# Deerfield Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Deerfield Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 4 investments on record, latest Nov 2013. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/deerfield-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Deerfield Partners

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Feb 2026, closing $5,131M. Last cheque observed Nov 2013.

Quiet New fund $5.1B, Feb 2026 VC firm

Growth Nanotechnology Printing

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **4737** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$44M** Rounds led **0 of 4** Exits **2 from the portfolio**

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## Deerfield Partners highlights

- 01 4 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series C and Series D: 75% of its rounds
- 03 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Growth
- **Sectors:** Nanotechnology Printing
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2013** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Ocera Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ocera-therapeutics)** Venture · US · fiercebiotech.com **$28M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[Dicerna Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/dicerna-pharmaceuticals)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$60M** With 8 others
- **2012** 1 round
- **Jul** **[bluebird bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluebird-bio)** Series D · US · in.finance.yahoo.com **$60M** With 6 others
- **2008** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Tengion](https://millionrounds.com/company/tengion)** Series C · US **$21M** With 7 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **1 named**

JF **James Flynn** Sole manager i Filing they signed

We also hold **1** person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[bluebird bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluebird-bio)** Listed **$101M** Jun 2013

**[Tengion](https://millionrounds.com/company/tengion)** Listed **Undisclosed** Apr 2010

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$5.1B**

raised in Feb 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Growth

Median round joined **$44M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Nov 2013
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *2*
- Series D *1*
- Venture *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2008 2013

Often in the room with

- [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Deerfield Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**RA Capital Management** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management)

## Quick answers about Deerfield Partners

### What does Deerfield Partners invest in?

Deerfield Partners invests most often at Series C and Series D (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Nanotechnology and Printing.

### How active is Deerfield Partners?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2013.

### How big are Deerfield Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $44M.

### Is Deerfield Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2013.

### Who does Deerfield Partners invest alongside?

Most often RA Capital Management (3 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Deerfield Partners?

Deerfield Partners is a VC firm based in United States.

### Has Deerfield Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Feb 2026, reporting $5.1B raised.

### Where does this information on Deerfield Partners come from?

From 3 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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