Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF)
VC Fund
Melbourne, Australia
Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) provides dedicated, investment funding to support the commercialisation of early-stage medical research discoveries that originate from its member institutes. The collaborative nature of the MRCF seeks to foster best practice in the commercialisation of medical innovations.
- Total investments:
- 33
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 45%
Last updated:
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Industries Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) invests in
Stages Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) invests in
Countries Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$1.7M
- Series A
- $1.3M–$13M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $4.3M–$35M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 20 (61%)
- Health Care 17 (52%)
- Medical 14 (42%)
- Pharmaceutical 8 (24%)
- Therapeutics 7 (21%)
Stage
- Series A 11 (33%)
- Seed 9 (27%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (21%)
- Series B 2 (6%)
- Grant 1 (3%)
Country
- Australia 21 (64%)
- United States 3 (9%)
- United Kingdom 3 (9%)
- India 1 (3%)
- Israel 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Nave
Principal Executive
|
Principal Executive | Total investments: 23 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| MecRx is a drug development company that works on new treatments for cancer and novel mechanism of action antibiotics. Using proprietary “hit identification” technology, MecRx is developing inhibitors of cMyc, a protein that is deregulated in over 50% of all human cancers. MecRx draws on the expertise of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and CSIROand is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.MecRx was founded in 2013 by an ex-pharma/biotech team. MecRx is run as a virtual company based in Melbourne, Australia and its shareholders and service providers include the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and CSIRO. The company secured $5m Series A investment from the MRCF (www.mrcf.com.au) and CSIRO in 2015. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 10, 2023 | ||
| Currus Biologics is a biotechnology company that develop CAR-T cell therapies for the treatment of solid tumour cancers. | $7.5M / Series A / Jun 29, 2021 | ||
| Azura Ophthalmics is a clinical-stage company that develops an innovative portfolio of compounds to advance treatments for MGD, the leading cause of DED. By targeting the root cause of MGD, Azura brings the promise of improved health and well-being to millions of people worldwide who suffer from MGD and other ocular surface diseases where treatmentoptions are currently lacking. Azura is underpinned by an experienced management team with an established track record of successfully developing and commercializing novel treatments for ocular surface diseases. The company headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel with operations in Australia and the U.S. | $20M / Series C / Oct 22, 2020 | ||
| Cincera Therapeutics is a privately held biotechnology company. | $725.3K / Grant / Sep 03, 2020 | ||
| Glyscend develops a revolutionary approach to treating type 2 diabetes. The company began with the insight that bariatric surgery can lead to the immediate remission of the disease, and has since been engaged in the development of a non-invasive approach which will act on the same mechanism as surgery but fit within the current care pathway. Thecompany's technology is an orally ingestible intestinal coating that prevents the stimulation of duodenal mucosa and inhibits key neurohormonal pathways in the proximal gut. Glyscend is devoted to providing patients with an effective strategy to keep glucose levels under control and eliminate potential side effects like weight gain and hypoglycemia. Meanwhile, the company aims to provide endocrinologists and primary care physicians with the innovative tools they need to treat the disease instead of merely managing it. It was founded in 2014 by co-founders Ashish Nimgaonkar, Michael Parlato, and Pratik Patel. | $19.8M / Series A / Jun 11, 2020 | ||
| George Medicines is a drug manufacturing company that improves the management of non-communicable diseases. | $35.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 09, 2020 | ||
| Pathios Therapeutics is a biotech company focused on the development of therapies for autoimmune diseases and cancer. | $13.2M / Series A / Dec 18, 2019 | ||
| Denteric is developing a vaccine based on research conducted at the University of Melbourne, with collaborative support from CSL Limited, to fight the disease and will receive the money in three parts each year from 2019 to 2021. | $9.5M / Series A / Sep 25, 2019 | ||
| Certa is an operational management platform that provides a fully integrated suite of products for third-party lifecycle management. The company's automated SaaS platform is used for business-to-business interactions, including on-boarding, due diligence, risk mitigation, and monitoring of third-party relationships. | $1.7M / Seed / Jun 04, 2019 | ||
| Longas Technologies, a Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology developer, has provided details on its Morphoseq™ library prep and associated software technology at the ‘Sequencing, Finishing and Analysis. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 16, 2019 | ||
| See all 33 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) invest in?
Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 33 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) invest in?
Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$1.7M at Seed, $1.3M–$13M at Series A and $4.3M–$35M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF)'s own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) took part in.
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Who are the partners at Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF)?
The team at Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) includes Chris Nave (Principal Executive). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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