Sofinnova
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| Private | |
| Industry | Private Equity |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA, United States |
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Key people
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Jim Healy, MD, PhD, Mike Powell, PhD, Anand Mehra, MD, Lars Ekman, MD, David Kabakoff, PhD, Dan Welch, Cory Freeland, PhD, Tommy Nguyen, MD, PhD, Nathalie Auber, Hooman Shalavi, Charlotte Shropshire, Alain Azan (Retired), Jean Deleage (Deceased) |
| Products | Venture Capital |
| Total assets | $1.9B |
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Number of employees
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~20 |
| Website | www.sofinnova.com |
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| Private | |
| Industry | Private Equity |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
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Key people
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Denis Lucquin, Antoine Papiernik, Rafaele Tordjman, Graziano Seghezzi, Henrijette Richter, Monique Saulnier, Jean-Bernard Schmidt (retired), Jean Deleage (deceased) |
| Products | Venture Capital |
| Total assets | €1.7 billion |
| Website | www.sofinnova.fr |
Sofinnova is the name shared by two venture capital firms, Sofinnova Ventures and Sofinnova Partners. The name Sofinnova is believed to be a contraction of the French, "Société de Financement de l’Innovation" or, Innovation Venture Capital Company. Both firms trace their roots back to Sofinnova SA, an investment institution founded in Paris in 1972. The two firms have raised ~$4B since inception, and shared a similar investment strategy of investing in the life science and technology sectors. The two sister firms distinguish themselves on the basis of their target geographies, and have been fully independent since 1997.
Sofinnova Ventures and Sofinnova Partners have had historically some of the same Limited Partners, and have co-invested together in selected companies, including: Flamel, Cerep, Genset, Actelion, Preglem, Movetis, Ascendis, Obseva, Auris and Nucana. Both firms work together in a collegial way to exchange information and due diligence in each other's respective geographies. The firms do not have an obligation to show each other deals or to co-invest, but historically have co-invested together in ~10% of their collective investments.
Sofinnova Ventures is an independent venture capital firm based in Menlo Park with $1.9B capital under management.
Sofinnova Ventures has been an active venture investor, investing in some well-known venture investments of the period. Sofinnova invested in Collagen Aesthetics, Biogen, Genentech, Tandon, Tandem Computers and Printonix, Tumbleweed, and Phone.com. Sofinnova Ventures funded several of these as start-ups that developed into large international companies. More recently, Sofinnova Ventures has backed companies including: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Kosan Biosciences, Actelion, Intermune, Seattle Genetics, Cotherix, Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Prestwick, Preglem, Movetis, Intellikine, Amarin Corporation, Salveo, and Labrys.
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