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Van Herk Ventures

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Total investments 19
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$11M
Portfolio companies 12
Rounds per year 0.26
Lead investments 5
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.37
Exits 4
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Health Diagnostics
  • Life Science
Summary

Van Herk Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 1951. The company was established in Europe in The Netherlands. The main department of described VC is located in the Rotterdam.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Van Herk Ventures, startups are often financed by Thuja Capital, Global Life Science Ventures, Gilde Healthcare. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Gilde Healthcare, Thuja Capital, Global Life Science Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Gilde Healthcare, University of Antwerp, Thuja Capital.

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 - The Netherlands. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Biotechnology, Health Care. 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 Agendia, Sensara, Nightbalance.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The top activity for fund was in 2014. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The real fund results show that this VC is 18 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Opposing the other organizations, this Van Herk Ventures works on 4 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sensara

Elder Care
Health Care
Information Technology
$4M20 Apr 2017 South Holland

Nightbalance

Biotechnology
Health Care
Home Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$14M05 Jul 2016 Delft, South Holland, Netherlands

Nightbalance

Biotechnology
Health Care
Home Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
30 Jul 2013 Delft, South Holland

Vitalnext

Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
01 Jul 2013 Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

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Total investments 19
Average round size 11M
Rounds per year 0.26
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.37
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.63

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sensara

Elder Care
Health Care
Information Technology
$4M20 Apr 2017 South Holland

Nightbalance

Biotechnology
Health Care
Home Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$14M05 Jul 2016 Delft, South Holland, Netherlands

Nightbalance

Biotechnology
Health Care
Home Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
30 Jul 2013 Delft, South Holland

Vitalnext

Health Care
Life Science
Therapeutics
01 Jul 2013 Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
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