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Pappas Capital

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Total investments 31
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$52M
Portfolio companies 26
Rounds per year 1.03
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.16
Exits 8
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

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

Pappas Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 1994. The main department of described VC is located in the Durham. The company was established in North America in United States.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 7-8 participants. Despite the Pappas Capital, startups are often financed by Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, Pappas Ventures, Go Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are New Enterprise Associates, Tekla Capital Management, RiverVest. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Venrock Healthcare Partners, Tekla Capital Management, RTW Investments LLC.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Genetics, Health Care. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 3 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight CuraSen Therapeutics, 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Amplyx Pharmaceuticals.

Comparing to the other companies, this Pappas Capital performs on 11 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 11 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The top activity for fund was in 2018. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Enlaza Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$100M30 Apr 2024 La Jolla, California, United States

Horizon Quantum Computing

Computer
Hardware
Quantum Computing
Software
$18M31 Mar 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

VFlow Tech

Battery
Electronics
Energy
Energy Storage
Renewable Energy
Software
$10M07 Feb 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Aktis Oncology

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

NuProbe

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$50M02 Jun 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Us2.ai

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
mHealth
Software
$15M14 Apr 2022 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Plexium

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$102M23 Feb 2022 San Diego, California, United States

AvengeBio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$45M05 Jan 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Reneo Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$95M09 Dec 2020 San Diego, California, United States

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Total investments 31
Average round size 52M
Rounds per year 1.03
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.16
Exits 8
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Enlaza Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$100M30 Apr 2024 La Jolla, California, United States

Horizon Quantum Computing

Computer
Hardware
Quantum Computing
Software
$18M31 Mar 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

VFlow Tech

Battery
Electronics
Energy
Energy Storage
Renewable Energy
Software
$10M07 Feb 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Aktis Oncology

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

NuProbe

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$50M02 Jun 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Us2.ai

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
mHealth
Software
$15M14 Apr 2022 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Plexium

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$102M23 Feb 2022 San Diego, California, United States

AvengeBio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$45M05 Jan 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Reneo Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$95M09 Dec 2020 San Diego, California, United States
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