Roche Venture Fund

company

About

Roche Venture Fund makes investments in the development of commercially successful, innovative life science companies.

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Details

Industries
Biotechnology,Finance,Health Care,Venture Capital
Founded date
Jan 1, 2002
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
CVC

The Roche Venture Fund is the name given to the corporate venture fund of the healthcare company Roche. Roche has allocated CHF 500 million to invest in and develop commercially successful innovative life science companies.

Roche has been investing in early-stage companies as part of collaborations since the early-1990s and independent of collaborations since 2002. All equity investments made by Roche in biotech and diagnostics companies (including collaboration investments) are negotiated and managed by the Roche Venture Fund. In the past 20 years, the Roche Venture Fund has invested in over 60 companies globally. Currently, Roche Venture Fund has a portfolio of around 30 companies located in 10 countries across Europe, North America, and the Pacific Region. The fund is an evergreen fund with CHF 500 million available of which approximately 40% is currently invested.

The Roche Venture Fund is a committed long-term stable investor with sufficient money reserved in their fund for follow-on financing rounds. As part of a multinational healthcare company, the Roche Venture Fund has access to considerable expertise both internally and externally. We co-invest with leading venture funds, including other corporate venture funds, on a regular basis.

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
9
1
Roche Venture Fund has made 9 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 7, 2021, when Freenome raised $300M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Dec 7, 2021 Freenome
Series D $300M Biotechnology
Series B $116M Biotechnology
Aug 26, 2020 Freenome
Series C $270M Biotechnology
Series C $85M Biotechnology
Jul 24, 2019 Freenome
Series B $160M Biotechnology