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Masa Life Science Fund

Founders Sinclair Dunlop

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Total investments 4
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$10M
Portfolio companies 3
Lead investments 0
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.25
Exits 1
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Therapeutics
  • Health Care
  • Drug Discovery
  • Therapeutic Devices
Summary

The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Washington.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Cytox, MediQuest Therapeutics. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Biotechnology, Health Care.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Masa Life Science Fund, startups are often financed by Novo Holdings, National Institutes of Health, Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC). The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Integra Ventures, Qi3 Ventures, Pegasus Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Wren Capital, Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC), Walking Ventures.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Comparing to the other companies, this Masa Life Science Fund performs on 4 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The top activity for fund was in 2009.

The current fund was established by Sinclair Dunlop. Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Apellis Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$3M20 Jun 2011 Massachusetts, United States

Cytox

Biotechnology
Genetics
$822K24 Jun 2009 England

MediQuest Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Discovery Tools (Healthcare)
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Therapeutic Devices
Therapeutics
$23M16 Jun 2009 Washington, United States

MediQuest Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Discovery Tools (Healthcare)
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Therapeutic Devices
Therapeutics
$16M15 Jun 2006 Washington, United States

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Total investments 4
Average round size 10M
Peak activity year 2009
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.25
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Apellis Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$3M20 Jun 2011 Massachusetts, United States

Cytox

Biotechnology
Genetics
$822K24 Jun 2009 England

MediQuest Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Discovery Tools (Healthcare)
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Therapeutic Devices
Therapeutics
$23M16 Jun 2009 Washington, United States

MediQuest Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Discovery Tools (Healthcare)
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Therapeutic Devices
Therapeutics
$16M15 Jun 2006 Washington, United States
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