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Arboretum Ventures

Founders Jan Garfinkle Tim Petersen

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Total investments 99
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$25M
Portfolio companies 59
Rounds per year 4.50
Lead investments 14
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.40
Exits 21
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical Device
  • Medical
  • Pharmaceutical
Summary

Arboretum Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2002. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Ann Arbor.

The current fund was established by Jan Garfinkle, Tim Petersen. We also calculated 4 valuable employees in our database.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Arboretum Ventures, startups are often financed by Chrysalis Ventures, Lumira Ventures, ONSET Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Chrysalis Ventures, Baird Capital, ONSET Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Lumira Ventures, ONSET Ventures, Flagship Pioneering.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 15 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this Arboretum Ventures performs on 9 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2013. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Medical, Hospital. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Cardiac Dimensions, NeuMoDx Molecular, Delphinus Medical Technologies.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Reprieve Cardiovascular

Health Care
Medical Device
Wellness
$42M20 Feb 2024 Massachusetts, United States

Avation Medical

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Mobile Devices
Neuroscience
Wearables
$22M01 Feb 2024 Columbus, Ohio, United States

Virtual Incision

Advanced Materials
Developer Platform
Health Care
Robotics
$30M19 Sep 2023 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

BrightSpec

Analytics
Chemical Engineering
Test and Measurement
$18M14 Dec 2022 Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Boomerang Medical

Biotechnology
Medical
$15M01 Nov 2022 Mountain View, California, United States

Navv Systems

Health Care
Hospital
Software
$5M18 Aug 2022 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Enumera Molecular

Biotechnology
Life Science
$12M05 May 2022 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Koya Medical

Biotechnology
Health Care
Internet
Pharmaceutical
$26M03 Feb 2022 Oakland, California, United States

ViaLase

Health Care
Medical Device
Wellness
$27M19 Nov 2021 Corona Del Mar, California, United States
News
Convergent Dental Raises $40M in Series C Funding

– Convergent Dental, a Needham, MA-based developer of a laser to enable anesthesia-free, pain-free dentistry, raised $40m in Series C round.
– The round was led by Arboretum Ventures, with participation from existing investors, including Long River Ventures and the Gund Foundation.
– The new investment will be used to expand the company’s product portfolio and increase investment in market development.

Francis Medical Raises $55M in Series B Equity Funding

– Francis Medical, a Minneapolis MI-based medical device company, raised $55M in Series B equity funding.
– The round was led by Solas BioVentures with participation from Arboretum Ventures, Coloplast A/S, H2Oey Ventures and Tonkawa.
– The company intends to use the funds to fund for the development of its proprietary prostate cancer treatment through FDA 510(k) approval, which includes a pivotal clinical study (VAPOR 2) for the management of prostate cancer.

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Total investments 99
Average round size 25M
Rounds per year 4.50
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 14
Follow on index 0.40
Exits 21
Group Appearance index 0.96

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Reprieve Cardiovascular

Health Care
Medical Device
Wellness
$42M20 Feb 2024 Massachusetts, United States

Avation Medical

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Mobile Devices
Neuroscience
Wearables
$22M01 Feb 2024 Columbus, Ohio, United States

Virtual Incision

Advanced Materials
Developer Platform
Health Care
Robotics
$30M19 Sep 2023 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

BrightSpec

Analytics
Chemical Engineering
Test and Measurement
$18M14 Dec 2022 Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Boomerang Medical

Biotechnology
Medical
$15M01 Nov 2022 Mountain View, California, United States

Navv Systems

Health Care
Hospital
Software
$5M18 Aug 2022 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Enumera Molecular

Biotechnology
Life Science
$12M05 May 2022 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Koya Medical

Biotechnology
Health Care
Internet
Pharmaceutical
$26M03 Feb 2022 Oakland, California, United States

ViaLase

Health Care
Medical Device
Wellness
$27M19 Nov 2021 Corona Del Mar, California, United States
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