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Omega Funds

Founders Otello Stampacchia

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Total investments 135
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$66M
Portfolio companies 97
Rounds per year 6.75
Lead investments 21
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.27
Exits 48
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

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

The company was established in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Boston.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Comparing to the other companies, this Omega Funds performs on 7 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 0 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2017.

Besides them, we counted 3 critical employees of this fund in our database.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Intarcia Therapeutics, Gossamer Bio, Beam Therapeutics. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Biotechnology, Medical.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the Omega Funds, startups are often financed by Polaris Partners, Flagship Pioneering, New Enterprise Associates. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are New Enterprise Associates, Abingworth, The Baupost Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Polaris Partners, Atlas Venture, The Baupost Group.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Esker Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
$259M06 Mar 2024 -

ARTBIO

Biotechnology
Health Care
Hospital
Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
$90M07 Dec 2023 Oslo, Norway

Eyebiotech

Biotechnology
Medical
$65M14 Nov 2023 New York, New York, United States

ARTBIO

Biotechnology
Health Care
Hospital
Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
$23M21 Jun 2023 Oslo, Norway

Upstream Bio

Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$200M08 Jun 2023 Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Bicara Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$108M06 Mar 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Chroma Medicine

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$135M01 Mar 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

SoniVie

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$60M09 Jan 2023 Rosh Ha'ayin, HaMerkaz, Israel

NRG Therapeutics

Biotechnology
$21M09 Nov 2022 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
News
Anjarium Biosciences Raises $61M in Series A Financing

– Anjarium Biosciences AG is a Schliren, Zurich-based biotech company focused on creating and delivering a new class of non-viral gene therapies.
– Series A funding closed at $61m.
– The round was co-led by Abingworth and Gimv, with participation from Omega Funds, Pfizer Ventures and Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company).
– The new investment will be used to advance the company’s pipeline programs towards clinical development.

Anjarium Biosciences Raises $61M in Series A Financing

– Anjarium Biosciences AG is a Schliren, Zurich-based biotech company focused on creating and delivering a new class of non-viral gene therapies.
– Series A funding closed at $61m.
– The round was co-led by Abingworth and Gimv, with participation from Omega Funds, Pfizer Ventures and Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company).
– The new investment will be used to advance the company’s pipeline programs towards clinical development.

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Total investments 135
Average round size 66M
Rounds per year 6.75
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 21
Follow on index 0.27
Exits 48
Group Appearance index 0.86

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Esker Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
$259M06 Mar 2024 -

ARTBIO

Biotechnology
Health Care
Hospital
Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
$90M07 Dec 2023 Oslo, Norway

Eyebiotech

Biotechnology
Medical
$65M14 Nov 2023 New York, New York, United States

ARTBIO

Biotechnology
Health Care
Hospital
Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
$23M21 Jun 2023 Oslo, Norway

Upstream Bio

Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$200M08 Jun 2023 Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Bicara Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$108M06 Mar 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Chroma Medicine

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$135M01 Mar 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

SoniVie

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$60M09 Jan 2023 Rosh Ha'ayin, HaMerkaz, Israel

NRG Therapeutics

Biotechnology
$21M09 Nov 2022 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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