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Galen Partners

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Total investments 28
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$13M
Portfolio companies 16
Rounds per year 0.82
Lead investments 10
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.39
Exits 11
Key employees 6
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Hospital
  • Manufacturing
  • Medical Device
  • Medical
Summary

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

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Galen Partners, startups are often financed by Sycamore Ventures, WI Harper Group, Harbinger Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sycamore Ventures, Amkey Ventures, PTV Healthcare Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Ziegler Meditech Equity Partners, PTV Healthcare Capital, Amkey Ventures.

The overall number of key employees were 5.

Comparing to the other companies, this Galen Partners performs on 2 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2012. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 26 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2020. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get 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 States. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Medical Device, Information Technology. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Sharecare, InTouch Health, Aperio Technologies.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cambrooke Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Fitness
Food Products
Health Care
Nutrition
Other Healthcare
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
11 Apr 2016 Massachusetts, United States

lifeIMAGE

Health Care
Hospital
Information Technology
$15M18 Apr 2013 Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Tactile Medical

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$10M05 Oct 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Aperio Technologies

Hospital
Pharmaceutical
Software
$20M13 Mar 2008 Vista, California, United States

Tactile Medical

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$11M30 Oct 2007 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Aperio Technologies

Hospital
Pharmaceutical
Software
$10M30 May 2007 Vista, California, United States

Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$14M23 May 2006 Sunnyvale, California, United States

InTouch Health

Consulting
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$12M29 Sep 2005 Santa Barbara, California, United States

JDS Pharmaceuticals LLC.

Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$62M17 Nov 2004 Pennsylvania, United States

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Total investments 28
Average round size 13M
Rounds per year 0.82
Peak activity year 2012
Lead investments 10
Follow on index 0.39
Exits 11
Group Appearance index 0.86

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cambrooke Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Fitness
Food Products
Health Care
Nutrition
Other Healthcare
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
11 Apr 2016 Massachusetts, United States

lifeIMAGE

Health Care
Hospital
Information Technology
$15M18 Apr 2013 Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Tactile Medical

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$10M05 Oct 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Aperio Technologies

Hospital
Pharmaceutical
Software
$20M13 Mar 2008 Vista, California, United States

Tactile Medical

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$11M30 Oct 2007 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Aperio Technologies

Hospital
Pharmaceutical
Software
$10M30 May 2007 Vista, California, United States

Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$14M23 May 2006 Sunnyvale, California, United States

InTouch Health

Consulting
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$12M29 Sep 2005 Santa Barbara, California, United States

JDS Pharmaceuticals LLC.

Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$62M17 Nov 2004 Pennsylvania, United States
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