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EcoR1 Capital

Founders Oleg Nodelman

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Total investments 115
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$105M
Portfolio companies 87
Rounds per year 9.58
Lead investments 11
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.23
Exits 64
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

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

EcoR1 Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2012. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the San Francisco.

We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 8-9 partakers. Despite the EcoR1 Capital, startups are often financed by ARCH Venture Partners, Third Rock Ventures, The Column Group. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Fidelity Management and Research Company, Cormorant Asset Management, Samsara BioCapital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Polaris Partners, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Cormorant Asset Management.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Clementia Pharmaceuticals, Relay Therapeutics, Codiak Biosciences. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Genetics, Medical Device. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 15 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. This EcoR1 Capital works on 22 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Ajax Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$95M13 May 2024 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Attovia Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$105M09 May 2024 Fremont, California, United States

Accent Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$75M23 Jan 2024 Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Terremoto Biosciences

$175M02 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

ReCode Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
Wellness
$50M19 Sep 2023 Dallas, Texas, United States

Actio Biosciences

Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Genetics
$55M12 Sep 2023 San Diego, California, United States

Paratus Sciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
$100M27 Feb 2023 New York, New York, United States

Dewpoint Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$150M03 Feb 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

NiKang Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$200M26 May 2021 Wilmington, Delaware, United States
News
ReCode Therapeutics Raises Oversubscribed Series B Financing Round of $80 Million

– ReCode Therapeutics announced the closing of an $80m Series B financing round co-led by Pfizer Ventures and EcoR1 Capital.
– The round was led by Pfizer Ventures and EcoR1 Capital.
– New investors include Sanofi Ventures, funds managed by Tekla Capital Management, Superstring Capital and NS Investment.
– Existing investors who participated included OrbiMed, Vida Ventures, MPM Capital, Colt Ventures, Hunt Technology Ventures, and Osage University Partners.

Ajax Therapeutics Raises $40 Million Financing To Develop Novel Small Molecules Targeting Cytokine Signaling Pathways for Hematologic Malignancies

– Ajax Therapeutics, Inc. announced the completion of a $40m financing.
– The round was led by EcoR1 Capital LLC with participation from additional new investor, Boxer Capital, as well as co-founding investors Inning One Ventures and Schrödinger, Inc.
– Existing research collaboration partners, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and NYU Langone Health, also participated in the financing.
– Concurrent with the financing, Scott Platshon, Partner of EcoR1 Capital, will join the Ajax Board of Directors.
– Proceeds from the financing will support the advancement of Ajax’ lead drug development programs targeting hematologic malignancies.

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Total investments 115
Average round size 105M
Rounds per year 9.58
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 11
Follow on index 0.23
Exits 64
Group Appearance index 0.98

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Ajax Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$95M13 May 2024 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Attovia Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$105M09 May 2024 Fremont, California, United States

Accent Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$75M23 Jan 2024 Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Terremoto Biosciences

$175M02 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

ReCode Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
Wellness
$50M19 Sep 2023 Dallas, Texas, United States

Actio Biosciences

Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Genetics
$55M12 Sep 2023 San Diego, California, United States

Paratus Sciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
$100M27 Feb 2023 New York, New York, United States

Dewpoint Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$150M03 Feb 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

NiKang Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$200M26 May 2021 Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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