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Fusion IP

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Total investments 23
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 15
Rounds per year 1.05
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.35
Exits 4
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Health Diagnostics
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Education
Summary

Fusion IP appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2002. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Sheffield. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Fusion IP, startups are often financed by Development Bank of Wales, The ERA Foundation, Viking Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Development Bank of Wales, IP Group Plc, Spirit Capital Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by IP Group Plc, Development Bank of Wales, South Yorkshire Investment Fund.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Mesuro, Nanotether Discovery Services, Phase Focus. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Biopharma, Analytics. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2012. Comparing to the other companies, this Fusion IP performs on 7 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 9 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Exonate

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Diagnostics
Pharmaceutical
$548K03 Nov 2013 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Absynth Biologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
$1M18 Jul 2013 United Kingdom, England

Nanotether Discovery Services

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$3M20 Aug 2012 Cardiff, United Kingdom

Seren Photonics

Commercial
Electrical Distribution
Electronics
Manufacturing
$650K15 Dec 2010 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Mesuro

Semiconductor
Telecommunications
$1M02 Jun 2009 United Kingdom, Wales

Medella Therapeutics Ltd.

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$438K01 Jun 2007 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

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Total investments 23
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 1.05
Peak activity year 2012
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.35
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.74

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Exonate

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Diagnostics
Pharmaceutical
$548K03 Nov 2013 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Absynth Biologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
$1M18 Jul 2013 United Kingdom, England

Nanotether Discovery Services

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$3M20 Aug 2012 Cardiff, United Kingdom

Seren Photonics

Commercial
Electrical Distribution
Electronics
Manufacturing
$650K15 Dec 2010 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Mesuro

Semiconductor
Telecommunications
$1M02 Jun 2009 United Kingdom, Wales

Medella Therapeutics Ltd.

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$438K01 Jun 2007 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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