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Total investments 262
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$95M
Portfolio companies 195
Rounds per year 10.48
Lead investments 56
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Exits 107
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

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

The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the New York.

We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2019. This Perceptive Advisors works on 28 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The real fund results show that this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The typical startup value when the investment from Perceptive Advisors is 100-500 millions dollars. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

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 requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Allogene Therapeutics, BridgeBio, Alector. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Genetics, Biopharma.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Perceptive Advisors, startups are often financed by Third Rock Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Morgenthaler Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are ArrowMark Partners, RTW Investments LLC, Viking Global Investors. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by OrbiMed, Pontifax, Warburg Pincus.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TORL BioTherapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
$158M10 Apr 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States

Neurosterix

$63M03 Apr 2024 Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland

Capstan Therapeutics

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

Sionna Therapeutics

Genetics
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$182M06 Mar 2024 Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Avalyn Pharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$175M27 Sep 2023 Seattle, Washington, United States

Rapport Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
$150M23 Aug 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

AsclepiX Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Diagnostics
Therapeutics
$10M26 Jul 2023 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

A-Alpha Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Product Design
$22M25 Jul 2023 Seattle, Washington, United States

OnKure

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$54M23 May 2023 Boulder, Colorado, United States
News
HilleVax Closes $135 Million Crossover Financing to Advance Clinical Stage Norovirus Vaccine Candidate

– HilleVax, Inc. (HilleVax), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel vaccine candidates, announced the close of a $135 million crossover financing led by Frazier Healthcare Partners and joined by RA Capital Management, Deerfield Management Company, Abingworth, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Perceptive Advisors, Catalys Pacific, Samsara BioCapital, BVF Partners, Qiming Venture Partners USA, Greenspring Associates, Richard King Mellon Foundation, and Sahsen Ventures.
– The proceeds of this financing support the further clinical development of HilleVax’s virus-like particle (VLP) based vaccine candidate, HIL-214, for the prevention of moderate-to-severe acute gastroenteritis caused by norovirus infection.

Emulate Closes $82 Million Series E Financing to Scale Amid Rapid Growth in Organ-on-a-Chip Market

– Emulate, Inc. announced the close of an $82m Series E financing round.
– The round was led by Northpond Ventures with additional participation from Perceptive Advisors.
– With this investment, Emulate has raised nearly $225m to date.
– Emulate develops and manufactures next-generation in vitro models that enable researchers to replicate and study human biology and disease, helping them understand and predict drug response with greater precision and detail than possible with conventional cell culture or animal-based methods.
– Organ-on-a-chip technology by Emulate provides flexible microenvironments containing tiny hollow channels lined with living cells and tissues that can be subjected to mechanical forces that mirror breathing or digestion in the human body.

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Total investments 262
Average round size 95M
Rounds per year 10.48
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 56
Follow on index 0.26
Exits 107
Group Appearance index 0.87

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TORL BioTherapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
$158M10 Apr 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States

Neurosterix

$63M03 Apr 2024 Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland

Capstan Therapeutics

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

Sionna Therapeutics

Genetics
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$182M06 Mar 2024 Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Avalyn Pharma

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$175M27 Sep 2023 Seattle, Washington, United States

Rapport Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
$150M23 Aug 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

AsclepiX Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Diagnostics
Therapeutics
$10M26 Jul 2023 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

A-Alpha Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Product Design
$22M25 Jul 2023 Seattle, Washington, United States

OnKure

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$54M23 May 2023 Boulder, Colorado, United States
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