# NYBC Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > NYBC Ventures is a corporate vc based in United States. 5 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/nybc-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # NYBC Ventures Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 5 cheques on record. Email Corporate VC Deploying now Seed Series A Hematology Transfusion Medicine Cell Therapy Follow NYBC Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fnybc-ventures) Deploying now **100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record Since the last cheque **13** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$25M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch NYBC Ventures ## NYBC Ventures highlights - 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Growth and Series B: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > NYBC Ventures, launched by New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) with a $50M commitment, drives innovation in blood-related fields, cellular therapies, and related technologies. From their own website - **Type:** Corporate VC - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Hematology Transfusion Medicine Cell Therapy - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances** - **2026** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Star Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/star-therapeutics)** US · Pulse 2.0 **$200M** With 10 others - **Jun** **[City Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/city-therapeutics)** Series B · US · Ventureburn **$100M** With 8 others - **2025** 1 round - **Jun** **[Akadeum Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/akadeum-life-sciences)** Growth · US · Firms' own news pages **$20M** With 4 others - **2024** 1 round - **Nov** **[Vittoria Biotherapeutics, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/vittoria-biotherapeutics-inc)** US · Tellus BioVentures **$25M** With 6 others - **2023** 1 round - **Nov** **[Vittoria Biotherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/vittoria-biotherapeutics)** US · Tellus BioVentures **$15M** 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) **7** of 14 we have independently watched raise [Avencell](https://millionrounds.com/company/avencell)[Cellularorigins](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellular-origins)[Functionalfluidics](https://millionrounds.com/company/functional-fluidics)[Immusoft](https://millionrounds.com/company/immusoft)[Kalocyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalocyte)[Strm](https://millionrounds.com/company/strm)[Vitestro](https://millionrounds.com/company/vitestro) Akadeum Aronorabio Healthquestcapital Nam10 New York Blood Thymmune Vega-therapeutics 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 **$25M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Growth *1* - Series B *1* - Seed said *-* - Series A said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Agent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agent-capital) 3 - [Sofinnova Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-investments) 2 - [Tellus BioVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tellus-bioventures) 2 - [University of Pennsylvania](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-pennsylvania) 2 - [Valley Forge Investment Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valley-forge-investment-corporation) 2 **Pitching NYBC Ventures?** 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 NYBC Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Agent Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agent-capital)[**Sofinnova Investments** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-investments)[**Tellus BioVentures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tellus-bioventures)[**University of Pennsylvania** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-pennsylvania)[**Valley Forge Investment Corporation** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valley-forge-investment-corporation) ## Recently backed The latest companies NYBC Ventures put money into. [**Star Therapeutics** $200M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/star-therapeutics)[**Vittoria Biotherapeutics, Inc.** $25M · Nov 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/vittoria-biotherapeutics-inc) ## Quick answers about NYBC Ventures ### What does NYBC Ventures invest in? NYBC Ventures invests most often at Growth and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Hematology, Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy. ### How active is NYBC Ventures? 5 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has NYBC Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Star Therapeutics (Undisclosed round, Oct 2026), City Therapeutics (Series B, Jun 2026) and Akadeum Life Sciences (Growth, Jun 2025). ### How big are NYBC Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $25M. ### Does NYBC Ventures lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does NYBC Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is NYBC Ventures investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does NYBC Ventures invest alongside? Most often Agent Capital (3 rounds together), Sofinnova Investments (2 rounds together) and Tellus BioVentures (2 rounds together). ## 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. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=nybc-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=nybc-ventures)