Gemma Frisius Fund

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Leuven, Belgium

Total investments

33

Average round size

7M

Portfolio companies

25

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.24

Exits

4

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareAnalyticsInformation TechnologyHealth CareGeneticsManufacturingMedicalTherapeuticsChemical

Summary

The venture was found in Europe in Belgium. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Leuven.

Opposing the other organizations, this Gemma Frisius Fund works on 9 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 5 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Information Technology, Medical. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Belgium. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Aristo Music Technology, TROD Medical, Cartagenia.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Gemma Frisius Fund, startups are often financed by Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij, Vesalius Biocapital Partners, Quest for Growth. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are PMV, Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij, University of Leuven. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO), SmartFin Capital, PMV.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistAI/Big DataB2B/EnterpriseCloud/InfrastructureConsumer/Retail Show 6 more
Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
33
Lead investments
3
Exits
4
Follow on index
0.24
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (14)
  • Health Care (6)
  • Therapeutics (5)
  • Medical (5)
  • Manufacturing (5)
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Investments by region
  • Belgium (27)
  • France (1)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2019

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
38K
Group Appearance index
0.97
Avg. company exit year
8

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Porphyrio 17 Jul 2014 Software, Computer, Innovation Management Early Stage Venture 1M Flemish Brabant, Leuven, Belgium
Protealis 23 Jan 2024 Early Stage Venture 25M

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