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Mason Wells

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Total investments 10
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$11M
Portfolio companies 8
Rounds per year 0.26
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Exits 6
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Genetics
  • Analytics
  • Medical
Summary

In 1982 was created Mason Wells, 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 Milwaukee.

The high activity for fund was in 2007. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2015. Comparing to the other companies, this Mason Wells performs on 31 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The real fund results show that this VC is 10 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Gala Biotech, Deltanoid Pharmaceuticals, HyperEdge. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Marketplace, Medical. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

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

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Mason Wells, startups are often financed by Gazelle Tech Ventures, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Versant Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Venture Investors, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Versant Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Versant Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, CHL Medical Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OpGen

Analytics
Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
$17M28 Sep 2010 Maryland, United States

Deltanoid Pharmaceuticals

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$12M18 Dec 2007 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

OpGen

Analytics
Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
$5M27 Jan 2005 Maryland, United States

Zystor

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$8M16 Dec 2004 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Mezzia,Inc.

Health Care
Medical
Service Industry
$2M17 Mar 2004 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

AnVil Informatics, Inc

Analytics
Biotechnology
10 Jan 2001 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

HyperEdge

Product Design
Public Relations
$35M03 Aug 2000 Illinois, United States

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Total investments 10
Average round size 11M
Rounds per year 0.26
Peak activity year 2007
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.20
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.90

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OpGen

Analytics
Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
$17M28 Sep 2010 Maryland, United States

Deltanoid Pharmaceuticals

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$12M18 Dec 2007 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

OpGen

Analytics
Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
$5M27 Jan 2005 Maryland, United States

Zystor

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$8M16 Dec 2004 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Mezzia,Inc.

Health Care
Medical
Service Industry
$2M17 Mar 2004 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

AnVil Informatics, Inc

Analytics
Biotechnology
10 Jan 2001 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

HyperEdge

Product Design
Public Relations
$35M03 Aug 2000 Illinois, United States
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