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Samsara BioCapital

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Total investments 124
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$104M
Portfolio companies 92
Rounds per year 15.50
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Exits 33
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Therapeutics
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Medical
Summary

The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Palo Alto. The company was established in North America in United States.

The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 0 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. Opposing the other organizations, this Samsara BioCapital works on 1 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 participants. Despite the Samsara BioCapital, startups are often financed by Alta Partners, Skyline Ventures, SV Health Investors. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Redmile Group, EcoR1 Capital, Cormorant Asset Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by UBS Oncology Impact Fund, Redmile Group, EcoR1 Capital.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Clinical Trials, Health Care. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline ElevateBio, ElevateBio, AlloVir For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Esker Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
$259M06 Mar 2024 -

Seismic Therapeutic

$121M04 Dec 2023 -

Eyebiotech

Biotechnology
Medical
$65M14 Nov 2023 New York, New York, United States

OrsoBio

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$60M07 Nov 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Tentarix Biotherapeutics

Biotechnology
$35M06 Sep 2023 La Jolla, California, United States

Abcuro

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$155M17 Aug 2023 Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Septerna

Biotechnology
$150M11 Jul 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Spyglass Pharma

Delivery
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$90M10 Jul 2023 Aliso Viejo, California, United States

Upstream Bio

Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$200M08 Jun 2023 Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
News
Obsidian Therapeutics Closes $115M Series B Financing

– Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc. is a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotechnology company pioneering engineered cell and gene therapies.
– The company closed a $115m Series B financing.
– The round was led by The Column Group Crossover Fund (TCGX) with participation from RA Capital Management, Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company), Cowen Healthcare Investments, Deep Track Capital, Logos Capital, Pivotal BioVenture Partners, Samsara BioCapital, and Soleus Capital, and existing investors Atlas Venture, Vertex Ventures HC, Amgen Ventures, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
– Proceeds from the financing will be used to drive Obsidian’s lead tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) program, cytoTIL15, into the clinic and to first clinical data for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. In addition, the company plans to rapidly expand cytoTIL15 into multiple other solid tumor types and to advance its commercial manufacturing build.

HilleVax Closes $135 Million Crossover Financing to Advance Clinical Stage Norovirus Vaccine Candidate

– HilleVax, Inc. (HilleVax), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel vaccine candidates, announced the close of a $135 million crossover financing led by Frazier Healthcare Partners and joined by RA Capital Management, Deerfield Management Company, Abingworth, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Perceptive Advisors, Catalys Pacific, Samsara BioCapital, BVF Partners, Qiming Venture Partners USA, Greenspring Associates, Richard King Mellon Foundation, and Sahsen Ventures.
– The proceeds of this financing support the further clinical development of HilleVax’s virus-like particle (VLP) based vaccine candidate, HIL-214, for the prevention of moderate-to-severe acute gastroenteritis caused by norovirus infection.

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Total investments 124
Average round size 104M
Rounds per year 15.50
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.24
Exits 33
Group Appearance index 0.99

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Esker Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
$259M06 Mar 2024 -

Seismic Therapeutic

$121M04 Dec 2023 -

Eyebiotech

Biotechnology
Medical
$65M14 Nov 2023 New York, New York, United States

OrsoBio

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$60M07 Nov 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Tentarix Biotherapeutics

Biotechnology
$35M06 Sep 2023 La Jolla, California, United States

Abcuro

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$155M17 Aug 2023 Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Septerna

Biotechnology
$150M11 Jul 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Spyglass Pharma

Delivery
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$90M10 Jul 2023 Aliso Viejo, California, United States

Upstream Bio

Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$200M08 Jun 2023 Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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