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What does Wellington Partners invest in?
Wellington Partners invests most often at Series A and Series B (55% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Life Science, Therapeutics and Medical Devices.
Wellington Partners highlights
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6 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 55% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 18 rounds, median $4.7M
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18 exits from the portfolio
What they do
A leading European Venture Capital firm investing in early- and growth-stage Life Science companies.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $200K – $15M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- Life ScienceTherapeuticsMedical Devices
- Based in
- Munich, Germany
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first180 appearances
- 2026
6 rounds
- Jun
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- 2025
8 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Aug
- Jul
- May
- May
- Apr
- Mar
- 2024
10 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- May
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- 2023
3 rounds
- Oct
- Jun
- Apr
- 2022
5 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- 2021
3 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Jan
- 2020
1 round
- Oct
- 2019
6 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Sept
- Sept
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 29 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.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$361Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
6+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Wellington Partners LIFE Science Venture Capital Management GMBH
- SEC number
- CRD 333839
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed18 in all
DefiniensBought by MedImmune$150MNov 2014
Adconion Media GroupBought by Amobee$235MJun 2014
Oxford ImmunotecListed$64MNov 2013
QypeBought by Yelp$50MOct 2012
SeesmicBought by HootsuiteUndisclosedSept 2012
EmberBought by Silicon Laboratories$72MMay 2012
MTM LaboratoriesBought by RocheUndisclosedJul 2011
BridgeCoBought by SMSCUndisclosedMay 2011
AstaroBought by SophosUndisclosedMay 2011
amiandoBought by XING$14MDec 2010
AloqaBought by Motorola SolutionsUndisclosedSept 2010
Q-LayerBought by Sun MicrosystemsUndisclosedJan 2009
VoiceObjectsBought by VoxeoUndisclosedDec 2008
MeiosysBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedJun 2005
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.