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Cowen Healthcare Investments

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Total investments 55
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$84M
Portfolio companies 41
Rounds per year 6.88
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Exits 16
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Therapeutics
  • Medical
  • Pharmaceutical
Summary

Cowen Healthcare Investments seemed to be an CVC arrangement as part of the organization.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Orchard Therapeutics, Repare Therapeutics, KSQ Therapeutics. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Genetics, Therapeutics. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 8-9 partakers. Despite the Cowen Healthcare Investments, startups are often financed by Versant Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Slater Technology Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are OrbiMed, Versant Ventures, RA Capital Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Innovate UK, Duchenne UK.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. The average startup value when the investment from Cowen Healthcare Investments is 50-100 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The real fund results show that this VC is 2 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. Comparing to the other companies, this Cowen Healthcare Investments performs on 7 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Lycia Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$106M13 May 2024 San Diego, California, United States

Aro Biotherapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$41M28 Nov 2023 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

MBrace Therapeutics

Biotechnology
$85M14 Nov 2023 San Diego, California, United States

MapLight Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$225M30 Oct 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Star Therapeutics

$90M05 Sep 2023 South San Francisco, California, United States

TORL BioTherapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
$158M13 Apr 2023 Los Angeles, California, United States

Tourmaline Bio

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Therapeutics
$112M01 Jan 2023 New York, New York, United States

Aro Biotherapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$24M12 Dec 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Escient Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$120M28 Nov 2022 San Diego, California, United States
News
Obsidian Therapeutics Closes $115M Series B Financing

– Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc. is a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotechnology company pioneering engineered cell and gene therapies.
– The company closed a $115m Series B financing.
– The round was led by The Column Group Crossover Fund (TCGX) with participation from RA Capital Management, Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company), Cowen Healthcare Investments, Deep Track Capital, Logos Capital, Pivotal BioVenture Partners, Samsara BioCapital, and Soleus Capital, and existing investors Atlas Venture, Vertex Ventures HC, Amgen Ventures, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
– Proceeds from the financing will be used to drive Obsidian’s lead tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) program, cytoTIL15, into the clinic and to first clinical data for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. In addition, the company plans to rapidly expand cytoTIL15 into multiple other solid tumor types and to advance its commercial manufacturing build.

Arch Oncology Secures $105M Series C

– Arch Oncology, a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, has closed a $105m Series C financing co-led by Eventide Asset Management, Cowen Healthcare Investments and current investor 3×5 Partners.
– New investors in the round included Adage Capital Management, Point72 Asset Management, Avego Healthcare Capital, FMB Research and Broadfin Holdings.
– The company’s existing investors, including Roche Venture Fund, RiverVest Venture Partners, and Lightchain also participated in the round.

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Total investments 55
Average round size 84M
Rounds per year 6.88
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.24
Exits 16
Group Appearance index 0.98

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Lycia Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$106M13 May 2024 San Diego, California, United States

Aro Biotherapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$41M28 Nov 2023 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

MBrace Therapeutics

Biotechnology
$85M14 Nov 2023 San Diego, California, United States

MapLight Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$225M30 Oct 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Star Therapeutics

$90M05 Sep 2023 South San Francisco, California, United States

TORL BioTherapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
$158M13 Apr 2023 Los Angeles, California, United States

Tourmaline Bio

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Therapeutics
$112M01 Jan 2023 New York, New York, United States

Aro Biotherapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$24M12 Dec 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Escient Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$120M28 Nov 2022 San Diego, California, United States
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