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Kingdon Capital

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Total investments 18
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$57M
Portfolio companies 16
Rounds per year 0.44
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.11
Exits 11
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Medical
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Health Care
  • Telecommunications
Summary

Kingdon Capital is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1983. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the New York. The company was established in North America in United States.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2015. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 0 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. This Kingdon Capital works on 51 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2017. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Kingdon Capital, startups are often financed by North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity, Battery Ventures, Viola Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Viola Ventures, Van Wagoner Ventures, LLC, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Wellington Financial, Visa International Service Association, Viola Ventures.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are E-Commerce, Pharmaceutical. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Luminous Networks, SandCraft, Napo Pharmaceuticals. 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 specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sapience Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$41M31 May 2022 New York, United States

Shoreline Biosciences

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$140M02 Nov 2021 San Diego, California, United States

CeQur

Biotechnology
Delivery
Diabetes
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$115M13 Apr 2021 Lucerne, Switzerland

Imago BioSciences

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$80M19 Nov 2020 California, United States

Bill Me Later

Credit
E-Commerce
Payments
$27M01 Mar 2006 Maryland, United States

Cyber Security
Information Technology
Software
$4M14 Aug 2002 California, United States

SandCraft

Hardware
Manufacturing
Product Design
$19M01 Jun 2000 San Jose, California, United States

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Total investments 18
Average round size 57M
Rounds per year 0.44
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.11
Exits 11
Group Appearance index 0.89

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sapience Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$41M31 May 2022 New York, United States

Shoreline Biosciences

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$140M02 Nov 2021 San Diego, California, United States

CeQur

Biotechnology
Delivery
Diabetes
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$115M13 Apr 2021 Lucerne, Switzerland

Imago BioSciences

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$80M19 Nov 2020 California, United States

Bill Me Later

Credit
E-Commerce
Payments
$27M01 Mar 2006 Maryland, United States

Cyber Security
Information Technology
Software
$4M14 Aug 2002 California, United States

SandCraft

Hardware
Manufacturing
Product Design
$19M01 Jun 2000 San Jose, California, United States
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