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Arcus Ventures

Founders James B. Dougherty Steven L. Soignet

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Total investments 22
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$16M
Portfolio companies 12
Rounds per year 1.38
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.45
Exits 5
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Health Diagnostics
  • Medical
  • Medical Device
Summary

Arcus Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2007. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the New York.

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 Medical, Biotechnology. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Epic Sciences, Cleave Therapeutics, Exosome Diagnostics For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The important activity for fund was in 2011. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The real fund results show that this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. 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 Arcus Ventures performs on 4 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.

The fund was created by James B. Dougherty, Steven L. Soignet. Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Arcus Ventures, startups are often financed by Flybridge Capital Partners, Polaris Partners, NGN Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Polaris Partners, NGN Capital, Forbion Capital Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Beringea, NGN Capital, Forbion Capital Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cleave Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
$12M06 Aug 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Exosome Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$30M24 Jul 2017 New York, New York, United States

Cleave Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
$37M17 Aug 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Exosome Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$16M07 Jan 2016 New York, New York, United States

Exosome Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$17M02 Sep 2015 New York, New York, United States

XTuit Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$22M11 Jun 2015 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

TRACON Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
$27M22 Sep 2014 San Diego, California, United States

Epic Sciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Hospital
$30M30 Jul 2014 San Diego, California, United States

Exosome Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$27M11 Mar 2014 New York, New York, United States

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Total investments 22
Average round size 16M
Rounds per year 1.38
Peak activity year 2011
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.45
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.82

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cleave Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
$12M06 Aug 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Exosome Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$30M24 Jul 2017 New York, New York, United States

Cleave Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
$37M17 Aug 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Exosome Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$16M07 Jan 2016 New York, New York, United States

Exosome Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$17M02 Sep 2015 New York, New York, United States

XTuit Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$22M11 Jun 2015 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

TRACON Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
$27M22 Sep 2014 San Diego, California, United States

Epic Sciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Hospital
$30M30 Jul 2014 San Diego, California, United States

Exosome Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$27M11 Mar 2014 New York, New York, United States
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