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NS Investment

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Total investments 21
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$93M
Portfolio companies 18
Rounds per year 2.62
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.14
Exits 6
Key employees 2

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Therapeutics
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Pharmaceutical
Summary

NS Investment is the famous VC, which was founded in 2016. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in South Korea. The main department of described VC is located in the Seoul.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 9-10 participants. Despite the NS Investment, startups are often financed by The Column Group, Topspin Partners, Third Rock Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are The Column Group, Sofinnova Investments, OrbiMed. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Topspin Partners, The Column Group, Taiho Ventures.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Biotechnology, Emergency Medicine. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 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 States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Antiva Biosciences, Surrozen, Fulcrum Therapeutics. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 2 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Comparing to the other companies, this NS Investment performs on 14 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Accent Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$75M23 Jan 2024 Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Aktis Oncology

Biotechnology
Life Science
$84M25 Aug 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Aspen Neuroscience

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$147M09 May 2022 San Diego, California, United States

DAAN Biotherapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$4M28 Mar 2022 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Dewpoint Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$150M03 Feb 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Shoreline Biosciences

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$140M02 Nov 2021 San Diego, California, United States

ReCode Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
Wellness
$80M21 Oct 2021 Dallas, Texas, United States

Immunitas Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$58M18 Aug 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Sonoma BioTherapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$265M04 Aug 2021 South San Francisco, California, United States
News
ReCode Therapeutics Raises Oversubscribed Series B Financing Round of $80 Million

– ReCode Therapeutics announced the closing of an $80m Series B financing round co-led by Pfizer Ventures and EcoR1 Capital.
– The round was led by Pfizer Ventures and EcoR1 Capital.
– New investors include Sanofi Ventures, funds managed by Tekla Capital Management, Superstring Capital and NS Investment.
– Existing investors who participated included OrbiMed, Vida Ventures, MPM Capital, Colt Ventures, Hunt Technology Ventures, and Osage University Partners.

Immunitas Therapeutics Closes $58M in Series B Financing

– Immunitas Therapeutics, a Waltham, MA-based single cell genomics-based therapeutics company, closed a $58m Series B financing.
– The round was led by Agent Capital with participation from Medical Excellence Capital (MEC), 120 Capital, Solasta Ventures, Mirae Asset, Ono Venture Investment, The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, NS Investment, BrightEdge (American Cancer Society), and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society . Existing investors Alexandria Venture Investments, Evotec, Leaps by Bayer, M Ventures, Novartis Venture Fund (NVF), and founding investor Longwood Fund also joined the round.
– The company intends to use the funds to advance its lead program, IMT-009, a CD161 inhibitor, into the clinic to treat both solid tumors and hematological malignancies.

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Total investments 21
Average round size 93M
Rounds per year 2.62
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.14
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Accent Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$75M23 Jan 2024 Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Aktis Oncology

Biotechnology
Life Science
$84M25 Aug 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Aspen Neuroscience

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$147M09 May 2022 San Diego, California, United States

DAAN Biotherapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$4M28 Mar 2022 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Dewpoint Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$150M03 Feb 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Shoreline Biosciences

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$140M02 Nov 2021 San Diego, California, United States

ReCode Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
Wellness
$80M21 Oct 2021 Dallas, Texas, United States

Immunitas Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$58M18 Aug 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Sonoma BioTherapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$265M04 Aug 2021 South San Francisco, California, United States
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