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Arix Bioscience

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Total investments 32
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$58M
Portfolio companies 20
Rounds per year 3.56
Lead investments 11
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.38
Exits 7
Key employees 5

Areas of investment

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

In 2015 was created Arix Bioscience, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the London. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the Arix Bioscience, startups are often financed by UBS Asset Management, SV Health Investors, OrbiMed. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are OrbiMed, Lundbeckfonden Ventures, Sofinnova Investments. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by iBank, Woodford Investment Management, UCLB.

Besides them, we counted 5 critical employees of this fund in our database.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Collaboration, Therapeutics. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Atox Bio, VelosBio, Imara. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The important activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. This Arix Bioscience works on 2 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 40 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Evommune

Biotechnology
Life Science
$50M26 Apr 2023 California, United States

Sorriso Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$31M22 Dec 2021 San Diego, California, United States

Depixus

Biotechnology
Genetics
Medical
$36M15 Dec 2021 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Disc Medicine

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$90M02 Sep 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Artios Pharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical Device
$150M27 Jul 2021 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Pyxis Oncology

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$152M30 Mar 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

VelosBio

$137M08 Jul 2020 -

Amplyx Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$53M19 May 2020 San Diego, California, United States

Quench Bio

Biotechnology
$50M27 Jan 2020 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
News
Disc Medicine Raises $90M in Series B Funding

– Disc Medicine from Cambridge MA develops therapeutic candidates for hematology.
– Series B $90M round was led by OrbiMed and attracted new investor – Arix Bioscience as well as existing investors Atlas Venture, Novo Holdings and Access Biotechnology.
– The new investment will be aimed at developing the company’s hematology pipeline of therapeutic candidates.

Pyxis Oncology Raises $152M Series B Round

– Pyxis Oncology from Longwood Fund has closed a $152m Series B financing.
– The round was led by Arix Bioscience and co-led by RTW Investments, LP.
– New investors included Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital Management, Pfizer Ventures, BVF Partners, L.P., Janus Henderson Investors, Cormorant Asset Management, HBM Healthcare Investments, funds managed by Tekla Capital Management LLC, Acuta Capital Partners, Ridgeback Capital Investments, Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company), Laurion Capital Management, Logos Capital and LifeSci Venture Partners.

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Total investments 32
Average round size 58M
Rounds per year 3.56
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 11
Follow on index 0.38
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Evommune

Biotechnology
Life Science
$50M26 Apr 2023 California, United States

Sorriso Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$31M22 Dec 2021 San Diego, California, United States

Depixus

Biotechnology
Genetics
Medical
$36M15 Dec 2021 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Disc Medicine

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$90M02 Sep 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Artios Pharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical Device
$150M27 Jul 2021 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Pyxis Oncology

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$152M30 Mar 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

VelosBio

$137M08 Jul 2020 -

Amplyx Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$53M19 May 2020 San Diego, California, United States

Quench Bio

Biotechnology
$50M27 Jan 2020 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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