# Kearny Venture Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Kearny Venture Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 23 investments on record, latest Jul 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Kearny Venture Partners

Last cheque observed Jul 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet New fund $1.5M, Sept 2008 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Connected-health Healthier Living E-health

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 23 on record

Since the last cheque **4118** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$27M** Rounds led **0 of 23** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Kearny Venture Partners highlights

- 01 23 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series C and Series B: 52% of its rounds
- 03 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Kearny Venture Partners is a healthcare investment firm exclusively focused on emerging healthcare products. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Connected-health Healthier Living E-health
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **23 appearances**

- **2015** 1 round
- **Jul** **[ViewRay](https://millionrounds.com/company/viewray)** Venture · US **$27M** With 5 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Aerpio Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/aerpio-therapeutics)** Venture · US **$22M** With 4 others
- **2013** 6 rounds
- **Dec** **[ViewRay](https://millionrounds.com/company/viewray)** Venture · US **$30M** With 5 others
- **Nov** **[TriVascular](https://millionrounds.com/company/trivascular)** Series E · US · sec.gov **$40M** With 8 others
- **Nov** **[Aerpio Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/aerpio-therapeutics)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$9.0M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Boreal Genomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/boreal-genomics)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$18M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Akebia Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/akebia-therapeutics)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$41M** With 8 others
- **May** **[ViewRay](https://millionrounds.com/company/viewray)** Series D · US · pehub.com **$15M** With 5 others
- **2012** 4 rounds
- **Aug** **[Aerpio Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/aerpio-therapeutics)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$27M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[TriVascular](https://millionrounds.com/company/trivascular)** Series D · US · news.yahoo.com **$60M** With 6 others
- **Mar** **[ViewRay](https://millionrounds.com/company/viewray)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$45M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Akebia Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/akebia-therapeutics)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$4.1M** With 7 others
- **2011** 3 rounds
- **Sept** **[ViewRay](https://millionrounds.com/company/viewray)** Venture · US · wraltechwire.com **$10M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Akebia Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/akebia-therapeutics)** Series B · US · akebia.com **$22M** With 6 others
- **Jan** **[NextWave Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextwave-pharmaceuticals)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$45M** With 7 others
- **2010** 3 rounds
- **Aug** **[ViewRay](https://millionrounds.com/company/viewray)** Series C · US · viewray.com **$20M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[TriVascular](https://millionrounds.com/company/trivascular)** Series C · US · onbiovc.com **$60M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Baxano](https://millionrounds.com/company/baxano)** Series C · US · onbiovc.com **$30M** With 5 others
- **2009** 1 round
- **Nov** **[TriVascular](https://millionrounds.com/company/trivascular)** Series B · US · trivascular2.com **$30M** With 3 others
- **2008** 3 rounds
- **Sept** **[Baxano](https://millionrounds.com/company/baxano)** Series B · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[TriVascular](https://millionrounds.com/company/trivascular)** Series A · US · venturebeat.com **$65M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[ViewRay](https://millionrounds.com/company/viewray)** Series B · US **$25M** With 3 others
- **2007** 1 round
- **May** **[CVRx](https://millionrounds.com/company/cvrx)** Series D · US **$65M** With 3 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 **4 named**

AI **Andrew Irving Jensen** Chief Financial Officer/ Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

CM **Caley Mcneill Castelein** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

JS **Jim Shapiro** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

RS **Richard Spalding** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **4** people 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.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$319M** assets it manages, 2 advisers combined Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Kearny Venture Associates III, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 309872

## Exits from the portfolio

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

**[Baxano](https://millionrounds.com/company/baxano)** Bought by TranS1 **Undisclosed** Mar 2013

**[NextWave Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextwave-pharmaceuticals)** Bought by [Pfizer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pfizer) **Undisclosed** Oct 2012

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

New fund on file

**$1.5M**

raised in Sept 2008

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$27M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 23 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2015
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *7*
- Series B said *5*
- Venture *4*
- Series A said *3*
- Series D *3*
- Series E *1*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2007 2015

Often in the room with

- [Aisling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aisling-capital) 8
- [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) 8
- [Fidelity Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity-biosciences) 7
- [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) 6
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) 6
- [Triathlon Medical Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/triathlon-medical-ventures) 6

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Aisling Capital** Private equity **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aisling-capital)[**OrbiMed** Private equity **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed)[**Fidelity Biosciences** Investment firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity-biosciences)[**F-Prime Capital** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Triathlon Medical Venture Partners** Growth equity **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/triathlon-medical-ventures)[**Athenian Venture Partners** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/athenian-venture-partners)[**Delphi Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/delphi-ventures)[**MPM Capital** Private equity **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mpm-bioimpact)[**Novartis Venture Fund** Corporate VC **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis-venture-fund)[**Venture Investors** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venture-investors-health-fund)[**GeneChem** Growth equity **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/genechem)

## Quick answers about Kearny Venture Partners

### What does Kearny Venture Partners invest in?

Kearny Venture Partners invests most often at Series C and Series B (52% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Connected-health, Healthier Living and E-health.

### How active is Kearny Venture Partners?

23 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2015.

### How big are Kearny Venture Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $27M.

### Does Kearny Venture Partners lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 23 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Kearny Venture Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Kearny Venture Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2015.

### Who does Kearny Venture Partners invest alongside?

Most often Aisling Capital (8 rounds together), OrbiMed (8 rounds together) and Fidelity Biosciences (7 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Kearny Venture Partners?

Kearny Venture Partners is a VC firm based in San Francisco, United States.

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