# Roche Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Roche Ventures is a growth equity. 9 investments on record, latest May 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Roche Ventures

Last cheque observed May 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Growth equity Quiet

Series B Series D Series E

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record

Since the last cheque **528** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$50M** Rounds led **0 of 9** Mostly in **United States, 78%**

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## Roche Ventures highlights

- 01 9 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series D: 88% of its rounds

## What they do

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

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances**

- **2025** 1 round
- **May** **[GlycoEra](https://millionrounds.com/company/glycoera)** Series B · CH · TechStartups **$130M** With 8 others
- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Mar** **[Arch Oncology](https://millionrounds.com/company/arch-oncology)** Series B · US · Businesswire **$50M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[MacuLogix](https://millionrounds.com/company/maculogix)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$39M** With 3 others
- **2018** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Minoryx](https://millionrounds.com/company/minoryx)** Series B · ES · FinSMEs **$25M** With 9 others
- **Jun** **[Sutro](https://millionrounds.com/company/sutro)** Series E · US · FinSMEs **$85M** With 17 others
- **Apr** **[Macrolide](https://millionrounds.com/company/macrolide)** US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Ideaya](https://millionrounds.com/company/ideaya)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$94M** With 12 others
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Syapse](https://millionrounds.com/company/syapse)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[SutroVax](https://millionrounds.com/company/sutrovax)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$60M** With 4 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 B Series D Series E

Median round joined **$50M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 9 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** May 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B *5*
- Series D *2*
- Series E *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [5AM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5am-ventures) 2
- [Amgen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amgen) 2
- [Celgene](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celgene) 2
- [Longitude Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longitude-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**5AM Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5am-ventures)[**Amgen** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amgen)[**Celgene** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celgene)[**Longitude Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longitude-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Roche Ventures put money into.

[**GlycoEra** $130M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/glycoera)[**Arch Oncology** $50M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/arch-oncology)[**MacuLogix** $39M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/maculogix)[**Sutro** $85M · Jun 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/sutro)[**Syapse** $30M · Nov 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/syapse)

## Quick answers about Roche Ventures

### What does Roche Ventures invest in?

Roche Ventures invests most often at Series B and Series D (88% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Roche Ventures?

9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2025.

### What has Roche Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: GlycoEra (Series B, May 2025), Arch Oncology (Series B, Mar 2019) and MacuLogix (Series D, Mar 2019).

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

The median round it joins is $50M.

### Does Roche Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Roche Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (78%), Switzerland (11%) and Spain (11%).

### Is Roche Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2025.

### Who does Roche Ventures invest alongside?

Most often 5AM Ventures (2 rounds together), Amgen (2 rounds together) and Celgene (2 rounds together).

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