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WFD Ventures

Founders William F. Doyle

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Total investments 10
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$20M
Portfolio companies 6
Lead investments 1
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.40
Exits 3
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Health Care
  • Medical Device
  • Drug Delivery
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OptiNose

Biotechnology
Drug Delivery
Medical Device
Other Devices and Supplies
Pharmaceutical
$30M06 Oct 2015 Oslo

OptiNose

Biotechnology
Drug Delivery
Medical Device
Other Devices and Supplies
Pharmaceutical
$35M05 Aug 2014 Oslo

BionX™ Medical Technologies

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$20M21 Oct 2009 Massachusetts, United States

ImaCor

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
$5M21 Feb 2009 New York, United States

NanoPass Technologies

Clinical Trials
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$6M18 Feb 2007 North District

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Total investments 10
Average round size 20M
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.40
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.90

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OptiNose

Biotechnology
Drug Delivery
Medical Device
Other Devices and Supplies
Pharmaceutical
$30M06 Oct 2015 Oslo

OptiNose

Biotechnology
Drug Delivery
Medical Device
Other Devices and Supplies
Pharmaceutical
$35M05 Aug 2014 Oslo

BionX™ Medical Technologies

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$20M21 Oct 2009 Massachusetts, United States

ImaCor

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical Device
$5M21 Feb 2009 New York, United States

NanoPass Technologies

Clinical Trials
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$6M18 Feb 2007 North District
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