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The Dementia Discovery Fund

11 employees

The largest family of specialized venture capital funds that invests exclusively in companies developing novel therapeutics for dementia

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Biotechnology27
Health Care18
Therapeutics15
Life Science11
Pharmaceutical6
Medical6
Translation Enhancers3
Novel Modality3
Neurodegeneration3
RNA Therapeutics3
Rare Disease3
Small molecule therapeutics that boost cellular clearance pathways to restore balance2
Medical Device2
ALS1
Product Research1
Clinical Trials1
Health Diagnostics1
Neuroscience1
mHealth1
Genetics1

Funding rounds participated in

$12M sweet spot round size

Most of their 37 investments are in rounds between $7.8M and $36M

Investor type

Venture Capital

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Biotechnology
Neuroscience
Financial Services
Dementia and Venture Capital
Finance
Life Science
Venture Capital

Date founded

2015

Investments made

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Undisclosed raised $11M on May 5, 2023

Investors: The Dementia Discovery Fund

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Therini Bio, Inc. (formerly MedaRed, Inc.) raised $36M on April 27, 2023

Investors: Sanofi Ventures, SV Life Sciences, Dolby Family Ventures and The Dementia Discovery Fund

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Cerevance raised $51M on February 13, 2023

Investors: Dolby Family Ventures, GV, Foresite Capital, Lightstone Ventures, UPMC Enterprises, Takeda UK Limited and The Dementia Discovery Fund

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Amphista Therapeutics Limited raised undisclosed on December 13, 2022

Investors: The Dementia Discovery Fund

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Transine Therapeutics raised $5.8M on May 31, 2022

Investors: Epidarex Capital and The Dementia Discovery Fund

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AviadoBio raised $78M on December 2, 2021

Investors: Monograph Capital, EQT Life Sciences, F-Prime Capital Partners, Advent Life Sciences and The Dementia Discovery Fund

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Undisclosed raised $9.4M on November 23, 2021

Investors: The Dementia Discovery Fund

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Nitrome Biosciences, Inc. raised $7M on November 2, 2021

Investors: Mission Bay Capital, Bristol-Myers Squibb, UK, Sofinnova Partners and The Dementia Discovery Fund

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Transine Therapeutics raised $13M on June 1, 2021

Investors: Takeda UK Limited and The Dementia Discovery Fund

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Therini Bio, Inc. (formerly MedaRed, Inc.) raised $17M on May 10, 2021

Investors: Sanofi Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures, SV Life Sciences and The Dementia Discovery Fund

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