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Takeda Digital Ventures

Last cheque observed Nov 2025; 12 cheques on record.

Deploying nowCompany

GrowthSeedSeries ABiotechnologyCelle TherapyCgt

Deploying now
100%of best year1cheques in 12 months, 12 on record
Since the last cheque354days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$54MRounds led1 of 12Mostly inUnited States, 67%
Pitch Takeda Digital Ventures

Takeda Digital Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    1 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 75% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 1 rounds

What they do

Takeda is a patient-focused, R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter Future.From their own website
Type
Company
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
GrowthSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
BiotechnologyCelle TherapyCgt
Based in
Tokyo, Japan
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first12 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Nov
  3. 2019

    1 round

  4. Feb
    BiomXSeries B · IL · En$32MWith 7 others
  5. 2018

    6 rounds

  6. Sept
    VelosBioSeries A · US · FinSMEs$58MWith 4 others
  7. Aug
    AmbysSeries A · US · FinSMEs$140MWith 1 other
  8. Jul
    Presage BiosciencesSeries D · US · FinSMEs$6.0MWith 1 other
  9. May
    CortexymeSeries B · US · FinSMEs$76MWith 10 others
  10. Apr
    CrescendoSeries B · GB · FinSMEs$70MWith 5 others
  11. Jan
    Ribon TherapeuticsSeries B · US · Marketwatch$65MWith 7 others
  12. 2017

    4 rounds

  13. Dec
    HookipaSeries C · AT · FinSMEs$60MWith 8 others
  14. Dec
    Obsidian TherapeuticsSeries A · US · FinSMEs$50MWith 5 others
  15. Nov
    Outpost MedicineSeries A · GB · FinSMEs$20MWith 5 others
  16. Oct
    PalleonSeries A · US · FinSMEs$48MWith 4 others

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The team

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What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

5+funds on filenumbered funds in its name

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Takeda Digital Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Takeda Digital Ventures

What does Takeda Digital Ventures invest in?

Takeda Digital Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Biotechnology, Celle Therapy and Cgt.

How active is Takeda Digital Ventures?

12 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Nov 2025.

What has Takeda Digital Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Accipiter Biosciences (Seed, Nov 2025), BiomX (Series B, Feb 2019) and VelosBio (Series A, Sept 2018).

How big are Takeda Digital Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $54M.

Does Takeda Digital Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 12 investments on record (8%).

Where does Takeda Digital Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (67%), the United Kingdom (17%) and Israel (8%).

Is Takeda Digital Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Takeda Digital Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Celgene (2 rounds together), Pfizer (2 rounds together) and Sofinnova Investments (2 rounds together).

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