# Tekla Capital Management: portfolio, investments and team

> Tekla Capital Management is a vc firm based in United States. 10 investments on record, latest Nov 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors)

# Tekla Capital Management

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

Follow Tekla Capital Management and see its new cheques in your feed. [Sign up free](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Ftekla-capital-management)

Quiet VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Medical Device Ivd In Vitro Diagnostics

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 10 on record

Since the last cheque **2546** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$53M** Rounds led **0 of 10** Mostly in **United States, 90%**

Pitch Tekla Capital Management

## Tekla Capital Management highlights

- 01 10 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series C and Growth: 70% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Medical Device Ivd In Vitro Diagnostics
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **10 appearances**

- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Arkuda](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkuda)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$44M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Amphivena](https://millionrounds.com/company/amphivena)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$62M** With 10 others
- **2015** 5 rounds
- **Aug** **[Ovid Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ovid-therapeutics)** Series B · US **$75M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[Afferent Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/afferent-pharmaceuticals)** Series C · US **$55M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[CytomX Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytomx-therapeutics)** Series D · US **$70M** With 8 others
- **Apr** **[Merus](https://millionrounds.com/company/merus)** Series C · NL **$79M** With 10 others
- **Mar** **[Veniti](https://millionrounds.com/company/veniti)** Series C · US **$17M** With 1 other
- **2013** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Insightra Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/insightra-medical)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **2012** 1 round
- **Sept** **[IlluminOss Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/illuminoss-medical)** Series C · US · marketwire.com **$28M** With 8 others
- **2006** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Magellan Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/magellan-diagnostics)** Growth · US **$50M** With 6 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 team

We hold **3** 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.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$53M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 10 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Nov 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *6*
- Growth said *1*
- Series A said *1*
- Series B said *1*
- Series D *1*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2006 2019

Often in the room with

- [Redmile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redmile-group) 3
- [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) 2
- [Fidelity Management and Research Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity-management-and-research-company) 2
- [Jennison Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jennison-associates) 2
- [New Leaf Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-leaf-venture-partners) 2
- [Pfizer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pfizer) 2

**Pitching Tekla Capital Management?** 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 Tekla Capital Management. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Redmile Group** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redmile-group)[**Cormorant Asset Management** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management)[**Fidelity Management and Research Company** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity-management-and-research-company)[**Jennison Associates** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jennison-associates)[**New Leaf Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-leaf-venture-partners)[**Pfizer** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pfizer)

## Quick answers about Tekla Capital Management

### What does Tekla Capital Management invest in?

Tekla Capital Management invests most often at Series C and Growth (70% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Medical Device, Ivd and In Vitro Diagnostics.

### How active is Tekla Capital Management?

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

### What has Tekla Capital Management invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Arkuda (Series A, Nov 2019) and Amphivena (Series C, Sept 2019).

### How big are Tekla Capital Management's cheques?

The median round it joins is $53M.

### Does Tekla Capital Management lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 10 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Tekla Capital Management invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (90%) and the Netherlands (10%).

### Is Tekla Capital Management investing now?

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

### Who does Tekla Capital Management invest alongside?

Most often Redmile Group (3 rounds together), Cormorant Asset Management (2 rounds together) and Fidelity Management and Research Company (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=tekla-capital-management) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=tekla-capital-management)
