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Berkeley Catalyst Fund (BCF)

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Total investments 30
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$18M
Portfolio companies 20
Rounds per year 3.33
Lead investments 5
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Exits 2
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Therapeutics
  • Manufacturing
Summary

Berkeley Catalyst Fund (BCF) is the famous VC, which was founded in 2015. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the San Francisco.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Nanotechnology, Genetics. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Nelumbo

The important activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 47 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Berkeley Catalyst Fund (BCF), startups are often financed by SOSV, IndieBio, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Viking Global Investors, University of Michigan MINTS fund, UPC Renewables. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SOSV, IndieBio.

Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

PrinterPrezz

3D Printing
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$52M07 Mar 2023 Fremont, California, United States

Telesair

Health Care
Hospital
Personal Health
$22M10 Jan 2023 Irvine, California, United States

Valitor

Biotechnology
Developer Tools
Medical
Therapeutics
$28M05 Oct 2022 Berkeley, California, United States

Vicinitas Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$65M28 Jul 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Arima Genomics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$7M15 Mar 2022 San Diego, California, United States

Akadeum Life Sciences

Biotechnology
Information Technology
Medical
$17M12 Oct 2021 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Acrigen Biosciences

Biotechnology
Genetics
Life Science
28 Sep 2021 Berkeley, California, United States

Filtricine

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
03 Aug 2021 San Jose, California, United States

Amplicore

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$4M25 Mar 2021 Illinois, United States
News
Amplicore Closes $4M Seed Funding

– Amplicore from Cincinnati develops minimally invasive therapeutic solutions for musculoskeletal diseases.
– The company closed its $4m seed round of funding.
– The round was led by Photon Fund, with participation from Industrial Technology Investment Corporation, Berkeley Catalyst Fund, and SVE Capital.
– The new investment will be used to complete the preclinical development of the company’s two leading products, AM3101 and AM1101, and position itself for the next round of financing.

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Total investments 30
Average round size 18M
Rounds per year 3.33
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.30
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.93

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

PrinterPrezz

3D Printing
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$52M07 Mar 2023 Fremont, California, United States

Telesair

Health Care
Hospital
Personal Health
$22M10 Jan 2023 Irvine, California, United States

Valitor

Biotechnology
Developer Tools
Medical
Therapeutics
$28M05 Oct 2022 Berkeley, California, United States

Vicinitas Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$65M28 Jul 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Arima Genomics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$7M15 Mar 2022 San Diego, California, United States

Akadeum Life Sciences

Biotechnology
Information Technology
Medical
$17M12 Oct 2021 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Acrigen Biosciences

Biotechnology
Genetics
Life Science
28 Sep 2021 Berkeley, California, United States

Filtricine

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
03 Aug 2021 San Jose, California, United States

Amplicore

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$4M25 Mar 2021 Illinois, United States
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