WFD Ventures

Total investments

10

Average round size

20M

Portfolio companies

6

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.40

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyOther Devices and SuppliesDrug DeliveryHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsSaaSMedical DeviceMedicalPharmaceuticalClinical Trials

Summary

The main department of described VC is located in the New York. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The high activity for fund was in 2015. The real fund results show that this VC is 9 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017. Opposing the other organizations, this WFD Ventures works on 4 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the WFD Ventures, startups are often financed by New York Angels, F2 Ventures, Blackfin Technology. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Avista Capital Partners, General Catalyst, The Entrepreneurs' Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Avista Capital Partners, Entrepreneurs Fund, ZGC Shiner Investment.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Software, Biotechnology. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. 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 BionXu2122 Medical Technologies, ProterixBio, ImaCor.

The fund was created by William F. Doyle.

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Analytics

Total investments
10
Lead investments
1
Exits
3
Follow on index
0.40
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (8)
  • Pharmaceutical (8)
  • Health Care (5)
  • Medical Device (4)
  • Drug Delivery (3)
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Investments by region
  • Norway (3)
  • United States (6)
  • Israel (1)
Peak activity year
2015

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
18
Group Appearance index
0.90
Avg. company exit year
12

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
BionX™ Medical Technologies 21 Oct 2009 Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical Early Stage Venture 20M United States, Massachusetts

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