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Sanderling Ventures

Founders Robert McNeil

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Total investments 97
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$19M
Portfolio companies 42
Rounds per year 2.16
Lead investments 15
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.57
Exits 17
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Medical Device
Summary

Sanderling Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1979. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the San Mateo. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 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. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight CalciMedica, Metavention, Lineagen. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Genetics, Biopharma.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this Sanderling Ventures performs on 14 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The real fund results show that this VC is 1 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The high activity for fund was in 2008. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2011. The typical startup value when the investment from Sanderling Ventures is 100-500 millions dollars.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Sanderling Ventures, startups are often financed by Asset Management Ventures (AMV), Qualcomm Ventures, Mesa Verde Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Alta Partners, Mayo Clinic Ventures, Asset Management Ventures (AMV). In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Qualcomm Ventures, Mayo Clinic Ventures, Intel Capital.

The fund was created by Robert McNeil. We also calculated 5 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Glycomine

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$35M23 Jun 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

CalciMedica

Health Care
Information Technology
Life Science
$15M22 May 2020 San Diego, California, United States

Glycomine

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$33M07 Aug 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Metavention

Biotechnology
Diabetes
Health Care
$65M08 Jan 2018 Minnesota, United States

SpecificiT Pharma

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
11 Sep 2017 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

PreciThera

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$28M27 Jul 2017 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Glycomine

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$12M16 Nov 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

DalCor Pharmaceuticals

Genetics
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$100M18 Apr 2016 Quebec

Lineagen

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$12M26 Jan 2015 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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ViaCyte Raises $45M in Funding

– ViaCyte, a San Diego CA-based regenerative medicine company, raised $45M in Series D funding.
– The round, which brought total Series D to more than $115m, includes participation from existing investors Bain Capital Life Sciences, TPG Capital, RA Capital Management, Sanderling Ventures, Adage Capital Partners, Invus Group, Asymmetry Ventures, and Artis Ventures.
– The company intends to use the funds to advance its portfolio of stem cell-derived therapies designed to provide a functional cure for patients with type 1 diabetes.

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Total investments 97
Average round size 19M
Rounds per year 2.16
Peak activity year 2008
Lead investments 15
Follow on index 0.57
Exits 17
Group Appearance index 0.88

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Glycomine

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$35M23 Jun 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

CalciMedica

Health Care
Information Technology
Life Science
$15M22 May 2020 San Diego, California, United States

Glycomine

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$33M07 Aug 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Metavention

Biotechnology
Diabetes
Health Care
$65M08 Jan 2018 Minnesota, United States

SpecificiT Pharma

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
11 Sep 2017 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

PreciThera

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$28M27 Jul 2017 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Glycomine

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$12M16 Nov 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

DalCor Pharmaceuticals

Genetics
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$100M18 Apr 2016 Quebec

Lineagen

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$12M26 Jan 2015 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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