Clarus Ventures

Total investments

87

Average round size

34M

Portfolio companies

45

Rounds per year

4.83

Lead investments

28

Follow on index

0.48

Exits

31

Stages of investment
Private EquityEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedical DeviceMedicalLife SciencePharmaceuticalTherapeuticsBiopharma

Summary

Clarus Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2005. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Cambridge.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2013. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Clarus Ventures performs on 1 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2010. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 21 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The fund was created by David Field. The overall number of key employees were 7.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Clarus Ventures, startups are often financed by SV Health Investors, New Leaf Venture Partners, 5AM Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are 5AM Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners, OrbiMed. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by New Leaf Venture Partners, 5AM Ventures, SV Health Investors.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Annexon Biosciences, TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals, Aerovance For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Medical, Therapeutics. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
87
Lead investments
28
Exits
31
Rounds per year
4.83
Follow on index
0.48
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (79)
  • Health Care (70)
  • Medical (30)
  • Pharmaceutical (30)
  • Medical Device (14)
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Investments by region
  • United States (78)
  • United Kingdom (6)
  • Switzerland (2)
  • Canada (1)
Peak activity year
2010
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
2
Number of Minotaurs
2

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
16
Avg. valuation at time of investment
186M
Group Appearance index
0.91
Avg. company exit year
10
Avg. multiplicator
6.69
Strategy success index
0.60

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Aerovance 28 Mar 2007 Biotechnology, Medical, Pharmaceutical Late Stage Venture 60M United States, California, Berkeley
Get Bizzy Inc. 20 Nov 2017 E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Coffee Seed United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis
Lycera 10 Apr 2010 Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical, Biopharma Early Stage Venture 11M United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan
NeueHouse 01 Sep 2015 Other Commercial Services, Fashion, Coworking, Commercial Real Estate, Hospitality, Art Early Stage Venture 25M United States, New York

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