Kurma Partners

Summary

In 2009 was created Kurma Partners, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in Europe in France. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Paris.

The fund was created by Thierry Laugel. The overall number of key employees were 6.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Kurma Partners, startups are often financed by Ysios Capital, Wilco, Bpifrance. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Paris-Saclay Seed Fund, Bpifrance, Idinvest Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Bpifrance, Life Sciences Partners, Ysios Capital.

The top activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Comparing to the other companies, this Kurma Partners performs on 19 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 54 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - France. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Therapeutics, Medical Device. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight AM Pharma, Minoryx Therapeutics, Dynacure.