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Founded1987
DescriptionVenture Capital

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One MedImmune Way
Gaithersburg, MD, 20878
USA
Mountain View, USA
319 N Bernardo Ave
Mountain View, CA, 94043
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MedImmune Ventures

MedImmune Ventures is a wholly owned venture capital fund within the AstraZeneca/MedImmune group of companies. It was created in 2002 to leverage MedImmune’s expertise in discovering, developing and commercializing biotechnology products, as well as its financial resources, to transform new ideas in biotechnology into successful products and companies.

MedImmune Ventures invests in early- to late-stage, public or private biotechnology companies focused on discovering and developing human therapeutics. MedImmune Ventures primarily seeks to invest in areas of strategic interest to Astra Zeneca and MedImmune, including infectious diseases, cancer, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, pain and central nervous system disorders, and gastrointestinal disease. We are modality agnostic, investing in biologics, small molecules, and vaccines.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals 2/13Venture Round$9M4
Applied Genetics Technologies Corporation 11/12Series B$37.5M6
Ambit Biosciences 11/12Venture Round$50M9
Coferon 7/12Series B$12M3
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals 12/11Series A$8M4
Ambit Biosciences 6/11Series D$30M10
Corridor Pharmaceuticals 6/10Series A$15M8
Inotek Pharmaceuticals 6/10Series D$18M5
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals 4/10Series A$39M4
VentiRx Pharmaceuticals 1/10Series A$51.6M4
Virdante Pharmaceuticals 11/09Series A$30M6
Arginetix 11/09Series B$4.6M5
VaxInnate 6/09Series D$30M7
Applied Genetics Technologies Corporation 6/09Series C$11.8M3
NKT Therapeutics 3/09Series A$8M2
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals 1/09Venture Round$25M8
Hydra Biosciences 1/09Series D$22M1
Arginetix 10/08Angel$2.3M4
LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals 4/08Series B$28M4
BrainCells 3/08Series B$30M6
Sequoia Pharmaceuticals 1/07Series C$35M5
VaxInnate 10/06Series C$40M6
VLST Corporation 6/06Series B$55M7
Avidia 5/06Series C$43.8M7
Avidia 5/05Series B$28.5M2
Applied Genetics Technologies Corporation 11/03Series B$27M4

Videos

Sources

  1. Catabasis raises $9M for PhII-ready drug development program (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  2. Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation Lands $37.5 Million in Venture Capital Funding (biospace.com) [edit]
  3. Ambit Biosciences Completes $50 Million Financing to Advance Lead Drug Candidate in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  4. Coferon, Inc. Announces $12 Million Series B Financing (marketwire.com) [edit]
  5. Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Announces $8 Million Series A Extension Financing (catabasispharma.com) [edit]
  6. AMBIT BIOSCIENCES COMPLETES $30 MILLION SERIES D-2 FINANCING (ambitbio.com) [edit]
  7. Arginetix and Immune Control Merge to Form Corridor Pharmaceuticals (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  8. Inotek gathers $18M as it plots PhII trials Read more: Inotek gathers $18M as it plots PhII trials (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  9. Catabasis lands $39M Series A for diabetes programs (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  10. VentiRx Pharma Extends Series A To $51.6M (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
  11. Virdante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series A $30M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  12. Arginetix, Inc.: Series B $4.6M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  13. VaxInnate Corp., Series D $30M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  14. Applied Genetic Technologies Corp.: Series C $11.8M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  15. NKT Therapeutics launches with $8M (bizjournals.com) [edit]
  16. Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 2 Study Results for Delafloxacin and a $25 Million Financing (rib-x.com) [edit]
  17. Hydra Biosciences Raises $22 Million in Series D Financing (reuters.com) [edit]
  18. Arginetix, Inc. Completes $2.3 Million Initial Financing and Technology License (findarticles.com) [edit]
  19. Capital Funding Report [edit]
  20. BrainCells raises $30M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  21. Sequoia Pharmaceuticals Raises $35M In Series C Financing (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  22. VaxInnate Secures $40 Million Series C Financing. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  23. VLST Corporation Raises $55 Million (vlstcorp.com) [edit]
  24. AVIDIA RAISES $43.8 MILLION TO ADVANCE NEW CLASS OF PHARMACEUTICALS (freshnews.com) [edit]
  25. AVIDIA ADVANCING LEAD PRODUCT THROUGH $28.5M SERIES B ROUND. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  26. Company Overview (agtc.com) [edit]
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