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Total investments 25
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$24M
Portfolio companies 16
Rounds per year 0.93
Lead investments 7
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.36
Exits 7
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Internet
Summary

Perseus is the famous VC, which was founded in 1995. The main department of described VC is located in the Washington. The company was established in North America in United States.

Opposing the other organizations, this Perseus works on 8 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2007. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2007. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 18 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Manufacturing, Biopharma. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Vehicle Production Group, CeNeRx BioPharma, Cymbet For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Perseus, startups are often financed by Ventures West, Oregon Life Sciences, Nth Power. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Ventures West, Oregon Life Sciences, Nth Power. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Ventures West, Oregon Life Sciences, Nth Power.

Besides them, we counted 5 critical employees of this fund in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

BlueWillow Biologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Nanotechnology
$11M28 Nov 2012 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$13M13 Aug 2010 Cary, North Carolina, United States

Cymbet

Energy Storage
Hardware
Manufacturing
RFID
Semiconductor
$31M25 Jan 2010 Minnesota, United States

BlueWillow Biologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Nanotechnology
$10M08 Jul 2009 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

BlueWillow Biologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Nanotechnology
$12M18 Feb 2009 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Ascenta Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$50M10 Apr 2007 Pennsylvania, United States

BlueWillow Biologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Nanotechnology
$30M21 Oct 2006 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

MAP Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$25M31 Jan 2006 Mountain View, California, United States

Iridian Technologies

Biometrics
Software
$5M11 Apr 2005 New Jersey, United States

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Total investments 25
Average round size 24M
Rounds per year 0.93
Peak activity year 2007
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.36
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.80

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

BlueWillow Biologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Nanotechnology
$11M28 Nov 2012 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$13M13 Aug 2010 Cary, North Carolina, United States

Cymbet

Energy Storage
Hardware
Manufacturing
RFID
Semiconductor
$31M25 Jan 2010 Minnesota, United States

BlueWillow Biologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Nanotechnology
$10M08 Jul 2009 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

BlueWillow Biologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Nanotechnology
$12M18 Feb 2009 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Ascenta Therapeutics

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$50M10 Apr 2007 Pennsylvania, United States

BlueWillow Biologics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Nanotechnology
$30M21 Oct 2006 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

MAP Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$25M31 Jan 2006 Mountain View, California, United States

Iridian Technologies

Biometrics
Software
$5M11 Apr 2005 New Jersey, United States
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