Leaps by Bayer

Type

CVC

Status

Active

Location

Berlin, Germany

Total investments

78

Average round size

55M

Portfolio companies

52

Rounds per year

8.67

Lead investments

12

Follow on index

0.33

Exits

1

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyInformation TechnologyHealth CareWellnessMedicalPharmaceuticalTherapeuticsBiopharmaAgricultureFarming

Summary

Leaps by Bayer appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2015. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Leverkusen. The company was established in Europe in Germany.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Leaps by Bayer, startups are often financed by Longwood Founders Fund, Ipsen, Agent Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Longwood Founders Fund, Ipsen, Agent Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Longwood Founders Fund, Ipsen, Agent Capital.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Century Therapeutics, Pyxis Oncology, Pyxis Oncology Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Therapeutics, Pharmaceutical. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 47 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Biotech/Life SciencesHealthcareMedtechAgricultureFoodtech
Stage focus
Series ASeries BSeed

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
EUR 1300000000
Fund raised date
2022-04-03

Analytics

Total investments
78
Lead investments
12
Exits
1
Rounds per year
8.67
Follow on index
0.33
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (50)
  • Health Care (38)
  • Therapeutics (19)
  • Agriculture (17)
  • Medical (15)
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Investments by region
  • United States (68)
  • United Kingdom (2)
  • Germany (1)
  • Canada (2)
  • Kenya (2)
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Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
6
Avg. valuation at time of investment
93M
Group Appearance index
0.95
Avg. company exit year
8
Avg. multiplicator
4.06
Strategy success index
0.50

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Deka Biosciences 01 Jan 2022 Biotechnology, Health Care Early Stage Venture 21M United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Summer Health 23 Apr 2024 Home Health Care Early Stage Venture 11M United States, New York, New York
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