24 investors have funded 12 Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies head-officed in Dublin, across 36 rounds (Feb 2007 – Jul 2021). They are ranked by how many Dublin companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Dublin" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enterprise Ireland | Dublin, Ireland | Series ASeed | 6 | 8 | 2 | Jun 2021 | 429 |
| 2 | Atlantic Bridge | Dublin, Ireland | Series A | 2 | 3 | — | Jun 2021 | 78 |
| 3 | Seroba Life Sciences | Dublin, Ireland | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2011 | 27 |
| 4 | University Bridge Fund | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2018 | 14 | |
| 5 | KBI Biopharma | Durham, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Oct 2017 | 3 |
| 6 | Google Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2016 | 736 |
| 7 | Orbimed | New York City, United States | PE | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2018 | 422 |
| 8 | Polaris Partners | Boston, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2016 | 330 |
| 9 | Arch Venture Partners | Chicago, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2016 | 236 |
| 10 | EIC Fund | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2021 | 134 | |
| 11 | Longitude Capital | Menlo Park, United States | PE | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2018 | 84 |
| 12 | Act Venture Capital | Dublin, Ireland | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2011 | 79 |
| 13 | Kernel Capital | Cork, Ireland | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2011 | 59 |
| 14 | Ascent Capital | Bengaluru, India | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2018 | 39 |
| 15 | HBM Partners | Zug, Switzerland | PE | 1 | 1 | — | May 2018 | 47 |
| 16 | Investec | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2007 | 40 |
| 17 | Ireland Strategic Investment Fund | Dublin, Ireland | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2016 | 17 |
| 18 | OTC Agregator | Paris, France | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2007 | 9 |
| 19 | BioExel | Galway, Ireland | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 9 |
| 20 | Ascent | Hong Kong, China | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 2 |
| 21 | Emergency Interoperability Consortium | Washington, DC, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2020 | 1 |
| 22 | RCSI | Dublin, Ireland | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2013 | 1 |
| 23 | UMC Utrecht | Utrecht, Netherlands | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2013 | 1 |
| 24 | Street Capital | Toronto, Canada | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2008 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies head-officed in Dublin that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kastus kastus.com |
5 | 8 | $31.6M | Series A Jun 2021 |
| Biosensia biosensia.com |
5 | 7 | $16.7M | Series A Nov 2011 |
| Genomics Medicine Ireland genomicsmed.ie |
4 | 4 | $160M | Series A Oct 2016 |
| Sublimity Therapeutics sublimitytherapeutics.com |
3 | 3 | $192M | PE May 2018 |
| Cellix wearecellix.com |
3 | 3 | $3.2M | Seed Feb 2007 |
| EpimiRNA epimirna.eu |
2 | 2 | $15.3M | Series A Nov 2013 |
| Advanced Microplates advancedmicroplates.com |
2 | 2 | $2.1M | Seed Oct 2011 |
| GlycoSeLect glycoselect.com |
2 | 3 | $1.1M | Seed Oct 2017 |
| RemedyBio remedybiologics.com |
1 | 1 | $9.4M | Series A Jul 2021 |
| Akkure akkure.com |
1 | 1 | $1.9M | |
| ImmunoGrow immunogrow.com |
1 | 1 | $113.9K | Seed Jun 2017 |
| SiriusXT siriusxt.com |
1 | 1 | — | Series A Jul 2020 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2021 | EIC Fund | RemedyBio | Series A | $9.4M |
| Jun 2021 | Enterprise Ireland | Kastus | Series A | $6.7M |
| Jun 2021 | Atlantic Bridge | Kastus | Series A | $6.7M |
| Jun 2021 | AscentLED | Kastus | Series A | $6.7M |
| Jul 2020 | Emergency Interoperability ConsortiumLED | SiriusXT | Series A | — |
| Sep 2018 | University Bridge Fund | Kastus | Series A | $3.2M |
| Sep 2018 | Ascent CapitalLED | Kastus | Series A | $3.2M |
| Sep 2018 | Enterprise Ireland | Kastus | Series A | $3.2M |
| May 2018 | Longitude CapitalLED | Sublimity Therapeutics | PE | $64M |
| May 2018 | OrbimedLED | Sublimity Therapeutics | PE | $64M |
| May 2018 | HBM Partners | Sublimity Therapeutics | PE | $64M |
| Oct 2017 | Enterprise Ireland | GlycoSeLect | Seed | $528.8K |
| Oct 2017 | KBI Biopharma | GlycoSeLect | Seed | $528.8K |
| Jun 2017 | BioExelLED | ImmunoGrow | Seed | $113.9K |
| Dec 2016 | University Bridge Fund | Kastus | Seed | $1.6M |
| Oct 2016 | Google VenturesLED | Genomics Medicine Ireland | Series A | $40M |
| Oct 2016 | Polaris PartnersLED | Genomics Medicine Ireland | Series A | $40M |
| Oct 2016 | Arch Venture PartnersLED | Genomics Medicine Ireland | Series A | $40M |
| Oct 2016 | Ireland Strategic Investment FundLED | Genomics Medicine Ireland | Series A | $40M |
| May 2016 | KBI BiopharmaLED | GlycoSeLect | Seed | — |
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