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BVF Partners

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Total investments 66
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$75M
Portfolio companies 56
Rounds per year 2.20
Lead investments 5
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.15
Exits 31
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Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Therapeutics
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Life Science
Summary

The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the San Francisco. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5 partakers. Despite the BVF Partners, startups are often financed by Purdue Pharma, Versant Ventures, MPM Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Versant Ventures, Wellington Management, Surveyor Capital.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Repare Therapeutics. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Canada. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Care, Pharmaceutical.

The important activity for fund was in 2019. Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Alpha9 Theranostics

Biotechnology
Medical
Product Research
$75M14 Dec 2022 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dren Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$65M14 Jun 2022 California, United States

Elektrofi

Alternative Medicine
Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$40M13 Jun 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Ventus Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
$140M09 Feb 2022 Massachusetts, United States

Simcha Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$40M27 Jan 2022 New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Third Harmonic Bio

Biotechnology
Life Science
$105M16 Jan 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

AN2 Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$80M07 Jan 2022 California, United States

Quanta Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$60M26 Oct 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Exo Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$78M05 Oct 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
News
ShouTi Secures $100 Million Series B Financing to Accelerate Development of Life-Changing Medicines Fueled by Advanced Computational, Structure-Based Drug Design Platform

– ShouTi Inc. announced the close of a $100m Series B financing round.
– The round was led by BVF Partners. Additional new investors include Casdin Capital, Cormorant Asset Management, Janus Henderson Investors, Lilly Asia Ventures, Monashee Capital, Sage Partners, Stork Capital, Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company), TCG X, Terra Magnum Capital Partners, Woodline Partners, and co-founder and strategic partner Schrödinger.
– Existing investors also participated in the financing, including Eight Roads, F-Prime Capital Partners, Qiming Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital China, TF Capital and Wuxi AppTec.

HilleVax Closes $135 Million Crossover Financing to Advance Clinical Stage Norovirus Vaccine Candidate

– HilleVax, Inc. (HilleVax), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel vaccine candidates, announced the close of a $135 million crossover financing led by Frazier Healthcare Partners and joined by RA Capital Management, Deerfield Management Company, Abingworth, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Perceptive Advisors, Catalys Pacific, Samsara BioCapital, BVF Partners, Qiming Venture Partners USA, Greenspring Associates, Richard King Mellon Foundation, and Sahsen Ventures.
– The proceeds of this financing support the further clinical development of HilleVax’s virus-like particle (VLP) based vaccine candidate, HIL-214, for the prevention of moderate-to-severe acute gastroenteritis caused by norovirus infection.

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Total investments 66
Average round size 75M
Rounds per year 2.20
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.15
Exits 31
Group Appearance index 0.92

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Alpha9 Theranostics

Biotechnology
Medical
Product Research
$75M14 Dec 2022 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dren Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$65M14 Jun 2022 California, United States

Elektrofi

Alternative Medicine
Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$40M13 Jun 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Ventus Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
$140M09 Feb 2022 Massachusetts, United States

Simcha Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$40M27 Jan 2022 New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Third Harmonic Bio

Biotechnology
Life Science
$105M16 Jan 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

AN2 Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$80M07 Jan 2022 California, United States

Quanta Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$60M26 Oct 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Exo Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$78M05 Oct 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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