.
– The financing was led by Health Catalyst Capital along with participation from existing investors Canaan Partners, Georgian, Novo Nordisk, Insulet and Mayo Clinic.
– Proceeds will be used to accelerate organic growth and strategic initiatives across the company’s broad and growing product line of advanced digital health solutions.

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Total investments 16
Average round size 48M
Rounds per year 0.16
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.12
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.88

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

The Sabi

Beauty
Cosmetics
Personal Health
$177K06 Apr 2023 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Beta Bionics

Biotechnology
Diabetes
Medical Device
$57M17 Feb 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Sundew

Agriculture
Aquaculture
Biotechnology
$1M24 Sep 2020 Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Beta Bionics

Biotechnology
Diabetes
Medical Device
$63M10 Jan 2019 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

IO Biotech

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$12M05 Jan 2016 Capital Region of Denmark

Beta Bionics

Biotechnology
Diabetes
Medical Device
$5M31 Dec 2015 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Affimed

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$23M29 Apr 2010 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$11M03 Sep 2008 San Francisco, California, United States

Pieris Pharmaceuticals

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$38M27 Mar 2008 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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