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Baidu Ventures

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Total investments 166
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$15M
Portfolio companies 124
Rounds per year 20.75
Lead investments 37
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Exits 2
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Technology
  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Machine Learning
Summary

Baidu Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2016. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in China. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Beijing.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Baidu Ventures, startups are often financed by Legend Star, Shunwei Capital, ZhenFund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Shunwei Capital, Tsingyuan Ventures, Sequoia Capital China. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Shunwei Capital, Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group (LCIG), Legend Capital.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The average startup value when the investment from Baidu Ventures is 10-50 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 19 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is constantly included in 13-24 investment rounds annually. Opposing the other organizations, this Baidu Ventures works on 28 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2018.

The overall number of key employees were 3.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Taihe Music Group, Insilico Medicine, Atomwise. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology. The fund has no 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 - China.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Zhongke Jiahe

Information Technology
Semiconductor
Software
19 Mar 2024 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Shengshu Technology

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Service Industry
12 Mar 2024 Haidian, Beijing, China

Zelos

$100M27 Feb 2024 Haidian, Beijing, China

Sondit

Manufacturing
Transportation
10 Aug 2023 Xian Shi, Shaanxi, China

Shengshu Technology

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Service Industry
$15M19 Jun 2023 Haidian, Beijing, China

GruEnergy

Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Semiconductor
08 May 2023 San Jose, California, United States

Xihu Xinchen

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Health Care
27 Mar 2023 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Jinfang Pharmaceutical

Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$75M09 Mar 2023 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Base Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
16 Jan 2023 Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
News
Insilico Medicine Raises $255 Million in Series C Financing Led by Warburg Pincus

– Insilico Medicine announced that it has closed a $255m Series C.
– The financing led by Warburg Pincus, and participated by current investors including Qiming Venture Partners, Pavilion Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Lilly Asia Ventures, Sinovation Ventures, BOLD Capital Partners, Formic Ventures, Baidu Ventures, and new investors including CPE, OrbiMed, Mirae Asset Capital, B Capital Group, Deerfield Management, Maison Capital, Lake Bleu Capital, President International Development Corporation, Sequoia Capital China and Sage Partners.
– The financing will be used to progress Insilico Medicine’s current therapeutic programs into human clinical trials, initiate multiple new programs for novel and difficult targets, and further develop its AI and drug discovery capabilities.

Engine Biosciences Announces $43 Million Series A Round to Decipher Genetic Codes for New Medicines Through Machine Learning and Next-Generation Combinatorial Genetics

– Engine Biosciences announced the successful completion of an oversubscribed $43m Series A funding round.
– Engine identifies errors in the complex genetic codes of diseases, fixing them with precise therapeutic solutions.
– This round was led by Polaris Partners and also included new investors Invus and one of the world’s premier institutional investors, based in Singapore.
– Existing investors also participated in the Series A, which included 6 Dimensions Capital, WuXi AppTec, DHVC, EDBI, Baidu Ventures, Vectr Ventures, Goodman Capital, WI Harper, and Nest.Bio.
– Amy Schulman, Managing Partner at Polaris Partners, has joined the Engine Biosciences Board of Directors.

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Total investments 166
Average round size 15M
Rounds per year 20.75
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 37
Follow on index 0.24
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.82

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Zhongke Jiahe

Information Technology
Semiconductor
Software
19 Mar 2024 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Shengshu Technology

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Service Industry
12 Mar 2024 Haidian, Beijing, China

Zelos

$100M27 Feb 2024 Haidian, Beijing, China

Sondit

Manufacturing
Transportation
10 Aug 2023 Xian Shi, Shaanxi, China

Shengshu Technology

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Service Industry
$15M19 Jun 2023 Haidian, Beijing, China

GruEnergy

Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Semiconductor
08 May 2023 San Jose, California, United States

Xihu Xinchen

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Health Care
27 Mar 2023 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Jinfang Pharmaceutical

Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$75M09 Mar 2023 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Base Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
16 Jan 2023 Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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