Sofinnova Partners

Sofinnova Partners

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Investment Firm

Overview

Sofinnova Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the life sciences sector, from seed to later-stage.

The firm manages over €2 billion of assets dedicated to life science investing and actively partners with ambitious entrepreneurs as a lead or cornerstone investor to develop transformative innovations that have the potential to positively impact its collective future. It invests in start-ups, early-stage companies, corporate spin-offs, and occasionally turnaround situations with a focus on Life Sciences (Biopharmaceuticals / Biotech, Medical Devices, Industrial Biotechnology). Sofinnova Partners proactively sources deals, takes a lead role, is most often the first institutional investor in Round A financings, and leads its portfolio companies until exit. They sit on the boards of their portfolio companies and play an active role from the formation phase alongside entrepreneurs.

It was headquartered in Paris, Ile-de-France in 1972.

Highlights

Founded

1972

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

51-100

Investment

327

Lead Investment

147

Exits

67

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

Europe

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Sofinnova Partners, established in 1972 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity investments across Advertising, Messaging, App Marketing, Mobile, Digital Media, Telecommunications, Broadcasting, Software, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence (AI). The organization boasts a portfolio of 324 investments, with an average round size of $27.0M and 67 successful exits. Their recent investments include Blyk, Streamezzo, Qualcomm, I-Source Gestion, Ardian. The highest investment round they participated in was $706.0B. Among their most notable exits are Blyk and Streamezzo. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Graziano Seghezzi

Graziano Seghezzi

Managing Partner

imagePlace Lukas Guenther

Lukas Guenther

Venture Partner

imagePlace Josko Bobanovic

Josko Bobanovic

Partner, Industrial Biotechnology

imagePlace Antoine Papiernik

Antoine Papiernik

Managing Partner

imagePlace Alain Tingaud

Alain Tingaud

Venture Partner

imagePlace Jean-Claude Martinez

Jean-Claude Martinez

Venture Partner

Investment portfolio

Sofinnova Partners has made 327 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 25, 2024, when deepc raised $13.0M.

Sofinnova Partners has made 20 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Oct 26, 2023, when Betteromics raised $20.0M.

investments

327

Diversity investments

20

Lead investments

147

Number of exits

67

Investments

327

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jul 09, 2024
EndoRon Medical EndoRon Medical
Health Care10.0M
Jul 16, 2024
Asceneuron Asceneuron
Biotechnology100.0M
Jul 25, 2024
Micropep Technologies Micropep Technologies
Biotechnology29.3M
Jul 25, 2024
deepc deepc
Software13.0M

Exits

67

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

327

Investors

1

Funds

15

Funding Rounds

327

Sofinnova Partners has raised 327 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 25, 2024 from a Series A - deepc round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jul 09, 2024
Series A - EndoRon Medical Series A - EndoRon Medical
-10.0M-
Jul 16, 2024
Series C - Asceneuron Series C - Asceneuron
-100.0M-
Jul 25, 2024
Series B - Micropep Technologies Series B - Micropep Technologies
-29.3M-
Jul 25, 2024
Series A - deepc Series A - deepc
-13.0M-

Investors

1

Sofinnova Partners is funded by 1 investor(s). Apollo Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
Apollo Apollo
Yes
Private Equity Round - Sofinnova Partners
0

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
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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