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Lumira Ventures

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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 56
Rounds per year 2.83
Lead investments 16
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.43
Exits 20
Key employees 6
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical Device
  • Medical
  • Therapeutics
Summary

Lumira Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 1989. The main department of described VC is located in the Toronto. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in Canada.

The overall number of key employees were 12.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. This Lumira Ventures works on 12 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The real fund results show that this VC is 7 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The high activity for fund was in 2018.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Lumira Ventures, startups are often financed by Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, Arboretum Ventures, SV Health Investors. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, Aperture Venture Partners, SV Health Investors. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by M. H. Carnegie & Co., Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, Arboretum Ventures.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent 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 various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Cardiac Dimensions, Thrasos, Celtaxsys Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Biopharma, Health Diagnostics. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cour Pharmaceuticals Development

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$105M30 Jan 2024 Elmhurst, Illinois, United States

Cyrano Therapeutics

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$9M16 Jan 2024 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Specific Biologics

Biotechnology
10 Oct 2023 Ontario, California, United States

Deka Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
$20M28 Sep 2023 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

PIC Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$35M19 Oct 2022 Massachusetts, United States

Damona Pharmaceuticals

Medical
Pharmaceutical
$5M26 Sep 2022 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Congruence Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$50M08 Feb 2022 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Deka Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
$21M01 Jan 2022 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Specific Biologics

Biotechnology
16 Dec 2021 Ontario, California, United States
News
Antios Therapeutics Raises $96M in a Series B

– Antios Therapeutics from San Diego, CA announced the successful completion of a $96m Series B financing.
– The financing was led by Soleus Capital with participation from new major investors RA Capital Management, Adage Capital Management LP, Pontifax and Aisling Capital as well as other healthcare focused funds, Altium Capital, Amzak Health, Granite Point Capital Management, LP, and LifeSci Venture Partners and participation from all of the original Series A investors including Lumira Ventures, CAM Capital, Delos Capital, Domain Associates and Sixty Degree Capital.
– Antios Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative therapies to treat and cure viral diseases.

XyloCor Therapeutics Completes Oversubscribed $41.9 Million Series A Financing To Advance Novel Gene Therapy Pipeline For Coronary Artery Disease

– XyloCor Therapeutics, a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of gene therapy for the significant unmet patient needs in advanced coronary artery disease, today announced the closing of an additional $22.6 million financing.
Fountain Healthcare Partners led the oversubscribed financing joined by new investors Longwood Fund and Lumira Ventures. All existing institutional investors including Sofinnova Investments and LSP (Life Sciences Partners) participated in the financing.
– The additional financing builds upon XyloCor’s 2018 Series A financing round, bringing total investment in the company to $41.9 million to date.

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Total investments 99
Average round size 25M
Rounds per year 2.83
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 16
Follow on index 0.43
Exits 20
Group Appearance index 0.83

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cour Pharmaceuticals Development

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$105M30 Jan 2024 Elmhurst, Illinois, United States

Cyrano Therapeutics

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$9M16 Jan 2024 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Specific Biologics

Biotechnology
10 Oct 2023 Ontario, California, United States

Deka Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
$20M28 Sep 2023 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

PIC Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$35M19 Oct 2022 Massachusetts, United States

Damona Pharmaceuticals

Medical
Pharmaceutical
$5M26 Sep 2022 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Congruence Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$50M08 Feb 2022 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Deka Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
$21M01 Jan 2022 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Specific Biologics

Biotechnology
16 Dec 2021 Ontario, California, United States
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