Investments
44Portfolio Exits
8Funds
4About Fountain Healthcare Partners
Headquartered in Dublin, Fountain Healthcare Partners is Ireland's largest dedicated life science venture capital fund. A spin-out investment team from Elan Corporation's corporate venture capital group, Fountain launched its inaugural fund in 2008. Fountainl invests the majority of its capital in Europe with a primary focus on Ireland. Specific areas of interest to Fountain are specialty pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and diagnostics.

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Latest Fountain Healthcare Partners News
Sep 7, 2023
Corteria Pharmaceuticals, a Paris, France-based biopharmaceutical company specialized in the development of therapies for unaddressed heart failure subpopulations, raised €65M in Series A funding. The round was led by OrbiMed and Jeito Capital, with participation from existing seed investors Kurma Partners, Fountain Healthcare Partners, V-Bio Ventures, Invivo Capital, and Omnes Capital. As a result, Erez Chimovits from OrbiMed and Andreas Wallnoefer from Jeito Capital will join the board of Directors of Corteria. The company intends to use the funds to advance its cardiovascular pipeline into the clinic. Founded in 2021 by Philip Janiak and Marie-Laure Ozoux, Corteria Pharmaceuticals is advancing drugs in heart failure subpopulations. Since foundation, the company’s pipeline has expanded and now includes three first-in-class therapies that are highly differentiated as they produce multi-organ benefits, acting on the kidneys, the heart, and the vessels: A once daily subcutaneous CRF2 agonist for the treatment of Worsening Heart Failure A once monthly subcutaneous CRF2 agonist for the treatment of Right Heart Failure An AVP (arginine vasopressin) neutralizing monoclonal antibody for the treatment of Acute Heart Failure with Hyponatremia The lead asset for Worsening Heart Failure is expected to enter the clinic in early 2024. FinSMEs 07/09/2023
Fountain Healthcare Partners Investments
44 Investments
Fountain Healthcare Partners has made 44 investments. Their latest investment was in Corteria Pharmaceuticals as part of their Series A on September 9, 2023.

Fountain Healthcare Partners Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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9/7/2023 | Series A | Corteria Pharmaceuticals | $71M | Yes | 2 | |
5/15/2023 | Series A | Dualyx | $44M | Yes | 9 | |
7/20/2022 | Series B | Medical Micro Instruments | $75M | No | 4 | |
6/30/2022 | Series A - II | |||||
5/17/2022 | Series D |
Date | 9/7/2023 | 5/15/2023 | 7/20/2022 | 6/30/2022 | 5/17/2022 |
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Round | Series A | Series A | Series B | Series A - II | Series D |
Company | Corteria Pharmaceuticals | Dualyx | Medical Micro Instruments | ||
Amount | $71M | $44M | $75M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 9 | 4 |
Fountain Healthcare Partners Portfolio Exits
8 Portfolio Exits
Fountain Healthcare Partners has 8 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Syndesi Therapeutics on March 01, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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3/1/2022 | Acquired | 5 | |||
Date | 3/1/2022 | ||||
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Exit | Acquired | ||||
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Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 5 |
Fountain Healthcare Partners Fund History
4 Fund Histories
Fountain Healthcare Partners has 4 funds, including Fountain Healthcare Partners Fund III.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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11/3/2020 | Fountain Healthcare Partners Fund III | $146.29M | 2 | ||
12/31/2015 | Fountain Healthcare Partners Fund II | ||||
1/9/2015 | Fountain Healthcare Partners II | ||||
3/1/2008 | Fountain Healthcare Partners I |
Closing Date | 11/3/2020 | 12/31/2015 | 1/9/2015 | 3/1/2008 |
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Fund | Fountain Healthcare Partners Fund III | Fountain Healthcare Partners Fund II | Fountain Healthcare Partners II | Fountain Healthcare Partners I |
Fund Type | ||||
Status | ||||
Amount | $146.29M | |||
Sources | 2 |