# MS Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> MS Ventures is a vc firm. 7 investments on record, latest Sept 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# MS Ventures

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

Quiet VC firm

Series A Series B

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **4045** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$15M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 50%**

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## MS Ventures highlights

- 01 7 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $15M

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Asceneuron](https://millionrounds.com/company/asceneuron)** Series A · CH **$31M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Prexton Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/prexton-therapeutics)** Series A · CH **$10M** With 2 others
- **2014** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Forendo Pharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/forendo-pharma)** Series A · FI **$15M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Raze Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/raze-therapeutics)** Series A · US **$24M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[Padlock Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/padlock-therapeutics)** Series A · US **$15M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[RuiYi](https://millionrounds.com/company/ruiyi)** Series B · US **$15M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[Synaffix](https://millionrounds.com/company/synaffix)** Series A **Undisclosed** 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 cheque

Series A Series B

Median round joined **$15M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$15M**

Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2015

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *6*
- Series B *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2014 2015

Often in the room with

- [Aravis Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aravis-sa) 2
- [SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Aravis Ventures** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aravis-sa)[**SR One** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one)

## Quick answers about MS Ventures

### What does MS Ventures invest in?

MS Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record).

### How active is MS Ventures?

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

### How big are MS Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $15M.

### Does MS Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does MS Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (50%), Switzerland (33%) and Finland (17%).

### Is MS Ventures investing now?

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

### Who does MS Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Aravis Ventures (2 rounds together) and SR One (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is MS Ventures?

MS Ventures is a VC firm.

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