Investor

Merck KGaA

Last cheque observed Apr 2012. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietInvestment firm

Series ASeries CVenture

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 3 on record
Since the last cheque5311days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$11MRounds led0 of 3Sole investor2 rounds
Pitch Merck KGaA

Merck KGaA highlights

  1. 01

    3 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series C: 67% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $12M

What they do

Type
Investment firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first3 appearances

  1. 2012

    1 round

  2. Apr
    Threshold PharmaceuticalsVenture · US · fiercebiotech.com$20MSole investor
  3. 2010

    1 round

  4. Jan
    Idera PharmaceuticalsSeries A · US · masshightech.com$4.3MSole investor
  5. 2008

    1 round

  6. Feb
    BioVascularSeries C · US · salesandmarketingnetwork.com$11MWith 2 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.

Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

Sigma-Aldrich$17BSept 2014
AZ Electronic$2.6BDec 2013

Quick answers about Merck KGaA

What does Merck KGaA invest in?

Merck KGaA invests most often at Series A and Series C (67% of the rounds on record).

How active is Merck KGaA?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2012.

How big are Merck KGaA's cheques?

The median round it joins is $11M.

Is Merck KGaA investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2012.

What kind of investor is Merck KGaA?

Merck KGaA is an investment firm.

Where does this information on Merck KGaA 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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