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OrbiMed

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Total investments 685
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$69M
Portfolio companies 412
Rounds per year 19.57
Lead investments 154
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.40
Exits 191
Key employees 15
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

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

In 1989 was created OrbiMed, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the New York.

Besides them, we counted 15 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the OrbiMed, startups are often financed by New Enterprise Associates, Kearny Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Deerfield, Alta Partners, Topspin Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Versant Ventures, Venrock, OUP (Osage University Partners).

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Loxo Oncology, Receptos, Avanir Pharmaceuticals. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Biotechnology, Clinical Trials. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 22 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The typical startup value when the investment from OrbiMed is 100-500 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this OrbiMed works on 6 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The fund is generally included in 13-24 deals every year.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Kapiva Ayurveda

E-Commerce
Retail
$10M23 Sep 2024 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

MBX Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Wellness
$63M05 Aug 2024 Indiana, United States

Brenig Therapeutics

Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$65M24 Jul 2024 Dover, Delaware, United States

Scorpion Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$150M16 Jul 2024 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Exsilio Therapeutics

$82M25 Jun 2024 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Shenluo Medical

18 Apr 2024 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Alterome Therapeutics

Biopharma
Pharmaceutical
$132M03 Apr 2024 San Diego, California, United States

Mirador Therapeutics

$400M21 Mar 2024 San Diego, California, United States

Capstan Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$175M20 Mar 2024 San Diego, 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.

Garuda Therapeutics Raises $72M in Series A Financing

– Garuda Therapeutics from Cambridge develops off-the-shelf, durable blood stem cell therapies.
– Series A funding of $72m brings company valuation to more than $1b.
– The round was led by Aisling Capital, Northpond Ventures and Orbimed, supported by Cormorant Asset Management, Ridgeback Capital Investments, Monashee Investment Management, Sectoral Asset Management, National Resilience, Inc. (Resilience), Mass General Brigham Ventures, among others.

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Total investments 685
Average round size 69M
Rounds per year 19.57
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 154
Follow on index 0.40
Exits 191
Group Appearance index 0.92

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Kapiva Ayurveda

E-Commerce
Retail
$10M23 Sep 2024 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

MBX Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Wellness
$63M05 Aug 2024 Indiana, United States

Brenig Therapeutics

Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$65M24 Jul 2024 Dover, Delaware, United States

Scorpion Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$150M16 Jul 2024 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Exsilio Therapeutics

$82M25 Jun 2024 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Shenluo Medical

18 Apr 2024 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Alterome Therapeutics

Biopharma
Pharmaceutical
$132M03 Apr 2024 San Diego, California, United States

Mirador Therapeutics

$400M21 Mar 2024 San Diego, California, United States

Capstan Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$175M20 Mar 2024 San Diego, California, United States
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