Penn Medicine Co-Investment Fund
VC Fund
Philadelphia, United States
Penn Medicine Co-Investment Fund is a VC fund in Philadelphia focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Penn Medicine Co-Investment Program makes investments in faculty-driven cell therapy, gene therapy, and connected health companies
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Penn Medicine Co-Investment Fund invests in
Stages Penn Medicine Co-Investment Fund invests in
Countries Penn Medicine Co-Investment Fund invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 7 (37%)
- Biotechnology 7 (37%)
- Therapeutics 5 (26%)
- Medical 4 (21%)
- Manufacturing 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (26%)
- Series A 5 (26%)
- Series B 4 (21%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
- Series C 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Carter Caldwell
Program Director
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Program Director | Total investments: 13 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interius BioTherapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that targets cancer. The company spun out the University of Pennsylvania and is targeting cancer. | $21.5M / Jan 01, 2025 | ||
| BlueWhale Bio is spinout from the University of Pennsylvania to accelerate the use of cell-based therapies by manufacturing innovation. | $18M / Seed / Sep 07, 2023 | ||
| Carisma Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cellular immunotherapies to treat solid tumors. Its cell therapies apply powerful chimeric antigen receptor technology and adoptive cell transfer in cancer therapy and to macrophages that infiltrate the solid tumor micro-environment that enables solid tumor patients to receive strongcellular immunotherapy and cancer treatments. The company's technology leverages advances in macrophage biology, chimeric antigen receptor engineering, and adoptive cellular therapy for the treatment of human disease.Founded in 2016 by Michael Klichinsky and Saar Gill, Carisma Therapeutics is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | $30M / Series C / Sep 21, 2022 | ||
| Innervace is a developer of a regenerative therapy company designed to develop implantable tissue-engineered brain pathways for neurodegenerative disorders.The company is focused on the development and commercialization of anatomically inspired living scaffolds for brain pathway reconstruction, and its lead clinical product is a tissue-engineerednigrostriatal pathway that mimics the lost nigrostriatal pathway in patients with Parkinson's disease. This gives patients access to technology that specifically reconstructs brain pathways rather than just masking symptoms temporarily.Innervace was established in 2018 by in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | $40M / Series A / Sep 08, 2022 | ||
| Vittoria Biotherapeutics develops gene-edited cell therapies. they provide next-generation, paradigm-shifting T-cell therapeutics that address unmet medical needs. Senza5 Technology from viTToria improves the efficacy, safety, and utility of cell-based treatments in preclinical settings. | $10M / Seed / Jun 07, 2022 | ||
| CareAlign provides clinicians with an intuitive, patient-centric task management tool to track, manage and coordinate clinical care. Easily assign, date and time tasks, categorize them for when they are due, view cleared tasks and more. | $2.3M / Seed / Nov 30, 2021 | ||
| Interius BioTherapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that targets cancer. The company spun out the University of Pennsylvania and is targeting cancer. | $76M / Series A / May 18, 2021 | ||
| Carisma Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cellular immunotherapies to treat solid tumors. Its cell therapies apply powerful chimeric antigen receptor technology and adoptive cell transfer in cancer therapy and to macrophages that infiltrate the solid tumor micro-environment that enables solid tumor patients to receive strongcellular immunotherapy and cancer treatments. The company's technology leverages advances in macrophage biology, chimeric antigen receptor engineering, and adoptive cellular therapy for the treatment of human disease.Founded in 2016 by Michael Klichinsky and Saar Gill, Carisma Therapeutics is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | $12M / Series B / Mar 01, 2021 | ||
| Interius BioTherapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that targets cancer. The company spun out the University of Pennsylvania and is targeting cancer. | $5.5M / Seed / Mar 13, 2020 | ||
| Tmunity Therapeutics is developing novel products to unleash the immunological potential of T cells to treat a wide range of disease indications. Tmunity is developing novel T Cell Receptor (TCR) engineered T cells, regulatory T cells (Treg), and universal engineered T cell platforms that exhibit best-in-class control over T cell activation anddirection in vivo, as well as proprietary technologies to activate, expand, and genetically engineer T cells from peripheral blood, cord blood and tumors. The company is rapidly advancing toward the clinic personalized next-generation immunotherapies for oncology, infectious diseases and autoimmune disease. The founding team includes experts in T-cell biology, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and clinical development, who collectively have an unparalleled track record of executing safe and effective cell and gene therapy clinical trials. In addition, Tmunity’s manufacturing platform has a proven track record of success in supporting multi-center clinical studies across diverse therapeutic indications. | $75M / Series B / Oct 31, 2019 | ||
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Co-Investors
Agent Capital
8 deals together
HealthCap
5 deals together
Tellus BioVentures
5 deals together
AbbVie
3 deals together
BrightEdge Fund
3 deals together
IP Group
3 deals together
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What does Penn Medicine Co-Investment Fund invest in?
Penn Medicine Co-Investment Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Therapeutics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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