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Quark Venture

Last cheque observed Dec 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietGrowth equity

Series BSeries CBiotechnologyTherapeuticsVenture Capital & Private Equity

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 7 on record
Since the last cheque2504days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$16MRounds led0 of 7Sole investor2 roundsMostly inCanada, 57%
Pitch Quark Venture

Quark Venture highlights

  1. 01

    7 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series B and Series C: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $28M

What they do

Type
Growth equity (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
BiotechnologyTherapeuticsVenture Capital & Private Equity
Based in
Vancouver, Canada
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first7 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Dec
    Raziel TherapeuticsSeries C · IL · FinSMEs$22MWith 6 others
  3. 2018

    2 rounds

  4. Oct
    Sitka BiopharmaCA · FinSMEs$1.9MWith 1 other
  5. May
    CanaryCA · Biv$10MWith 2 others
  6. 2017

    3 rounds

  7. Oct
    Bioarray GeneticsSeries B · US · FinSMEs$4.0MWith 2 others
  8. Oct
    CathworksSeries B · IL · FinSMEs$16MWith 4 others
  9. Jan
    MicrobionCA · FinSMEs$25MSole investor
  10. 2016

    1 round

  11. Oct
    Methylation SciencesCA · FinSMEs$30MSole investor

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

We hold 5 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.

Who they invest alongside

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

GF SecuritiesInvestment firm2rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies Quark Venture put money into.

Sitka Biopharma$1.9M · Oct 2018Canary$10M · May 2018Bioarray Genetics$4.0M · Oct 2017

Quick answers about Quark Venture

What does Quark Venture invest in?

Quark Venture invests most often at Series B and Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Biotechnology, Therapeutics and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

How active is Quark Venture?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2019.

What has Quark Venture invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Raziel Therapeutics (Series C, Dec 2019), Sitka Biopharma (Undisclosed round, Oct 2018) and Canary (Undisclosed round, May 2018).

How big are Quark Venture's cheques?

The median round it joins is $16M.

Does Quark Venture lead rounds?

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

Where does Quark Venture invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Canada (57%), Israel (29%) and the United States (14%).

Is Quark Venture investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2019.

Who does Quark Venture invest alongside?

Most often GF Securities (2 rounds together).

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