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Eshelman Ventures

Founders Fred Eshelman

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Total investments 14
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$26M
Portfolio companies 9
Lead investments 4
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.36
Exits 3
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Areas of investment

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

The main office of represented VC is situated in the Wilmington. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Dignify Therapeutics, Sapience Therapeutics, Sapience Therapeutics. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 3 or 4 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Developer Platform, Biotechnology.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Eshelman Ventures, startups are often financed by Mountain Group Capital, MedImmune Ventures, Hatteras Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are RA Capital Management, TaiAn Technologies, Mountain Group Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tavistock Life Sciences, TaiAn Technologies, Small Business Innovation Research.

This organization was formed by Fred Eshelman.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 51 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this Eshelman Ventures performs on 15 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017. When the investment is from Eshelman Ventures the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sapience Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$41M31 May 2022 New York, United States

ARC Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$30M31 Mar 2022 Durham, North Carolina, United States

Kinnate Biopharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$74M19 Dec 2019 San Diego, California, United States

Kinnate Biopharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$22M01 Apr 2018 San Diego, California, United States

Sapience Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$22M12 Jul 2016 New York, United States

G1 Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Developer Platform
Medical
Therapeutics
$47M11 May 2016 Durham, North Carolina, United States

Cellective BioTherapy

Biotechnology
Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
Medical Device
$2M12 Jun 2015 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

G1 Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Developer Platform
Medical
Therapeutics
$33M05 Feb 2015 Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Total investments 14
Average round size 26M
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.36
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.64

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sapience Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$41M31 May 2022 New York, United States

ARC Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$30M31 Mar 2022 Durham, North Carolina, United States

Kinnate Biopharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$74M19 Dec 2019 San Diego, California, United States

Kinnate Biopharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$22M01 Apr 2018 San Diego, California, United States

Sapience Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$22M12 Jul 2016 New York, United States

G1 Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Developer Platform
Medical
Therapeutics
$47M11 May 2016 Durham, North Carolina, United States

Cellective BioTherapy

Biotechnology
Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
Medical Device
$2M12 Jun 2015 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

G1 Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Developer Platform
Medical
Therapeutics
$33M05 Feb 2015 Durham, North Carolina, United States
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