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Genentech

Founders Kenneth Lee Robert Swanson

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Total investments 14
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$33M
Portfolio companies 12
Rounds per year 0.29
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.07
Exits 7
Key employees 7

Areas of investment

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

Genentech appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1976. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the South San Francisco. The company was established in North America in United States.

The fund was created by Kenneth Lee, Robert Swanson. The overall number of key employees were 6.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the Genentech, startups are often financed by HealthCare Ventures, Venrock, Third Rock Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are HealthCare Ventures, Yasuda Enterprise Development, Vertex Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Venrock, Topspin Partners, Third Rock Ventures.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight 23andMe, GlobeImmune, Kereos. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Therapeutics, Health Care. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

Opposing the other organizations, this Genentech works on 15 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The top activity for fund was in 2005. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 2 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The average startup value when the investment from Genentech is 50-100 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

The 15 White Coats

EdTech
Education
Pharmaceutical
$500K25 Aug 2023 Gretna, Virginia, United States

Constellation Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Genetics
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$95M17 Jan 2012 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

23andMe

Biotechnology
Genetics
Life Science
$9M03 Oct 2007 Sunnyvale, California, United States

GlobeImmune

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$34M16 Dec 2005 Colorado, United States

Kereos

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$19M20 Sep 2005 City of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Cellective Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$27M29 Sep 2004 Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Tercica

Biotechnology
Children
Pharmaceutical
$21M27 Mar 2002 Brisbane, California, United States

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Total investments 14
Average round size 33M
Rounds per year 0.29
Peak activity year 2005
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.07
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.64

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

The 15 White Coats

EdTech
Education
Pharmaceutical
$500K25 Aug 2023 Gretna, Virginia, United States

Constellation Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Genetics
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$95M17 Jan 2012 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

23andMe

Biotechnology
Genetics
Life Science
$9M03 Oct 2007 Sunnyvale, California, United States

GlobeImmune

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$34M16 Dec 2005 Colorado, United States

Kereos

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$19M20 Sep 2005 City of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Cellective Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$27M29 Sep 2004 Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Tercica

Biotechnology
Children
Pharmaceutical
$21M27 Mar 2002 Brisbane, California, United States
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