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Merck Capital Ventures

Founders Per Lofberg

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Total investments 16
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$12M
Portfolio companies 10
Rounds per year 0.67
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.38
Exits 5
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Medical
  • Health Care
  • Clinical Trials
  • Pharmaceutical
Summary

Merck Capital Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2000. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Woodcliff Lake. The venture was found in North America in United States.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The important activity for fund was in 2008. Comparing to the other companies, this Merck Capital Ventures performs on 13 percentage points more the average number of lead investments.

This organization was formed by Per Lofberg.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Merck Capital Ventures, startups are often financed by Solstice Capital, Valley Ventures, Piper Jaffray. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Valley Ventures, Solstice Capital, SR One. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SR One, Valley Ventures, Solstice Capital.

The fund has 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 various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Artios Pharma, ImpactRx, VisEn Medical 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 successful fund investment fields, there are Genetics, Health Care.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

She's Well

Health Care
Information Technology
Personal Finance
Personal Health
$2M25 Oct 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Artios Pharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical Device
$89M10 Aug 2018 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Spero Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$30M08 Jun 2015 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

HTG Molecular Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Diagnostics
Life Science
Medical
$2M28 Nov 2008 Tucson, Arizona, United States

VisEn Medical

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$5M21 Apr 2008 Massachusetts, United States

HTG Molecular Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Diagnostics
Life Science
Medical
$5M08 Oct 2007 Tucson, Arizona, United States

ImpactRx

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$3M08 Jul 2003 New Jersey, United States

Acurian

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$27M28 Mar 2001 Horsham Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Acurian

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$6M01 Dec 1998 Horsham Township, Pennsylvania, United States

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Total investments 16
Average round size 12M
Rounds per year 0.67
Peak activity year 2008
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.38
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.81

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

She's Well

Health Care
Information Technology
Personal Finance
Personal Health
$2M25 Oct 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Artios Pharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical Device
$89M10 Aug 2018 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Spero Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$30M08 Jun 2015 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

HTG Molecular Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Diagnostics
Life Science
Medical
$2M28 Nov 2008 Tucson, Arizona, United States

VisEn Medical

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$5M21 Apr 2008 Massachusetts, United States

HTG Molecular Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Diagnostics
Life Science
Medical
$5M08 Oct 2007 Tucson, Arizona, United States

ImpactRx

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$3M08 Jul 2003 New Jersey, United States

Acurian

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$27M28 Mar 2001 Horsham Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Acurian

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$6M01 Dec 1998 Horsham Township, Pennsylvania, United States
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