Ipsen

Total investments

13

Average round size

43M

Portfolio companies

10

Rounds per year

0.14

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.23

Exits

3

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyDrug DiscoveryPharmaceuticalsHealth CareManufacturingDeveloper PlatformPharmaceuticalTherapeuticsSearch EngineBiopharma

Summary

Ipsen is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1929. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Boulogne-billancourt. The venture was found in Europe in France.

Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 9 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The important activity for fund was in 2019. This Ipsen works on 4 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Ipsen, startups are often financed by New Enterprise Associates, MPM Capital, Third Rock Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Third Rock Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, MPM Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Third Rock Ventures, SV Health Investors, Pfizer Venture Investments.

The current fund was established by Henri Beaufour.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Biotechnology, Health Care. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Thesan Pharmaceuticals, Pyxis Oncology, Pyxis Oncology For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference 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. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
13
Lead investments
1
Exits
3
Rounds per year
0.14
Follow on index
0.23
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (10)
  • Health Care (10)
  • Pharmaceutical (7)
  • Therapeutics (7)
  • Drug Discovery (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (11)
  • United Kingdom (1)
  • Italy (1)
Peak activity year
2012
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
13
Avg. valuation at time of investment
40M
Group Appearance index
0.85
Avg. company exit year
8
Avg. multiplicator
2.43
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals 27 Nov 2012 Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics Early Stage Venture 33M United States, Massachusetts, Boston
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