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Roche Venture Fund

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Total investments 117
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$42M
Portfolio companies 61
Rounds per year 5.32
Lead investments 10
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.48
Exits 25
Key employees 3

Areas of investment

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

Roche Venture Fund appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2002. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Basel. The venture was found in Europe in Switzerland. Roche Venture Fund appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.

For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. 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 AveXis, Foundation Medicine, Alios BioPharma. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Roche Venture Fund, startups are often financed by SR One, Apple Tree Partners, Pfizer Venture Investments. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are 5AM Ventures, Lilly Ventures, Ysios Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SR One, Pfizer Venture Investments, Lilly Ventures.

Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 10 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Roche Venture Fund performs on 4 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cour Pharmaceuticals Development

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$105M30 Jan 2024 Elmhurst, Illinois, United States

GlycoEra

Biotechnology
05 Jan 2024 Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland

NMD Pharma

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$88M15 Nov 2023 Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Mironid

Ad Network
Biotechnology
Health Diagnostics
Therapeutics
$42M13 Sep 2023 United Kingdom, Scotland, United Kingdom

DiogenX

Biotechnology
Life Science
$39M10 May 2023 Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Bonum Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
Therapeutics
$93M15 Nov 2022 Seattle, Washington, United States

Good Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$8M30 Dec 2021 Seattle, Washington, United States

GlycoEra

Biotechnology
$49M05 Nov 2021 Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
$42M17 May 2021 San Francisco, California, United States
News
Soteria Biotherapeutics Raises $42M in Series A Financing

– Soteria Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a San Francisco, CA-based immuno-oncology company focused on developing a next generation of switchable bispecific T-cell engagers to treat patients with solid tumor cancers.
– The company raised $42m in Series A financing.
– The round was led by Roche Venture Fund and 5AM Ventures with participation from other leading investors, including M Ventures, Novartis Venture Fund and Alexandria Venture Investments.
– The company intends to use the funds for advancement of its technology and build a pipeline of T-LITE development candidates with potential in well validated cancer targets.

Arch Oncology Secures $105M Series C

– Arch Oncology, a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, has closed a $105m Series C financing co-led by Eventide Asset Management, Cowen Healthcare Investments and current investor 3×5 Partners.
– New investors in the round included Adage Capital Management, Point72 Asset Management, Avego Healthcare Capital, FMB Research and Broadfin Holdings.
– The company’s existing investors, including Roche Venture Fund, RiverVest Venture Partners, and Lightchain also participated in the round.

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Total investments 117
Average round size 42M
Rounds per year 5.32
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 10
Follow on index 0.48
Exits 25
Group Appearance index 0.98

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cour Pharmaceuticals Development

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$105M30 Jan 2024 Elmhurst, Illinois, United States

GlycoEra

Biotechnology
05 Jan 2024 Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland

NMD Pharma

Biotechnology
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$88M15 Nov 2023 Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Mironid

Ad Network
Biotechnology
Health Diagnostics
Therapeutics
$42M13 Sep 2023 United Kingdom, Scotland, United Kingdom

DiogenX

Biotechnology
Life Science
$39M10 May 2023 Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Bonum Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
Therapeutics
$93M15 Nov 2022 Seattle, Washington, United States

Good Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$8M30 Dec 2021 Seattle, Washington, United States

GlycoEra

Biotechnology
$49M05 Nov 2021 Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
$42M17 May 2021 San Francisco, California, United States
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