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Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation

Founders Leonard Lauder Ronald S. Lauder

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Total investments 41
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 31
Rounds per year 1.58
Lead investments 17
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Exits 6
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Therapeutics
  • Medical
  • Health Diagnostics
Summary

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1998. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the New York. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The fund was created by Leonard Lauder, Ronald S. Lauder.

This Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation works on 11 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 71 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The top activity for fund was in 2019. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Genetics, Health Diagnostics. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Metabolic Solutions Development, Oryzon Genomics, AgeneBio. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, startups are often financed by National Institutes of Health, Hopen Life Science Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Dolby Family Ventures, W Fund, National Institutes of Health. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by W Fund, Michael Montgomery, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Neuro Therapia

Health Care
Neuroscience
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$12M06 Aug 2024 Ohio, Illinois, United States

RetiSpec

Health Care
Medical Device
$10M26 Jul 2024 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

BrainScope Company

Biotechnology
DSP
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
19 Sep 2023 Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$6M18 Aug 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Therini Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$36M27 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Cognito Therapeutics

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
$73M22 Mar 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Imaginostics

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$725K06 Sep 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

MindImmune Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Neuroscience
Pharmaceutical
$12M30 Jun 2022 Rhode Island, United States

Optina Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
$2M24 Jan 2022 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Total investments 41
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 1.58
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 17
Follow on index 0.24
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.32

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Neuro Therapia

Health Care
Neuroscience
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$12M06 Aug 2024 Ohio, Illinois, United States

RetiSpec

Health Care
Medical Device
$10M26 Jul 2024 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

BrainScope Company

Biotechnology
DSP
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
19 Sep 2023 Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$6M18 Aug 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Therini Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$36M27 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Cognito Therapeutics

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
$73M22 Mar 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Imaginostics

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$725K06 Sep 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

MindImmune Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Neuroscience
Pharmaceutical
$12M30 Jun 2022 Rhode Island, United States

Optina Diagnostics

Biotechnology
Medical Device
$2M24 Jan 2022 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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