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Amkey Ventures

Founders George J. Lee

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Total investments 12
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 5
Rounds per year 0.60
Lead investments 1
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.58
Exits 2
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical Device
  • Manufacturing
  • Medical
Summary

Amkey Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2001. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Fremont. The venture was found in North America in United States.

This organization was formed by George J. Lee.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Amkey Ventures, startups are often financed by Sycamore Ventures, WI Harper Group, Harbinger Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sycamore Ventures, PTV Healthcare Capital, Galen Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by PTV Healthcare Capital, Sycamore Ventures, Galen Partners.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Biotechnology, Health Care. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Apexigen, Cardiva Medical, VM Discovery. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2007. The high activity for fund was in 2006. The real fund results show that this VC is 12 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. This Amkey Ventures works on 21 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Apexigen

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$20M06 Aug 2013 California, United States

Multispan

Biotechnology
$600K01 Oct 2007 Hayward, California, United States

Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$14M23 May 2006 Sunnyvale, California, United States

VM Discovery

Biotechnology
Medical
Product Design
$970K03 Jan 2006 Fremont, California, United States

Multispan

Biotechnology
$500K21 Dec 2004 Hayward, California, United States

Biotechnology
Medical
Product Design
$850K04 Oct 2004 Fremont, California, United States

Biotechnology
Medical
Product Design
$700K04 Jun 2003 Fremont, California, United States

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$14M03 Dec 2002 Pennsylvania, United States

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Total investments 12
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 0.60
Peak activity year 2006
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.58
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.75

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Apexigen

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$20M06 Aug 2013 California, United States

Multispan

Biotechnology
$600K01 Oct 2007 Hayward, California, United States

Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$14M23 May 2006 Sunnyvale, California, United States

VM Discovery

Biotechnology
Medical
Product Design
$970K03 Jan 2006 Fremont, California, United States

Multispan

Biotechnology
$500K21 Dec 2004 Hayward, California, United States

Biotechnology
Medical
Product Design
$850K04 Oct 2004 Fremont, California, United States

Biotechnology
Medical
Product Design
$700K04 Jun 2003 Fremont, California, United States

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$14M03 Dec 2002 Pennsylvania, United States
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