Centre for Drug Research and Development

Total investments

4

Average round size

681K

Portfolio companies

3

Rounds per year

0.29

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.25

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceuticalBiopharmaBioinformaticsDiabetes

Summary

Centre for Drug Research and Development appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2007. The company was established in North America in Canada. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Vancouver.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Canada. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Biotechnology, Diabetes. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Zucara Therapeutics, Sitka Biopharma.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2 participants. Despite the Centre for Drug Research and Development, startups are often financed by Quark Venture, GF Securities. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners, National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, Canadian Glycomics Network.

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Analytics

Total investments
4
Lead investments
1
Rounds per year
0.29
Follow on index
0.25
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (4)
  • Pharmaceutical (3)
  • Diabetes (2)
  • Bioinformatics (1)
  • Health Care (1)
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Investments by region
  • Canada (4)
Peak activity year
2018

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Group Appearance index
0.75

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Zucara Therapeutics 03 Nov 2016 Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Diabetes Seed 525K Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia
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