GBS Ventures

GBS Ventures

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Investment Firm

Overview

Founded in 1996, GBS invests in young businesses developing and commercialising products which, when combined with the right management and finance, will make a significant difference to patients' lives and deliver financial returns for their investors. Their areas of particular interest and expertise include human healthcare, biotechnology product development and life science start-ups. In particular, recent investments have included biological or small molecule therapeutics, medical devices and diagnostics.

GBS invests in private or public companies whether at start-up or later stages of company development. Their investors include major Australian superannuation funds.

Highlights

Founded

1996

Industry

Venture Capital

Employees

1-10

Investment

64

Lead Investment

18

Exits

13

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

Australia, Oceania

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

GBS Ventures, established in 1996 and headquartered in Australia, Oceania., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity investments across Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Biopharma, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Semiconductor, Life Science, Oncology, Finance. The organization boasts a portfolio of 63 investments, with an average round size of $15.5M and 13 successful exits. Their recent investments include Humanigen, Alloy Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, MPM Capital, Sofinnova Investments. The highest investment round they participated in was $88.3B. Among their most notable exits are Humanigen and Alloy Ventures. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Geoff Brooke

Special Advisor

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Brigitte Smith

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

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Ben Gust

Partner

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George Morstyn

Investment Committee Member

Investment portfolio

GBS Ventures has made 64 investments. Their most recent investment was on Aug 16, 2022, when Moximed raised $40.0M.

GBS Ventures has made 4 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on May 25, 2011, when Pathway Therapeutics raised $7.5M.

investments

64

Diversity investments

4

Lead investments

18

Number of exits

13

Investments

64

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jan 07, 2016
Elastagen Elastagen
Biotechnology9.1M
Jan 27, 2016
Moximed Moximed
Biotechnology12.6M
Mar 17, 2017
Moximed Moximed
Biotechnology50.0M
Aug 16, 2022
Moximed Moximed
Biotechnology40.0M

Exits

13

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

64

Investors

0

Funds

5

Funding Rounds

64

GBS Ventures has raised 64 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 16, 2022 from a Series C - Moximed round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 07, 2016
Series B - Elastagen Series B - Elastagen
-9.1M-
Jan 27, 2016
Series B - Moximed Series B - Moximed
-12.6M-
Mar 17, 2017
Series C - Moximed Series C - Moximed
-50.0M-
Aug 16, 2022
Series C - Moximed Series C - Moximed
-40.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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