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Johnson & Johnson Innovation

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Total investments 81
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$31M
Portfolio companies 65
Rounds per year 1.59
Lead investments 16
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.19
Exits 11
Key employees 8

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Therapeutics
  • Medical Device
Summary

The main department of described VC is located in the New Brunswick. The company was established in North America in United States. Johnson & Johnson Innovation appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.

The top activity for fund was in 2016. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. Opposing the other organizations, this Johnson & Johnson Innovation works on 16 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. The average startup value when the investment from Johnson & Johnson Innovation is more than 1 billion dollars. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 6 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Johnson & Johnson Innovation, startups are often financed by Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, Novartis Venture Fund, Sanderling Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Novartis Venture Fund, Pfizer Venture Investments, ARCH Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Innovate UK, W.L. Gore & Associates, Vertex Ventures HC.

The overall number of key employees were 8.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Medical, Health Care. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. 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 Carbon3D, Merus, Fusion Pharmaceuticals. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Moon Surgical

Health Care
Medical Device
$55M17 May 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

ONL Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$15M08 Mar 2023 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

MedCrypt

Health Care
Medical Device
Security
$25M01 Nov 2022 California, United States

Prana Thoracic

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$3M19 Oct 2022 Houston, Texas, United States

Cara Care

Apps
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Medical Device
$7M13 Jun 2022 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Moon Surgical

Health Care
Medical Device
$31M07 Jun 2022 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Locus Biosciences

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$35M18 May 2022 North Carolina, United States

Viora Health

Apps
Health Care
Wellness
$75K04 May 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Viora Health

Apps
Health Care
Wellness
04 Oct 2021 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
News
Iterative Scopes Raises $30 Million Series A Financing to Advance AI-Driven Precision Medicine for Gastroenterology

– Iterative Scopes closed a $30m Series A financing.
– The round was led by new investor Obvious Ventures, with participation from Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the venture capital firms Breyer Capital and Seae Ventures, as well as a number of leaders in healthcare, including Lee Shapiro, Zach Weinberg and Nat Turner.
– The funds will be used to further develop the company’s core algorithmic innovations and to advance its growing life sciences businesses.
– The company is building a powerful set of proprietary artificial intelligence (AI)-driven computational tools to identify appropriate treatments and guide clinical trials for patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases.

Ribon Therapeutics Secures $65 Million Financing

– Ribon Therapeutics announced the closing of a $65m financing.
– The financing was led by Deerfield Management and U.S. Venture Partners, with support from new investors Avego BioScience Capital, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Monashee Investment Management and Peregrine Ventures, along with existing investors AbbVie Ventures, Bristol Myers Squibb, Euclidean Capital, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Novartis Venture Fund, Osage University Partners, Takeda Ventures and The Column Group.
– Ribon will use the proceeds to support the clinical development of its novel precision medicine candidates.

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Total investments 81
Average round size 31M
Rounds per year 1.59
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 16
Follow on index 0.19
Exits 11
Group Appearance index 0.83

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Moon Surgical

Health Care
Medical Device
$55M17 May 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

ONL Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$15M08 Mar 2023 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

MedCrypt

Health Care
Medical Device
Security
$25M01 Nov 2022 California, United States

Prana Thoracic

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$3M19 Oct 2022 Houston, Texas, United States

Cara Care

Apps
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Medical Device
$7M13 Jun 2022 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Moon Surgical

Health Care
Medical Device
$31M07 Jun 2022 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Locus Biosciences

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$35M18 May 2022 North Carolina, United States

Viora Health

Apps
Health Care
Wellness
$75K04 May 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Viora Health

Apps
Health Care
Wellness
04 Oct 2021 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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