# Jefferson Life Sciences: portfolio, investments and team

> Jefferson Life Sciences is a family office. 5 investments on record, 4 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Jefferson Life Sciences

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 5 cheques on record.

Deploying now Family office

Seed Series A Series B Therapeutics Biotech Healthcare

Deploying now

**100%** of best year **4** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **11** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$65M** Rounds led **1 of 5** Mostly in **United States, 60%**

Pitch Jefferson Life Sciences

## Jefferson Life Sciences highlights

- 01 4 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 80% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

> part of Jefferson River Capital, is an investment firm committed to advancing transformative innovations in medicine. From their own website

- **Type:** Family office
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Therapeutics Biotech Healthcare
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2026** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[OMass Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/omass-therapeutics)** Series C · GB · Jefferson Life Sciences **$310M** With 12 others
- **Jul** **[Draig Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/draig-therapeutics)** Series B · GB · Jefferson Life Sciences **$65M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Fesarius Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/fesarius-therapeutics)** Series A · US · Jefferson Life Sciences **$20M** *Led*
- **Jan** **[Juvena Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/juvena-therapeutics)** Series B · US · Jefferson Life Sciences **$34M** With 6 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Character Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/character-biosciences)** Series B · US · Jefferson Life Sciences **$93M** 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.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**1** of 6 we have independently watched raise

[Blackstone](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackstone) Ascenta Capital Developers Mubadala Safar Partners aMoon

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$65M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 5 rounds **20%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *3*
- Series A said *1*
- Series C *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) 2
- [Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) 2
- [SV Health Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-health-investors) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**British Business Bank** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund)[**Janus Henderson Investors** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors)[**SV Health Investors** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-health-investors)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Jefferson Life Sciences put money into.

[**OMass Therapeutics** $310M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/omass-therapeutics)[**Draig Therapeutics** $65M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/draig-therapeutics)[**Fesarius Therapeutics** $20M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fesarius-therapeutics)[**Juvena Therapeutics** $34M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/juvena-therapeutics)[**Character Biosciences** $93M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/character-biosciences)

## Quick answers about Jefferson Life Sciences

### What does Jefferson Life Sciences invest in?

Jefferson Life Sciences invests most often at Series B and Series A (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Therapeutics, Biotech and Healthcare.

### How active is Jefferson Life Sciences?

5 investments on record, 4 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Jefferson Life Sciences invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: OMass Therapeutics (Series C, Oct 2026), Draig Therapeutics (Series B, Jul 2026) and Fesarius Therapeutics (Series A, Jun 2026).

### How big are Jefferson Life Sciences's cheques?

The median round it joins is $65M.

### Does Jefferson Life Sciences lead rounds?

Yes: it led 1 of its 5 investments on record (20%).

### Where does Jefferson Life Sciences invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (60%) and the United Kingdom (40%).

### Is Jefferson Life Sciences investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 4 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Jefferson Life Sciences invest alongside?

Most often British Business Bank (2 rounds together), Janus Henderson Investors (2 rounds together) and SV Health Investors (2 rounds together).

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