In 2004 was created Merck Research Laboratories, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Boston. The company was established in North America in United States.
The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the Merck Research Laboratories, startups are often financed by Polaris Partners, Flagship Pioneering, Omega Funds. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Vertex Ventures HC, Vertex Ventures, Polaris Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Vertex Ventures HC, Vertex Ventures, Polaris Partners.
For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Imago BioSciences, Visterra. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Biotechnology, Health Diagnostics.
The high activity for fund was in 2014. Opposing the other organizations, this Merck Research Laboratories works on 4 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018.
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Notable deals
Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
Visterra | $23M | 01 Jun 2016 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | ||
Imago BioSciences | $26M | 31 Oct 2014 | California, United States | ||
Visterra | $30M | 02 Oct 2014 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
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Latest deals
Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
Visterra | $23M | 01 Jun 2016 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | ||
Imago BioSciences | $26M | 31 Oct 2014 | California, United States | ||
Visterra | $30M | 02 Oct 2014 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |