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Washington Research Foundation

28 employees

WRF Capital supports groundbreaking research and early-stage companies that focus on life sciences and enabling technologies.

Investor insights

Countries invested in

united states2

Sectors invested in

Biotechnology31

Health Care26

Medical13

Therapeutics11

Software8

Information Technology7

Pharmaceutical6

Manufacturing5

Artificial Intelligence4

Enterprise Software4

Information Services4

Robotics3

AgTech3

IaaS3

Cloud3

Cloud computing3

Agile Development3

Enterprise Cloud Computing3

Enterprise Applications3

SaaS3

Funding rounds participated in

$6M sweet spot round size

Most of their 66 investments are in rounds between $2.2M and $12M

Investor type

Venture Capital

Basic info

Industry

non-profit organizations

Sectors

Mobile

Date founded

1981

Investments made

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Undisclosed raised $100K on August 10, 2023

Investors: Washington Research Foundation

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Somalytics, Inc. raised $1.9M on August 30, 2022

Investors: IP Group plc and Washington Research Foundation

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Monod Bio raised $25M on August 15, 2022

Investors: Global Health Investment Fund, Sahsen Ventures, LLC, Cercano Management, Pack Ventures and Washington Research Foundation

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SEngine Precision Medicine raised $10M on July 28, 2022

Investors: Alethea Capital Management LLC, Vincere Capital and Washington Research Foundation

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Wavely Diagnostics, Inc. raised $2.2M on February 8, 2022

Investors: Ambit Health Ventures, Purpose Built, New York Angels, Wealthing VC Fund, Crosstimbers Capital Group, Cascade Seed Fund and Washington Research Foundation

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Birch.ai raised $3.1M on January 19, 2022

Investors: Radical Ventures, Flare Capital Partners and Washington Research Foundation

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Cyrus Biotechnology raised $18M on December 6, 2021

Investors: Agent Capital, iSelect Fund, Trinity Ventures, Yard Ventures, Selecta Biosciences, The W Fund, OrbiMed Advisors and Washington Research Foundation

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Outpace Bio raised $30M on March 31, 2021

Investors: ARTIS Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Civilization Ventures, Playground Global, Sahsen Ventures, LLC, Lyell Immunopharma and Washington Research Foundation

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ThruWave Inc. raised $6.4M on September 3, 2020

Investors: Portfolio Manager, Root Ventures, Foothill Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, In-Q-Tel and Washington Research Foundation

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WiBotic raised $5.7M on June 11, 2020

Investors: Aves Capital Management, L.P., SV Tech Ventures, The W Fund and Washington Research Foundation