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Biogen Idec

Founders Bernard Mach Jeff Behrens Phillip Sharp

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Total investments 28
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$77M
Portfolio companies 26
Rounds per year 0.61
Lead investments 7
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.07
Exits 15
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

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

Biogen Idec appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1978. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Weston. The venture was found in North America in United States.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Samsung Bioepis, Vivoryon Therapeutics, Neurimmune Holding The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Biopharma, Medical Device.

The current fund was established by Bernard Mach, Jeff Behrens, Phillip Sharp.

Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 12 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. This Biogen Idec works on 28 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2009. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. When the investment is from Biogen Idec the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Biogen Idec, startups are often financed by Warburg Pincus, Mayfield Fund, Abingworth. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SR One, U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), Partners HealthCare. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SR One, MPM Capital, Kleiner Perkins.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Autobahn Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$76M11 Jun 2020 San Diego, California, United States

Solid Biosciences

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Medical
$50M30 Mar 2017 Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States

Rodin Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$17M06 Jan 2016 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

True North Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Health Care
$22M17 Jun 2014 South San Francisco, California, United States

Ataxion

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$17M17 Mar 2014 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Knopp Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$30M03 Dec 2012 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

iPierian

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
$29M09 Nov 2010 South San Francisco, California, United States

Virdante Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$30M25 Nov 2009 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Intellikine

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$51M22 Jul 2009 San Diego, California, United States

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Total investments 28
Average round size 77M
Rounds per year 0.61
Peak activity year 2008
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.07
Exits 15
Group Appearance index 0.71

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Autobahn Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$76M11 Jun 2020 San Diego, California, United States

Solid Biosciences

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Medical
$50M30 Mar 2017 Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States

Rodin Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$17M06 Jan 2016 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

True North Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Health Care
$22M17 Jun 2014 South San Francisco, California, United States

Ataxion

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$17M17 Mar 2014 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Knopp Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$30M03 Dec 2012 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

iPierian

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
$29M09 Nov 2010 South San Francisco, California, United States

Virdante Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$30M25 Nov 2009 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Intellikine

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$51M22 Jul 2009 San Diego, California, United States
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