# Merck Animal Health: portfolio, investments and team > Merck Animal Health is a corporate vc based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest May 2022. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/merck-animal-health-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Merck Animal Health Last cheque observed May 2022. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Corporate VC Quiet Seed Series A 3d Printing Education Film Follow Merck Animal Health and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fmerck-animal-health-ventures) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record Since the last cheque **1626** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$8.0M** Rounds led **1 of 3** Pitch Merck Animal Health ## Merck Animal Health highlights - 01 3 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Series C: 100% of its rounds - 03 Led 1 rounds ## What they do > The homepage lists 'Animal Health Ventures & Business Development' under Research and Innovation but does not describe its investment activities. From their own website - **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A - **Sectors:** 3d Printing Education Film - **Based in:** United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances** - **2022** 1 round - **May** **[TARGAN](https://millionrounds.com/company/targan)** Series C · US · Firms' own news pages **$35M** With 3 others - **2021** 1 round - **Mar** **[SomaDetect Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/somadetect-inc)** Series A · CA · Firms' own news pages **$6.0M** With 3 others - **2019** 1 round - **Mar** **[Applied LifeSciences & Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-lifesciences-and-systems)** Series A · US · Pharmiweb **$8.0M** *Led* 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) **0** of 12 we have independently watched raise Accessibility Austria Belgium (Dutch) Belgium (French) Egypt Forward-Looking Statement Germany Indonesia Msd Switzerland (French) Switzerland (German) Turkey 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 Median round joined **$8.0M** the round, not its cheque Led 1 of 3 rounds **33%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** May 2022 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *2* - Series C *1* - Seed said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2019 2022 Often in the room with - [Mountain Group Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mountain-group-partners) 2 - [Oval Park Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oval-park-capital) 2 **Pitching Merck Animal Health?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Merck Animal Health. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Mountain Group Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mountain-group-partners)[**Oval Park Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oval-park-capital) ## Recently backed The latest companies Merck Animal Health put money into. [**TARGAN** $35M · May 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/targan) ## Quick answers about Merck Animal Health ### What does Merck Animal Health invest in? Merck Animal Health invests most often at Series A and Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as 3d Printing, Education and Film. ### How active is Merck Animal Health? 3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in May 2022. ### What has Merck Animal Health invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: TARGAN (Series C, May 2022), SomaDetect Inc. (Series A, Mar 2021) and Applied LifeSciences & Systems (Series A, Mar 2019). ### How big are Merck Animal Health's cheques? The median round it joins is $8.0M. ### Is Merck Animal Health investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2022. ### Who does Merck Animal Health invest alongside? Most often Mountain Group Partners (2 rounds together) and Oval Park Capital (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Merck Animal Health? Merck Animal Health is a corporate VC based in United States. ### When was Merck Animal Health founded? Merck Animal Health was founded in 1921. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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