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Shire

Founders Harry Stratford

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Total investments 12
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$18M
Portfolio companies 8
Rounds per year 0.32
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 3
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Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Therapeutics
  • Health Care
  • Life Science
  • Pharmaceutical
Summary

In 1986 was created Shire, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The company was established in Europe in Ireland. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Dublin.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 2 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. Comparing to the other companies, this Shire performs on 20 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The top activity for fund was in 2012.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Promedior, Promethera Biosciences, Proclara Biosciences. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Health Diagnostics, Pharmaceutical. For fund there is no 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.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Shire, startups are often financed by Merieux Developpement, GV, PathoCapital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Merieux Developpement, Mitsui Global Investment, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Merieux Developpement, Vesalius Biocapital Partners, Takeda Ventures.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Promethera Biosciences

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$29M25 Nov 2014 Walloon Brabant

Naurex

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$25M06 May 2014 Illinois, United States

Proclara Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$6M06 May 2013 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

ArmaGen Technologies

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$17M29 Nov 2012 United States, Santa Monica

Promethera Biosciences

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$27M28 Mar 2012 Belgium, Walloon Brabant, Belgium

ENTEROME

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Life Science
$8M23 Mar 2012 Ile-de-France

Proclara Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$9M08 Mar 2012 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Prexa Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$7M11 May 2011 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Proclara Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$12M01 Mar 2011 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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Total investments 12
Average round size 18M
Rounds per year 0.32
Peak activity year 2012
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Promethera Biosciences

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$29M25 Nov 2014 Walloon Brabant

Naurex

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$25M06 May 2014 Illinois, United States

Proclara Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$6M06 May 2013 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

ArmaGen Technologies

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$17M29 Nov 2012 United States, Santa Monica

Promethera Biosciences

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$27M28 Mar 2012 Belgium, Walloon Brabant, Belgium

ENTEROME

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Health Care
Life Science
$8M23 Mar 2012 Ile-de-France

Proclara Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$9M08 Mar 2012 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Prexa Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$7M11 May 2011 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Proclara Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
$12M01 Mar 2011 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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