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Taiho Ventures

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Total investments 29
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$45M
Portfolio companies 20
Rounds per year 3.62
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.31
Exits 5
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Areas of investment

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

The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the California City.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 7-8 partakers. Despite the Taiho Ventures, startups are often financed by The Column Group, OrbiMed, Foresite Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are The Column Group, OrbiMed, Foresite Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by The Column Group, OrbiMed, Invus.

The real fund results show that this VC is 0 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this Taiho Ventures works on 1 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Axial Biotherapeutics, Breakpoint Therapeutics, Harpoon Therapeutics. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Biopharma, Biotechnology. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

EpiBiologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$23M20 Jul 2023 San Mateo, California, United States

Anavo Therapeutics

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

Cellvie

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$5M06 Feb 2023 Houston, Texas, United States

Storm Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$30M14 Dec 2022 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Normunity

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$65M25 Oct 2022 West Haven, Connecticut, United States

Dren Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$65M14 Jun 2022 California, United States

Transition Bio

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$50M02 Jun 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Makuku

$30M26 Jan 2022 Minhang, Shanghai, China

Parthenon Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$65M03 Nov 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
News
Theolytics Expands Series A Funding Round

– Theolytics, an Oxford, UK-based developer of a library of potential adenovirus product candidates and breakthrough bioselection systems, raised new funding from M Ventures.
– Funding was joined by Epidarex Capital and Taiho Ventures in an extension to the Series A financing.
– The expanded Series A funding will support the progress of internal programmes in ovarian cancer, and a second cancer indication in addition to further advancing the company’s technology platforms.

Orna Therapeutics Launches With $80M Series A

– Orna Therapeutics, a biotechnology company dedicated to RNA therapeutics (oRNAs), announced the completion of its $80m Series A financing.
– The financing was co-led by MPM Capital, Taiho Ventures, and F2 Ventures, with participation from leading strategic investors: Kite, a Gilead Company, Bristol Myers Squibb, Astellas Venture Management, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, and the PAGS Group.
– Orna Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to designing and delivering a new class of fully engineered circular RNA (oRNA) therapeutics with the potential to change the way disease is treated.

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Total investments 29
Average round size 45M
Rounds per year 3.62
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.31
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.90

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

EpiBiologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$23M20 Jul 2023 San Mateo, California, United States

Anavo Therapeutics

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

Cellvie

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$5M06 Feb 2023 Houston, Texas, United States

Storm Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$30M14 Dec 2022 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Normunity

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$65M25 Oct 2022 West Haven, Connecticut, United States

Dren Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$65M14 Jun 2022 California, United States

Transition Bio

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$50M02 Jun 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Makuku

$30M26 Jan 2022 Minhang, Shanghai, China

Parthenon Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$65M03 Nov 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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