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Life Science Angels

Founders Allan May

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Total investments 83
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 59
Rounds per year 4.15
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.28
Exits 7
Key employees 18
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical Device
  • Medical
  • Life Science
Summary

Life Science Angels is the famous VC, which was founded in 2004. The main department of described VC is located in the Sunnyvale. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. When the investment is from Life Science Angels the average startup value is 1-5 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 4 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The top activity for fund was in 2007. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Comparing to the other companies, this Life Science Angels performs on 13 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

The fund was created by Allan May. Besides them, we counted 18 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The fund has no specific favorite 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. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Medical Device, Health Diagnostics. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Vaxart, Verdezyne, OncoHealth. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Life Science Angels, startups are often financed by Tech Coast Angels, Sand Hill Angels, Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC). The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Tech Coast Angels, Sand Hill Angels, The Angels' Forum. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tech Coast Angels, Sand Hill Angels, OVP Venture Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Pelvital

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$2M22 Apr 2024 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Neurava

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
$2M03 Apr 2024 -

Avisi Technologies

Health Care
Medical Device
Nanotechnology
$6M01 Oct 2023 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$6M18 Aug 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

InnoSIGN

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$8M22 Mar 2022 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

Avisi Technologies

Health Care
Medical Device
Nanotechnology
$1M01 Sep 2021 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Allyx Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
$7M01 Jun 2021 New Haven, New York, United States

Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$6M03 May 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Strategikon Pharma

B2B
Clinical Trials
PaaS
Pharmaceutical
SaaS
Software
22 Apr 2021 San Rafael, California, United States

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Total investments 83
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 4.15
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.28
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.60

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Pelvital

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$2M22 Apr 2024 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Neurava

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
$2M03 Apr 2024 -

Avisi Technologies

Health Care
Medical Device
Nanotechnology
$6M01 Oct 2023 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$6M18 Aug 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

InnoSIGN

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$8M22 Mar 2022 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

Avisi Technologies

Health Care
Medical Device
Nanotechnology
$1M01 Sep 2021 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Allyx Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
$7M01 Jun 2021 New Haven, New York, United States

Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$6M03 May 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Strategikon Pharma

B2B
Clinical Trials
PaaS
Pharmaceutical
SaaS
Software
22 Apr 2021 San Rafael, California, United States
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