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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Founders Doris Tulcin Wynne Sharples

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Total investments 60
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$15M
Portfolio companies 43
Rounds per year 0.87
Lead investments 15
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.28
Exits 14
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Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Therapeutics
  • Medical
Summary

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1955. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Bethesda. The company was established in North America in United States.

Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 26 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2006. The high activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Opposing the other organizations, this Cystic Fibrosis Foundation works on 2 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, startups are often financed by Epidarex Capital, Imperial Innovations, Versant Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Aligo Innovation, Shionogi, RSJ Investments SICAV a.s.. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), RBC Capital Markets, Novo Holdings.

The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Pharmaceutical, Biopharma. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Laurent Pharmaceuticals, Parion Sciences

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sionna Therapeutics

Genetics
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$182M06 Mar 2024 Natick, Massachusetts, United States

SomaServe

$27M13 Nov 2023 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Nanite

$2M15 Mar 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pulmocide

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceuticals
$52M06 Dec 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Carmine Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
13 Oct 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Carbon Biosciences

Biotechnology
Product Research
Therapeutics
$38M21 Jun 2022 Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

Sionna Therapeutics

Genetics
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$110M19 Apr 2022 Natick, Massachusetts, United States

SalioGen Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$115M05 Jan 2022 Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$28M13 May 2021 Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel

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Total investments 60
Average round size 15M
Rounds per year 0.87
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 15
Follow on index 0.28
Exits 14
Group Appearance index 0.32

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sionna Therapeutics

Genetics
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$182M06 Mar 2024 Natick, Massachusetts, United States

SomaServe

$27M13 Nov 2023 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Nanite

$2M15 Mar 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pulmocide

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceuticals
$52M06 Dec 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Carmine Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
13 Oct 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Carbon Biosciences

Biotechnology
Product Research
Therapeutics
$38M21 Jun 2022 Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

Sionna Therapeutics

Genetics
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$110M19 Apr 2022 Natick, Massachusetts, United States

SalioGen Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$115M05 Jan 2022 Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$28M13 May 2021 Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
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