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LYFE Capital

Founders Drake Yu James Zhao

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Total investments 59
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$53M
Portfolio companies 45
Rounds per year 5.90
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Exits 2
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Private Equity

Areas of investment

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

The venture was found in Asia in China. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Shanghai.

Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 2 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2018.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Ansun BioPharma, Burning Rock Biotech, Aohua The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - China. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Therapeutics, Biotechnology.

The current fund was established by Drake Yu, James Zhao.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5 partakers. Despite the LYFE Capital, startups are often financed by Legend Star, Sequoia Capital China, Nest.Bio Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sequoia Capital China, Legend Star, Viventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sequoia Capital China, Lilly Asia Ventures, Legend Star.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ProfoundBio

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$112M13 Feb 2024 Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Magair Chemical

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$26M09 Jan 2024 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

HC Scientific

Biotechnology
Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$46M28 Aug 2023 Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Kyverna Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$60M03 Aug 2023 Berkeley, California, United States

Noah Medical

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
$150M19 Apr 2023 San Carlos, California, United States

Dieshi-DISC

Eyewear
Health Care
Medical
$13M22 Dec 2022 Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

iECURE

Biotechnology
Genetics
$65M30 Nov 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Edgene Biot

Analytics
Biopharma
Biotechnology
$1M25 Oct 2022 Wuhan, Hubei, China

ICE Bioscience InC.

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$15M26 Sep 2022 -
News
ABclonal Biotechnology Completes $93 Million Series C Financing

– ABclonal Biotechnology, a global life science tools and services provider, recently completed its $92.9 million Series C financing led by Sequoia Capital China and healthcare-focused investor LYFE Capital.
– Other new and existing shareholders, such as Sigma Square Capital, Kinghall Ventures, and Lucion Capital, participated in the new round.
– ABclonal Biotechnology, parent company of Massachusetts-based life science research and diagnostic reagents manufacturer, ABclonal Technology, will use the additional funding to accelerate the company’s research and development pipeline for in vitro diagnostic raw materials and rapidly expand production capabilities of its research reagent products and services.
– ABclonal is also currently in talks to acquire a contract research organization focused on single-cell-based monoclonal antibody development. This will be the company’s first step toward using the $92.

Sciwind Biosciences Secures US$37 Million Series B Financing

– Sciwind biosciences secured US$37m series B financing.
– The financing was led by LYFE Capital and joined by the existing investors, Legend Capital and Haibang Venture Capital.
– Sciwind focuses on research and development of innovative biologics in the therapeutic area of chronic metabolic and immunological diseases and has driven multiple projects into clinical trials.
– Two more IND applications are expected to be filed in 2021 including an oral formulation of a highly active GLP-1 analogue.

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Total investments 59
Average round size 53M
Rounds per year 5.90
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.24
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.97

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ProfoundBio

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$112M13 Feb 2024 Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Magair Chemical

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$26M09 Jan 2024 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

HC Scientific

Biotechnology
Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$46M28 Aug 2023 Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Kyverna Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$60M03 Aug 2023 Berkeley, California, United States

Noah Medical

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
$150M19 Apr 2023 San Carlos, California, United States

Dieshi-DISC

Eyewear
Health Care
Medical
$13M22 Dec 2022 Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

iECURE

Biotechnology
Genetics
$65M30 Nov 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Edgene Biot

Analytics
Biopharma
Biotechnology
$1M25 Oct 2022 Wuhan, Hubei, China

ICE Bioscience InC.

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$15M26 Sep 2022 -
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