Fresh money is the best money. Fresh money means that VC’s and PE firms need to make new investments, to put their fresh money to work.
Here’s my list of Life Science VC and Private Equity Fundraising for 2009 and the first half of 2010, culled from news articles over the past 18 months. Enjoy.
My list is likely not comprehensive, as firms don’t always announce new funds. I plan to post updates to this list quarterly. Also, I plan to make a table of 2008 and 2007 vintage funds for an upcoming post. Leave a comment if I am missing a fund raise in this table, and I’ll update it.
| Date | VC | Website | Headline |
| 6/30/10 | NeoMed Management | http://www.neomed.net/ | NeoMed is raising EUR100M fifth fund, per VentureWire |
| 6/29/10 | SV Life Sciences | http://www.svlsa.com/ | SV Life Sciences raises $523M fifth fund |
| 6/29/10 | NYU Innovation Venture Fund | http://www.nyu.edu/ | NYU announces plans to create $20M venture fund, which will begin investing in 2011 |
| 6/24/10 | Longwood Founders Fund | n/a | Longwood Founders Fund adds $23M, bringing total to $73M in first fund |
| 6/14/10 | Polaris Venture Partners | http://www.polarisventures.com/ | Polaris raises $233M for sixth fund, targeted at $400M, per regulatory filings |
| 6/11/10 | Orbimed Advisors | http://www.orbimed.com/ | Orbimed is raising $300M roylaty fund, which will acquire royalty interests in drugs or other life science products. |
| 6/8/10 | Plymouth Venture Partners | http://www.plymouthvc.com/ | Great-Lakes-region-only VC Plymouth raises $15M second fund |
| 6/9/10 | Qiming Ventures | http://www.qimingventures.com/ | Shanghai-based Qiming Ventures raises CNY250M Healthcare fund, per VentureWire |
| 6/2/10 | Flagship Ventures | http://www.flagshipventures.com/ | Flagship raises $20M towards targeted $300M life sciences and cleantech fund |
| 5/3/10 | Seneca Partners | http://www.senecapartners.com/ | Middle-America-focused Seneca plans to raise $50M second fund in 2010, per VentureWire |
| 5/1/10 | Third Rock | http://www.thirdrockventures.com/ | Third Rock has first close on $400M second fund |
| 4/29/10 | Nextech Ventures | http://www.nextechventure.com/ | Zurich-based Nextech holds Eur26M first close on its third fund |
| 4/28/10 | Healthcare Ventures | http://www.hcven.com/ | HealthCare Ventures is raising $250M ninth fund |
| 4/8/10 | Cross Atlantic Partners | http://www.crossatlanticpartners.com/ | Cross Atlantic Partners is raising $100M healthcare fund |
| 2/13/10 | MPM BioVentures | http://www.mpmcapital.com/ | MPM Raises $140M for fifth life sciences fund |
| 2/9/10 | White Pine Medical Fund | http://www.whitepinemedical.com/ | Dan LeMaitre and Essex Woodlands form $50M fund to do medical device growth equity acquisitions |
| 2/8/10 | Bain Capital Ventures | http://baincapitalventures.com/ | Bain Capital Closes $525M fourth fund |
| 2/3/10 | Minnesota Life Sciences Seed Fund | n/a | Triathlon Medical Ventures and Affinity Capital Announce Collaboration in the Formation of the Minnesota Life Sciences Seed Fund |
| 1/26/10 | Soffinova Partners | http://www.sofinnova.com/ | Soffinova closes Eur260M sixth fund |
| 1/21/10 | Incyte Venture Partners | n/a | San-Antonio-Texas-area Incyte raises $11.2M first fund |
| 1/19/10 | HLM Venture Partners | http://www.hlmventurepartners.com/ | HLM holds$65M first close of third fund, targeted at $200M, per PE Hub |
| 1/13/10 | BioMed Partners | http://www.biomedvc.com/ | Swiss BioMed Partners closes CHF106M second EU-focused fund |
| 1/6/10 | New Enterprise Associates | http://www.nea.com/ | NEA closes $2.45B 13th fund, largest single fund since 2007, for information technology, energy technology and healthcare |
| 1/5/10 | Orbimed Advisors | http://www.orbimed.com/ | Orbimed raises $312M towards 4th healthcare fund, per regulatory filings |
| 1/4/10 | Marquam Hill Capital | http://www.marquamhillcapital.com/ | Portland, OR-based Marquam Hill raises $5M of planned $25M fund |
| 12/22/09 | Psilos Group | http://www.psilos.com/ | Psilos raising new fund with $450M target, per regulatory filing |
| 12/9/09 | Gilde Healthcare | http://www.gildehealthcare.nl/ | Private Equity fund Gilde Healthcare is raising EUR50M for european growth equity fund |
| 12/7/09 | 5am Ventures | http://www.5amventures.com/ | 5am Raises $200M third fund for life science companies |
| 11/19/09 | BioStar Ventures | http://www.biostarventures.com/ | Physician-run BioStar raises $30M of $75M second medical device fund |
| 11/18/09 | Founder Collective | http://foundercollective.com/ | Founder Collective Closes $40M first seed-stage fund |
| 11/12/09 | Highland Capital | http://www.hcp.com/ | Highland Capital Closes $400M eighth fund, staying away from medical devices |
| 11/4/09 | GE Healthcare Innovation Fund | http://www.healthymaginationfund.com/ | GE Healthcare plans to invest from $250M Healthcare Innovation Fund in first half 2010 |
| 11/2/09 | Greylock | http://www.greylock.com/ | Greylock closes $575M 13th fund |
| 11/2/09 | Ballast Point | http://www.ballastpointventures.com/ | Southeastern-US and Texas -focused Ballast Point raises $140M of $150M-target 2nd fund |
| 10/27/09 | Mission Bay Capital Fund | http://missionbaycapital.com/ | Mission Bay Capital Fund raises $7.5M to fund University of California biosenced entrepreneurs |
| 10/7/09 | Mobius Life Sciences Fund | http://mobiuslifesciences.com/ | Nottingham-UK based Mobius launches seed fund |
| 10/6/09 | Cardinal Partners | http://www.cardinalpartners.com/ | Cardinal has raises $152M of $175M third fund |
| 10/5/09 | Village Ventures | http://www.villageventures.com/ | Village Ventures Postpones fundraising for third fund, adds $40M to second fund |
| 9/28/09 | New Markets Venture Partners | http://www.newmarketsvp.com/ | New Markets Closes $21M second fund |
| 9/21/09 | Arch Venture Partners | http://www.archventure.com/ | Arch opens small office in Cambridge, MA |
| 8/28/09 | Helix Ventures | http://www.helixventure.com/ | Helix is targeting $150M raise for its first fund |
| 8/18/09 | Pelion Venture (fka UV Partners) | http://pelionvp.com/ | UV closes $120M fourth fund |
| 8/17/09 | EDF Ventures | http://www.edfvc.com/ | EDF closes on $4M of $15M healthcare fund, per venturewire |
| 8/11/09 | Mohr Davidow Ventures | http://www.mdv.com/ | MDV raises three annex funds (additionally cash for existing funds) |
| 8/11/09 | Domain Associates | http://www.domainvc.com/ | Domain Associates closes $500M eight fund |
| 8/3/09 | Lilly Ventures | http://www.lillyventures.com/ | Lilly Ventures separates from Eli Lilly, closes $200M fund |
| 7/7/09 | Excel Venture Management | http://www.excelvm.com/ | Excel closes $125M first fund |
| 6/30/09 | BB Biotech Ventures | http://www.bbbiotechventures.com/en/ | Swiss BB Biotech Ventures closes EUR67.5 million ($95 million) third fund |
| 6/26/09 | GRA Venture Fund | http://www.gra.org/ | Georgia-only GRA Venture Fund raises $18.75M, matches private investors at 3-1 |
| 6/19/09 | Foundation Medical | http://www.foundmed.com/ | Foundation Medical raises $58.6M towards it 3rd fund |
| 6/5/09 | NewSpring Capital | http://www.newspringcapital.com/ | NewSpring Capital is raising 2nd mezzanine fund with a $150M target |
| 5/18/09 | NGN Capital | http://www.ngncapital.com/ | NGN Capital is rasing a 2nd healthcare venture fund |
| 5/7/09 | Triathlon Medical Ventures | http://www.tmvp.com/ | Triathlon Medical Ventures is raising a 2nd fund, target: $150M |
| 4/13/09 | Dominus Capital | http://www.dominuscap.com/ | Former members of Quad-C Management held $102.6M first close on first fund, target $375M |
| 3/31/09 | Essex Woodlands Health Ventures | Essex Woodlands raises $900M eighth fund | |
| 3/23/09 | Merck Serono Ventures | http://www.merckserono.com/ | Merck Serono Forms VC Group |
| 3/13/09 | Pharma Capital Partners | http://pharmacapitalpartners.com/ | Pharma Capital Partners is raising $100 million for first fund, according to VentureWire |
| 3/11/09 | Pappas Ventures | http://www.pappasventures.com/ | Pappas Ventures closes $102M fourth fund |
| 3/3/09 | Index Ventures | http://www.indexventures.com/ | Swiss/UK-based Index Ventures closes EUR350 million ($440 million) sixth early-stage fund |
| 2/17/09 | Arboretum Ventures | http://www.arboretumvc.com/ | Arboretum Ventures closes $73M second fund |
| 2/13/09 | Kleiner Perkins | http://www.kpcb.com/ | Kleiner Perkins adds additional funding to four recetn funds including their 13th fund which closed in 2008 |
| 2/5/09 | LaunchCapital | http://www.launch-capital.com/ | LaunchCapital officially debuts its first seed-stage ($50K to $150K) fund |
| 2/4/09 | Epic Ventures | http://www.epicvc.com/ | Epic Ventures secured about half of $150 million target fourth fund, per VentureWire |
| 2/4/09 | Pinnacle Ventures | http://www.pinnacleven.com/ | Venture and venture-debt firm Pinnacle Ventures raises $107M towards 3rd debt fund, target $250M per regulatory filing |
| 1/16/09 | QureInvest AG | http://www.hs-lifesciences.com/quIv.html | HS LifeSciences, closes new CHF27.5 million ($24.5 million) fund, QureInvest AG to invest in start-up biotech companies |
| 1/13/09 | Tailwind Capital | http://www.tailwind.com/ | Private equity firm Tailwind Capital closes $775 Million first fund |
| 1/9/09 | Aisling Capital | http://www.aislingcapital.com/ | Aisling Capital Raises $650 Million for Third Fund |
| 1/6/09 | Carlyle Group | http://www.carlyle.com/ | PE firm Carlyle Group Closes Fund at $13.7 Billion. Within a broad PE portfolio, Carlyle does make some life science venture investments |
Jay Caplan on Medical Devices 