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merckghifund.com

Investments

100

Portfolio Exits

22

Funds

1

Partners & Customers

2

About Merck Global Health Innovation Fund

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI) is evolving corporate healthcare venture capital globally by utilizing their healthcare ecosystem strategy. This investment strategy connects innovative companies with complementary technologies to develop integrated healthcare solutions. Merck Global Health Innovation Fund is part of Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK).

Headquarters Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

United States

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Latest Merck Global Health Innovation Fund News

AeroSafe Global Raises $43M

Aug 30, 2023

AeroSafe Global , a NYC-based cold chain solution provider, raised $43M in funding. The round was led by NewSpring, via NewSpring Health Capital, its dedicated healthcare fund, with participation from existing investors including Peloton Equity, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Hamilton Lane, Flexstone Capital, Wave Equity Partners, and Escalate Capital. As part of the transaction, Pete Buzy and Kapila Ratnam, Ph.D., are joining the AeroSafe Board of Directors. Buzy is the former Chairman of Gene Therapy at Catalent, Inc., and currently serves as an Advisory Partner for NewSpring’s dedicated healthcare funds. Ratnam is a Partner of NewSpring and the Firm’s dedicated healthcare funds with over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. The company intends to use the funds to support continued customer growth with product development and increased operational capacities. Led by CEO Jay McHarg, AeroSafe Global specializes in biopharmaceutical cold chain solutions, providing ‘Cold Chain as a Service’ (CCaaS) to ensure the safe, sustainable delivery and effective use of pharmaceuticals. Its service offering includes reusable thermal packaging, outsourced supply chain services, and a temperature monitoring control tower, all part of a pay-per-turn hassle-free program. More than 45 biopharma companies use AeroSafe to deliver millions of shipments to hundreds of thousands of patients, providers, pharmacies, and hospital systems in 85 countries.

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund Investments

100 Investments

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund has made 100 investments. Their latest investment was in AeroSafe Global as part of their Series F on August 8, 2023.

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Merck Global Health Innovation Fund Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

8/29/2023

Series F

AeroSafe Global

$43M

No

2

7/28/2023

Unattributed VC

Unnatural Products

$17.37M

Yes

1

7/26/2023

Series B - III

Octave Bioscience

$30M

No

1

6/2/2023

Unattributed VC - II

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$99M

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10

5/30/2023

Series C - II

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$99M

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10

Date

8/29/2023

7/28/2023

7/26/2023

6/2/2023

5/30/2023

Round

Series F

Unattributed VC

Series B - III

Unattributed VC - II

Series C - II

Company

AeroSafe Global

Unnatural Products

Octave Bioscience

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Amount

$43M

$17.37M

$30M

$99M

$99M

New?

No

Yes

No

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Co-Investors

Sources

2

1

1

10

10

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund Portfolio Exits

22 Portfolio Exits

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund has 22 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Zapata AI on September 06, 2023.

Date

Exit

Companies

Valuation
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Acquirer

Sources

9/6/2023

Acq - Pending

$99M

2

9/30/2022

Acquired

$99M

4

7/22/2021

IPO

$99M

Public

6

6/9/2021

Merger

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$99M

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10

4/29/2021

Acquired

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$99M

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10

Date

9/6/2023

9/30/2022

7/22/2021

6/9/2021

4/29/2021

Exit

Acq - Pending

Acquired

IPO

Merger

Acquired

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

Public

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Sources

2

4

6

10

10

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund Acquisitions

2 Acquisitions

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund acquired 2 companies. Their latest acquisition was Saama Technologies on October 20, 2021.

Date

Investment Stage

Companies

Valuation
Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model.

Total Funding

Note

Sources

10/20/2021

Debt

$99M

$79.25M

Acq - Fin

14

8/7/2013

Other Venture Capital

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$99M

$99M

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10

Date

10/20/2021

8/7/2013

Investment Stage

Debt

Other Venture Capital

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

Total Funding

$79.25M

$99M

Note

Acq - Fin

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Sources

14

10

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund Fund History

1 Fund History

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund has 1 fund, including Global Health Innovation Fund.

Closing Date

Fund

Fund Type

Status

Amount

Sources

9/15/2011

Global Health Innovation Fund

Multi-Stage Venture Capital

Closed

$250M

1

Closing Date

9/15/2011

Fund

Global Health Innovation Fund

Fund Type

Multi-Stage Venture Capital

Status

Closed

Amount

$250M

Sources

1

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund Partners & Customers

2 Partners and customers

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund has 2 strategic partners and customers. Merck Global Health Innovation Fund recently partnered with Perceiv AI on January 1, 2023.

Date

Type

Business Partner

Country

News Snippet

Sources

1/17/2023

Vendor

Canada

Merck Selects Perceiv AI for Inaugural Digital Sciences Studio Cohort

BOSTON , Jan. 17 , 2023 / PRNewswire / - Perceiv AI announced that the company has been selected by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund for the inaugural Merck Digital Sciences Studio cohort , along with eight other early-stage biomedical startups from a pool of 152 applicants .

4

10/27/2015

Partner

United States

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10

Date

1/17/2023

10/27/2015

Type

Vendor

Partner

Business Partner

Country

Canada

United States

News Snippet

Merck Selects Perceiv AI for Inaugural Digital Sciences Studio Cohort

BOSTON , Jan. 17 , 2023 / PRNewswire / - Perceiv AI announced that the company has been selected by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund for the inaugural Merck Digital Sciences Studio cohort , along with eight other early-stage biomedical startups from a pool of 152 applicants .

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Merck Global Health Innovation Fund Team

8 Team Members

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund has 8 team members, including current President, Founding Partner, General Partner, William Taranto.

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Work History

Title

Status

William Taranto

President, Founding Partner, General Partner

Current

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William Taranto

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Work History

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President, Founding Partner, General Partner

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