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Vivo Capital

Founders Edgar G. Engleman Frank Kung

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Total investments 212
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$60M
Portfolio companies 144
Rounds per year 7.57
Lead investments 31
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.32
Exits 84
Key employees 11
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Therapeutics
  • Medical
Summary

In 1997 was created Vivo Capital, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Palo Alto.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Vivo Capital, startups are often financed by Sofinnova Investments, OrbiMed, Third Rock Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are InterWest Partners, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Aisling Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sofinnova Investments, Aisling Capital, Technology Partners.

The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous 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 various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline ZAI Lab, Harmony Biosciences, Passage Bio Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Medical, Genetics.

This organization was formed by Edgar G. Engleman. The overall number of key employees were 11.

Comparing to the other companies, this Vivo Capital performs on 11 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. When the investment is from Vivo Capital the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 6 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Attralus

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$56M06 Feb 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

BlossomHill Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$100M02 Jan 2024 San Diego, California, United States

Ronovo Surgical

Health Care
Medical Device
Robotics
$30M30 Aug 2023 Shanghai, China

ADARx Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$200M09 Aug 2023 San Diego, California, United States

Ossium Health

Biotechnology
Health Care
$52M25 Jul 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

EpiBiologics

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

EpiBiologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$50M22 Mar 2023 San Mateo, California, United States

Evaheart

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Medical Device
$90M09 Mar 2023 Houston, Texas, United States

Ronovo Surgical

Health Care
Medical Device
Robotics
21 Dec 2022 Shanghai, China
News
Neurogastrx Secures $60 Million in Series B Financing and Expands Management Team to Advance Its Pipeline of Transformative Investigational Therapies for Gastrointestinal Disorders

– Neurogastrx, a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company developing transformative therapies for gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, announced the successful completion of a $60m Series B crossover round led by Vivo Capital.
– Other new investors participating in the Series B round include RTW Investments, Samsara BioCapital and Marshall Wace, joining 5AM Ventures, venBio and OrbiMed Advisors.
– Proceeds from the financing will be used to advance the company’s pipeline of GI therapies for serious conditions that impact millions of people yet are not effectively treated.

RayzeBio Secures $108 Million Series C Financing to Drive Forward Its Pipeline of Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer

– RayzeBio, Inc. announced a $108m Series C financing led by Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners alongside new investors Perceptive Advisors, Vivo Capital, Acuta Capital Partners, Deerfield Management, and TCG X.
– Also participating were all of Rayze’s existing investors: venBio Partners, Versant Ventures, Samsara BioCapital, Redmile Group, Viking Global Investors, Cormorant Asset Management, OrbiMed, LifeSci Venture Partners, Logos Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, and others.
– The targeted radiopharmaceuticals field represents a highly clinically validated modality that, until recently, has been underappreciated.
– With over $258m of capital raised since the company first debuted in the second half of 2020, RayzeBio has rapidly expanded its team, infrastructure, capabilities, and pipeline.

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Total investments 212
Average round size 60M
Rounds per year 7.57
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 31
Follow on index 0.32
Exits 84
Group Appearance index 0.95

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Attralus

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$56M06 Feb 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

BlossomHill Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$100M02 Jan 2024 San Diego, California, United States

Ronovo Surgical

Health Care
Medical Device
Robotics
$30M30 Aug 2023 Shanghai, China

ADARx Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$200M09 Aug 2023 San Diego, California, United States

Ossium Health

Biotechnology
Health Care
$52M25 Jul 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

EpiBiologics

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

EpiBiologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$50M22 Mar 2023 San Mateo, California, United States

Evaheart

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Medical Device
$90M09 Mar 2023 Houston, Texas, United States

Ronovo Surgical

Health Care
Medical Device
Robotics
21 Dec 2022 Shanghai, China
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