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Aisling Capital

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Total investments 115
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$53M
Portfolio companies 74
Rounds per year 4.79
Lead investments 18
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.35
Exits 52
Key employees 7
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

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

Aisling Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 2000. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the New York.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Aisling Capital, startups are often financed by Vivo Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Sofinnova Investments. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Vivo Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Venrock. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by OrbiMed, Kearny Venture Partners, Polaris Partners.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2014. The top activity for fund was in 2013. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The average startup value when the investment from Aisling Capital is 100-500 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 0 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Comparing to the other companies, this Aisling Capital performs on 12 percentage points more the average number of lead investments.

The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Loxo Oncology, Zeltiq Aesthetics, BridgeBio We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Therapeutics, Medical.

We also calculated 7 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Bicara Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$165M12 Dec 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Garuda Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$62M07 Feb 2023 Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Forge Biologics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$90M12 Sep 2022 Ohio, United States

Dren Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$65M14 Jun 2022 California, United States

Garuda Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$72M23 Sep 2021 Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Antios Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$96M12 Apr 2021 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$95M12 Mar 2021 Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland

Biomea Fusion

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$56M06 Jan 2021 Redwood City, California, United States

Reneo Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$95M09 Dec 2020 San Diego, California, United States
News
Garuda Therapeutics Raises $72M in Series A Financing

– Garuda Therapeutics from Cambridge develops off-the-shelf, durable blood stem cell therapies.
– Series A funding of $72m brings company valuation to more than $1b.
– The round was led by Aisling Capital, Northpond Ventures and Orbimed, supported by Cormorant Asset Management, Ridgeback Capital Investments, Monashee Investment Management, Sectoral Asset Management, National Resilience, Inc. (Resilience), Mass General Brigham Ventures, among others.

Wugen Raises $172 Million to Advance Clinical Stage Memory NK Cell Platform, Progress Best-In-Class AML Program, and Initiate Multiple Solid Tumor Trials

– Wugen, Inc. completed an oversubscribed $172m Series B financing led by Abingworth and Tybourne Capital Management, and joined by new investors Fidelity Management and Research Company, Intermediate Capital Group, Sands Capital, Aisling Capital Management, Alexandria Venture Investments, Velosity Capital and Falcon Edge Capital.
– Existing investors, including RiverVest Venture Partners, LYZZ Capital, and Lightchain Capital, also participated.
– In connection with the financing, Bali Muralidhar, M.D., Ph.D., Managing Partner at Abingworth, Bosun Hau, Managing Director at Tybourne Capital Management, and Peter Kiener, Ph.D., Venture Partner at ICG, will join Wugen’s Board of Directors.

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Total investments 115
Average round size 53M
Rounds per year 4.79
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 18
Follow on index 0.35
Exits 52
Group Appearance index 0.95

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Bicara Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$165M12 Dec 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Garuda Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$62M07 Feb 2023 Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Forge Biologics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$90M12 Sep 2022 Ohio, United States

Dren Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$65M14 Jun 2022 California, United States

Garuda Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$72M23 Sep 2021 Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Antios Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$96M12 Apr 2021 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$95M12 Mar 2021 Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland

Biomea Fusion

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$56M06 Jan 2021 Redwood City, California, United States

Reneo Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$95M09 Dec 2020 San Diego, California, United States
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