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U.S. Department of Defense

Founders Reina Staley

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Total investments 209
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$32M
Portfolio companies 191
Rounds per year 2.71
Lead investments 72
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.08
Exits 63
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Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Manufacturing
  • Pharmaceutical
Summary

U.S. Department of Defense is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1947. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Washington.

The fund was created by Reina Staley.

Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 60 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The typical startup value when the investment from U.S. Department of Defense is 5-10 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2018. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. This U.S. Department of Defense works on 6 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the U.S. Department of Defense, startups are often financed by National Institutes of Health, RMI Partners, Innovacorp. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are US Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by National Institutes of Health, Taiwania Capital, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Medical Device, Pharmaceutical. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 16-20 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Sikorsky Aircraft, Pixelligent, SPR Therapeutics.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

CausalTwin

$37K21 Oct 2022 -

Amygdala Neuroscience

Biotechnology
Health Care
Neuroscience
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Pharmaceutical
$5M18 Nov 2019 Palo Alto, California, United States

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Total investments 209
Average round size 32M
Rounds per year 2.71
Peak activity year 2024
Lead investments 72
Follow on index 0.08
Exits 63
Group Appearance index 0.16

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

CausalTwin

$37K21 Oct 2022 -

Amygdala Neuroscience

Biotechnology
Health Care
Neuroscience
Online Portals
Pharmaceutical
$5M18 Nov 2019 Palo Alto, California, United States
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