Masa Life Science Fund

Total investments

4

Average round size

10M

Portfolio companies

3

Follow on index

0.25

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
Therapeutic DevicesBiotechnologyDrug DiscoveryDiscovery Tools (Healthcare)Health CareGeneticsPharmaceuticalTherapeutics

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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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
4
Lead investments
0
Exits
1
Follow on index
0.25
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (4)
  • Therapeutics (3)
  • Health Care (3)
  • Drug Discovery (2)
  • Therapeutic Devices (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (3)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2009

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
19
Group Appearance index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Cytox 24 Jun 2009 Biotechnology, Genetics Seed 822K United Kingdom, England, Manchester

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