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Forbion Capital Partners

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Total investments 129
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$42M
Portfolio companies 86
Rounds per year 7.17
Lead investments 32
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 38
Key employees 15
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

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

Forbion Capital Partners is the famous VC, which was founded in 2007. The company was established in Europe in The Netherlands. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Naarden.

The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline AM Pharma, Mitralign, BioVex Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Clinical Trials, Health Diagnostics. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Forbion Capital Partners, startups are often financed by Oxford Bioscience Partners, Giza Venture Capital, ABN AMRO Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Oxford Bioscience Partners, New Science Ventures, Andera Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Takeda Ventures, Oxford Bioscience Partners, NGN Capital.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2015. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 14 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Opposing the other organizations, this Forbion Capital Partners works on 10 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The average startup value when the investment from Forbion Capital Partners is 50-100 millions dollars. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2011. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

Besides them, we counted 10 critical employees of this fund in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Orbis Medicines

Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$30M29 Feb 2024 -

Enterprise Therapeutics

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Therapeutics
$35M29 Jan 2024 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

Calluna Pharma

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$88M23 Jan 2024 Oslo, Norway

VectorY

$152M13 Nov 2023 -

Kynexis

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$67M07 Nov 2023 -

Rampart Bioscience

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$85M24 Oct 2023 La Jolla, California, United States

Tessellate BIO

Biotechnology
Medical
Product Research
$9M17 Oct 2023 Naarden, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Mariana Oncology

Bioinformatics
Biometrics
Biopharma
Biotechnology
$175M07 Sep 2023 -

AAVantgarde Bio

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$71M06 Jun 2023 Milano, Lombardia, Italy
News
VectorY Raises €31 Million in Seed Financing to Develop Next-Generation Gene Therapies Aimed at Muscular and CNS Disorders

– VectorY Therapeutics announced the completion of a €31m seed financing round.
– The oversubscribed round was co-led by founding investor Forbion and a leading global investment firm. BGV and Eli Lilly and Company also joined the syndicate.
– The proceeds from this seed financing will be used by the Company to establish pre-clinical proof of concept for vectorized antibodies in target indications of ALS and Alzheimer’s.
– The Company will also use the funds to establish proprietary manufacturing capabilities, including a state-of-the-art GMP facility in the Netherlands.
– The Company also announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Alexander Vos, and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Sander van Deventer, both highly experienced pioneers in the cell and gene therapy field.

Numab Therapeutics Completes Oversubscribed CHF 100 Million Series C Financing

– Numab Therapeutics AG, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation multispecific antibody-based immunotherapies for cancer and inflammation, announced the closing of a CHF 100 million (approximately USD 110 million) Series C financing.
– The financing was co-led by new investors Novo Holdings and HBM Partners, with participation from additional new investors Forbion via its Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund, Cormorant Asset Management, BVF Partners L.P., RTW Investments L.P., funds and accounts under the management of BlackRock, Octagon Capital Advisors, and existing investors.

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Total investments 129
Average round size 42M
Rounds per year 7.17
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 32
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 38
Group Appearance index 0.93

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Orbis Medicines

Medical
Pharmaceutical
Therapeutics
$30M29 Feb 2024 -

Enterprise Therapeutics

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Therapeutics
$35M29 Jan 2024 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

Calluna Pharma

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$88M23 Jan 2024 Oslo, Norway

VectorY

$152M13 Nov 2023 -

Kynexis

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$67M07 Nov 2023 -

Rampart Bioscience

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$85M24 Oct 2023 La Jolla, California, United States

Tessellate BIO

Biotechnology
Medical
Product Research
$9M17 Oct 2023 Naarden, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Mariana Oncology

Bioinformatics
Biometrics
Biopharma
Biotechnology
$175M07 Sep 2023 -

AAVantgarde Bio

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$71M06 Jun 2023 Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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