BVF Partners

Total investments

66

Average round size

75M

Portfolio companies

56

Rounds per year

2.20

Lead investments

5

Follow on index

0.15

Exits

31

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsMedical DeviceMedicalLife SciencePharmaceuticalTherapeuticsBiopharmaAlternative Medicine

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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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
66
Lead investments
5
Exits
31
Rounds per year
2.20
Follow on index
0.15
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (63)
  • Health Care (28)
  • Therapeutics (26)
  • Pharmaceutical (25)
  • Life Science (21)
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Investments by region
  • United States (51)
  • Switzerland (5)
  • Canada (5)
  • Netherlands (1)
  • Ireland (1)
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Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
9
Avg. valuation at time of investment
82M
Group Appearance index
0.92
Avg. company exit year
3
Avg. multiplicator
2.45
Strategy success index
0.80

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics 11 May 2021 Early Stage Venture Switzerland, Zug, Zug
Shoreline Biosciences 07 Feb 2021 Biotechnology, Medical, Life Science Early Stage Venture 43M United States, California, San Diego
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