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Clarus Ventures

Founders David Field

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Total investments 87
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$34M
Portfolio companies 45
Rounds per year 4.83
Lead investments 28
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.48
Exits 31
Key employees 7
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Medical Device
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Galera Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$70M19 Sep 2018 Pennsylvania, United States

Avrobio

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
$60M01 Feb 2018 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Health Care
$75M17 Oct 2017 Palo Alto, California, United States

Gritstone Oncology

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$93M07 Sep 2017 California, United States

Cleave Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
$37M17 Aug 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Avrobio

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
$25M02 Aug 2016 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Annexon Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Life Science
Therapeutics
$44M23 Jun 2016 South San Francisco, California, United States

GrayBug

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$44M02 May 2016 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Lumos Pharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$34M06 Apr 2016 Austin, Texas, United States

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Total investments 87
Average round size 34M
Rounds per year 4.83
Peak activity year 2010
Lead investments 28
Follow on index 0.48
Exits 31
Group Appearance index 0.91

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Galera Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$70M19 Sep 2018 Pennsylvania, United States

Avrobio

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
$60M01 Feb 2018 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Health Care
$75M17 Oct 2017 Palo Alto, California, United States

Gritstone Oncology

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$93M07 Sep 2017 California, United States

Cleave Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
$37M17 Aug 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Avrobio

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
$25M02 Aug 2016 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Annexon Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Life Science
Therapeutics
$44M23 Jun 2016 South San Francisco, California, United States

GrayBug

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$44M02 May 2016 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Lumos Pharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$34M06 Apr 2016 Austin, Texas, United States
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