Smith & Nephew

Type

Corporate investor

Status

Active

Location

Watford, United Kingdom

Total investments

6

Average round size

14M

Portfolio companies

4

Rounds per year

0.04

Follow on index

0.33

Exits

1

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsWellnessManufacturingMedical DeviceMedical

Summary

Smith & Nephew appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1856. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the London.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Smith & Nephew, startups are often financed by BioStar Ventures, Safeguard Scientifics, Octopus Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Triventures, Safeguard Scientifics, HealthpointCapital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Triventures, Safeguard Scientifics, Municipal Employee Retirement System.

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 Trice Medical, Michelson Diagnostics, OrthoSpace. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Biotechnology, Health Diagnostics.

The high activity for fund was in 2015. This Smith & Nephew works on 9 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
6
Lead investments
0
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.04
Follow on index
0.33
Investments by industry
  • Medical Device (6)
  • Medical (5)
  • Biotechnology (4)
  • Health Care (4)
  • Health Diagnostics (3)
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Investments by region
  • United States (3)
  • Israel (2)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2015

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
12
Avg. valuation at time of investment
55M
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
10
Avg. multiplicator
14.67

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Miach Orthopaedics 25 Jan 2023 Biotechnology, Health Care, Wellness, Manufacturing, Medical Device, Medical Early Stage Venture 30M United States, Massachusetts, Boston
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