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Gilead Sciences

Founders Michael L. Riordan

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Total investments 65
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$132M
Portfolio companies 53
Rounds per year 1.76
Lead investments 22
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.18
Exits 11
Key employees 4

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Therapeutics
  • Non Profit
  • Medical
Summary

In 1987 was created Gilead Sciences, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Foster City. The venture was found in North America in United States.

We also calculated 4 valuable employees in our database.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 participants. Despite the Gilead Sciences, startups are often financed by Penn Medicine Co-Investment Fund, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Lilly Asia Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Be The Match BioTherapies, Yonghua Capital, Ping An Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Penn Medicine Co-Investment Fund, Be The Match BioTherapies, venBio Select Advisor.

Deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Opposing the other organizations, this Gilead Sciences works on 4 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2019. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Allogene Therapeutics, AlloVir, Lyndra Therapeutics. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Tentarix Biotherapeutics

Biotechnology
$35M06 Sep 2023 La Jolla, California, United States

Kyverna Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$60M03 Aug 2023 Berkeley, California, United States

Exavir Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$4M23 May 2022 -

Curebase

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Software
$40M05 May 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Lyndra Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$60M24 Jun 2021 Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Vaccitech

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$168M17 Mar 2021 Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical Device
Nanotechnology
$46M15 Jul 2020 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$100M30 Jun 2020 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Vineti

Biotechnology
Cloud Computing
Enterprise Software
Software
Therapeutics
$35M05 Feb 2020 San Francisco, California, United States
News
Lyndra Therapeutics Closes $60.5M Series C Financing

– Lyndra Therapeutics from Watertown, MA develops a novel technology platform that transforms daily pills into once-weekly to monthly oral treatment options.
– The company closed a $60.5m Series C financing round.
– The round was led by new investor, AIG Investments, an affiliate of American International Group with participation from new investors Yipinhong Pharmaceutical (USA) Limited, Limitless Ventures and the Catalytic Impact Foundation with ImpactAssets, and existing investors Polaris Partners, Invus, Quark Venture, Mass General Brigham Ventures, HOPU Investments, and Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Vaccitech Raises $168M in Series B Financing

– Vaccitech Ltd from Oxford develops a proprietary platform to treat and prevent infectious diseases and cancer.
– The company raised $168m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by M&G Investment Management and attracted new investor Tencent, Gilead Sciences, Monaco Constitutional Reserve Fund, and Future Planet Capital among others.
– The new investment will be used to develop the company’s pipeline of product candidates targeting infectious disease (including MERS coronavirus and Herpes Zoster) and cancer (including non-small cell lung cancer).

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Total investments 65
Average round size 132M
Rounds per year 1.76
Peak activity year 2024
Lead investments 22
Follow on index 0.18
Exits 11
Group Appearance index 0.38

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Tentarix Biotherapeutics

Biotechnology
$35M06 Sep 2023 La Jolla, California, United States

Kyverna Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$60M03 Aug 2023 Berkeley, California, United States

Exavir Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$4M23 May 2022 -

Curebase

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Software
$40M05 May 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Lyndra Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$60M24 Jun 2021 Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Vaccitech

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$168M17 Mar 2021 Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical Device
Nanotechnology
$46M15 Jul 2020 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$100M30 Jun 2020 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Vineti

Biotechnology
Cloud Computing
Enterprise Software
Software
Therapeutics
$35M05 Feb 2020 San Francisco, California, United States
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