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Kolltan, BioRelix Draw 3Q CT Venture Capital

Venture capital investments in Kolltan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and BioRelix, Inc., both of New Haven, totaled $8.6 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to The MoneyTree® Report, issued quarterly by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters.

The $8.6 million invested in life sciences companies (biotechnology and medical devices) represented 34% of the total of $21.3 million of venture capital invested in the state during the quarter.

Details are as follows. 

CT Life Science Venture Capital Investments: Representative Investments by Quarter and Type

 

 

Company

$

2009 Biotech Q3 Kolltan 5,000,000
2009 Biotech Q3 BioRelix 3,600,000
2009 Biotech Q2 Marinus 20,412,000
2009 Biotech Q1 Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 25,000,200
2009 Biotech Q1 Affomix Corporation 5,211,000
2009 Biotech Q1 Optherion, Inc. 5,000,000
       
2008 Medical Devices Q4 SurgiQuest, Inc.

9,500,000

2008 Medical Devices Q4 Carigent Therapeutics, Inc.

600,000

2008 Biotechnology Q3 Cara Therapeutics, Inc.

12,300,000

2008 Biotech Q2 Optherion, Inc.

15,000,000

2008 Medical Devices Q2 SurgiQuest, Inc.

4,750,000

2008 Biotech

Q1

Pequot EnzymeRx

14,000,000

2008 Biotech

Q1

Affomix

7,000,000

       

2007 Biotech

Q1

RainDance Technologies

23,655,000

2007 Biotech

Q1

Cara Therapeutics

5,000,000

2007 Biotech

Q2

Spine Wave

45,000,200

2007 Biotech

Q2

BioRelix

25,750,200

2007 Biotech

Q3

Optherion

10,000,000

2007 Biotech

Q3

Genomas

2,500,000

2007 Biotech

Q3

REN Pharmaceuticals

1,000,000

2007 Biotech

Q4

Optherion

26,999,700

2007 Biotech

Q4

Carigent Therapeutics

2,000,000

 

 

 

 

2007 Medical Devices

Q1

Stevens Proof of Concept

500,000

2007 Medical Devices

Q1

Applied Spine Technologies

15,000,000

2007 Medical Devices

Q2

Applied Spine Technologies

13,000,000

2007 Medical Devices

Q3

HistoRx

6,552,000

2007 Medical Devices

Q4

Ikonisys

20,000,000

2007 Medical Devices

Q4

HistoRx

2,280,000

CT Life Science Venture Capital Investments by Type

 

2006

2007

2008

 

Deals

$

Deals

$

Deals

$

Biotech

9

146,600,800

9

145,589,300

3

24,300,400

Medical Devices

2

15,000,000

7

69,332,000

3

15,787,000

Other*

    1 23,655,000    

TOTAL (Life Sciences)

11

161,600,800

17

238,576,300

6

40,087,400

* RainDance Technologies of Guilford

CT Life Science Venture Capital Investments by Type (cont.)

 

Q1 2009

Q2 2009

 

Deals

$

Deals

$

Biotech

4

70,211,000

1

20,412,000

Medical Devices

0

 

1

0

TOTAL (Life Sciences)

4

70,211,200

2

20,412,000

 

 

Q3 2009

Q4 2009

 

Deals

$

Deals

$

Biotech

2

8,600,000

   

Medical Devices

0

 

   

TOTAL (Life Sciences)

2

8,600,000

   

CT Venture Capital Investments by Quarter


Quarter


# of Deals

Investment Amount

Life Sciences Amount


% Life Sciences

Q3 2009 11 $21.3 million $8.6 million 40%
Q2 2009 9 $47.6 million $20.4 million 43%
Q1 2009 5 $37.3 million $35.2 million 94%
Q4 2008 9 $15.9 million $10.1 million

67%

Q3 2008 11 $50.6 million $12.3 million

24%

Q2 2008 8 $31.5 million $10.7 million

34%

Q1 2008 8 $20.1 million

$7.0 million

35%

Q4 2007 13

$78.1 million

$61.3 million

81%

Q3 2007 9

$36.8 million

$19.1 million

52%

Q2 2007 9

$107.1 million

$88.5 million

83%

Q1 2007 7

$ 51.7  million

$46.0 million

89%

Q4 2006 6

$39.3 million

$20.1 million

52%

Q3 2006

10

$56.4 million

$21.5 million

38%

Q2 2006

9

$111.7 million

$68.7 million

62%

Q1 2006

6

$56.6 million

$51.3 million

91%

CT Venture Capital Investments by Year


Year


#  of Deals

Investment Amount

Life Sciences Amount


% Life Sciences

2008

34

$118.1 million

$40.1 million 34%
2007

37

$273.7 million

$214.9 million 79%
2006

31

$263.9 million

$161.6 million 61%

2005

31

$192.8 million

   

2004

32

$195.9 million

   

2003

34

$203.8 million

   

2002

38

$182.7 million

   
2001

70

$549.8 million

   

 
 
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