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BioMedPartners

Founders Gerhard Ries

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Total investments 82
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$21M
Portfolio companies 46
Rounds per year 4.10
Lead investments 20
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.44
Exits 19
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Therapeutics
  • Medical Device
  • Medical
Summary

The venture was found in Europe in Switzerland. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Basel.

The fund was created by Gerhard Ries. We also calculated 4 valuable employees in our database.

The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Anergis, Inotrem, Miracor Medical. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Developer Platform, Health Care. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Switzerland.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. This BioMedPartners works on 0 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2014. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2014. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 12 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the BioMedPartners, startups are often financed by Novartis Venture Fund, High-Tech Gru00fcnderfonds, KfW. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Novartis Venture Fund, BB Biotech Ventures, Neomed Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SV Health Investors, Novartis Venture Fund, HBM Healthcare Investments AG.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TOLREMO therapeutics

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$3M20 Sep 2023 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Tricares

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$55M16 Sep 2022 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

ImmunOs Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$77M07 Jun 2022 Zurich, Switzerland

Tubulis

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$70M03 May 2022 Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Precirix

Biotechnology
$94M16 Mar 2022 City of Brussels, Belgium

Scenic Biotech

Biometrics
Biotechnology
Collaborative Consumption
Life Science
$33M10 Mar 2022 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Cardior Pharmaceuticals

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$75M25 Aug 2021 Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Topas Therapeutics

Advanced Materials
Biotechnology
Chemical
Chemical Engineering
$21M29 Jul 2021 Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Alentis Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$65M15 Jun 2021 Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
News
Cardior Raises €64M in Series B Funding

– Cardior Pharmaceuticals from Hanover develops non-coding RNA (ncRNA)-based therapeutics for patients with cardiac diseases.
– The company closed a €64m ($76m) Series B financing round.
– The round was led by Inkef Capital, supported by fellow new investors Fund+, Sunstone, Hadean Ventures and Coparion with participation from existing investors including LSP, BioMedPartners, Bristol Myers Squibb and High-Tech Gründerfonds.
– The new investment will be used for the late-stage clinical development of its lead program and the expansion of its earlier-stage pipeline.

Alentis Therapeutics Raises $67M in Series B Financing

– Alentis Therapeutics from Basel develops new treatments for fibrotic diseases.
– The company raised $67m in Series B financing round.
– The round was led by Morningside Venture Investments, joined by Jeito Capital and Series A investors BioMed Partners, BB Pureos Bioventures, Bpifrance through its InnoBio 2 fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Schroders Capital.
– The new investment will be used to support the company’s drug discovery programs targeting other fibrotic diseases and hepatobiliary cancers.

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Total investments 82
Average round size 21M
Rounds per year 4.10
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 20
Follow on index 0.44
Exits 19
Group Appearance index 0.99

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TOLREMO therapeutics

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$3M20 Sep 2023 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Tricares

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$55M16 Sep 2022 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

ImmunOs Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$77M07 Jun 2022 Zurich, Switzerland

Tubulis

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$70M03 May 2022 Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Precirix

Biotechnology
$94M16 Mar 2022 City of Brussels, Belgium

Scenic Biotech

Biometrics
Biotechnology
Collaborative Consumption
Life Science
$33M10 Mar 2022 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Cardior Pharmaceuticals

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$75M25 Aug 2021 Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Topas Therapeutics

Advanced Materials
Biotechnology
Chemical
Chemical Engineering
$21M29 Jul 2021 Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Alentis Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$65M15 Jun 2021 Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
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