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Telegraph Hill Partners

Founders John W. Watkins Thomas A. Raffin

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Total investments 38
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$15M
Portfolio companies 25
Rounds per year 1.65
Lead investments 13
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.29
Exits 11
Key employees 7
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Medical Device
  • Manufacturing
Summary

The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the San Francisco. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Analytics, Developer Platform. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight LDR Holding, BioVentrix, AltheaDx. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 36 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2013. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. This Telegraph Hill Partners works on 1 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. When the investment is from Telegraph Hill Partners the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The high activity for fund was in 2007. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Telegraph Hill Partners, startups are often financed by Psilos Group, Waveland Venture Partners, Versant Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Saints Capital, Psilos Group, 5AM Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Saints Capital, Waveland Venture Partners, Tullis Health Investors.

The fund was created by John W. Watkins, Thomas A. Raffin. The overall number of key employees were 7.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cell Microsystems

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$6M23 Aug 2023 Virginia, United States

Nimble Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Chemical
Therapeutics
$10M30 Apr 2019 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Precision NanoSystem

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$6M07 Jun 2018 British Columbia

Aquaro Histology

Biotechnology
Developer Platform
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Information Technology
Robotics
$9M02 Nov 2017 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Precision NanoSystem

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$13M29 Sep 2015 British Columbia

AltheaDx

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
13 Apr 2010 San Diego, California, United States

Analytics
Biotechnology
Medical Device
$17M09 Jan 2008 Bellevue, Washington, United States

Asuragen

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$18M10 Dec 2007 Austin, Texas, United States

LDR Holding

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Hardware
Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical
Medical Device
Software
$25M13 Sep 2007 Austin, Texas, United States

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Total investments 38
Average round size 15M
Rounds per year 1.65
Peak activity year 2007
Lead investments 13
Follow on index 0.29
Exits 11
Group Appearance index 0.58

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cell Microsystems

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$6M23 Aug 2023 Virginia, United States

Nimble Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Chemical
Therapeutics
$10M30 Apr 2019 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Precision NanoSystem

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$6M07 Jun 2018 British Columbia

Aquaro Histology

Biotechnology
Developer Platform
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Information Technology
Robotics
$9M02 Nov 2017 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Precision NanoSystem

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$13M29 Sep 2015 British Columbia

AltheaDx

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Genetics
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
13 Apr 2010 San Diego, California, United States

Analytics
Biotechnology
Medical Device
$17M09 Jan 2008 Bellevue, Washington, United States

Asuragen

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$18M10 Dec 2007 Austin, Texas, United States

LDR Holding

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Hardware
Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical
Medical Device
Software
$25M13 Sep 2007 Austin, Texas, United States
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