HeidelbergCapital Private Equity
Berliner Straße 6, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, 69120, Germany
Overview
HeidelbergCapital was founded in mid-2007. Clemens Doppler and Prof. dr. Martin Weilen, formerly Managing Director of a large family office in London / UK with global investment focus and several direct operational investments as well as co-initiator and advisor to various Life Sciences funds. Dr. Clemens Doppler was a longtime partner in the British 3i Group. New York-based private equity investor Auda has provided $ 150 million in funding for the first funds, HeidelbergCapital Private Equity Fund I. The portfolio of HeidelberCapital ranges from young companies, which have already developed beyond the start-up phase and have a mature business model, to established medium-sized family businesses. As an active partner, HeidelbergCapital can support companies not only in strategic decisions, but also on a case-by-case basis by providing capital for further growth.
- Total investments
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- Lead investments
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- Investments · 12mo
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Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
Investment portfolio
- Vasopharm
Led · Equity · Jul 2019
vasopharm GmbH is a Wurzburg, Germany–based drug development company focused on small molecule therapeutics for treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Its lead candidate, VAS203 (Ronopterin), is in the Phase III NOSTRA trial assessing efficacy and safety in moderately to severely injured closed-head TBI patients. The EMA has granted VAS203 orphan drug designation for moderate to severe brain injury. The company positions VAS203 as avoiding unwanted side effects while delivering strong clinical efficacy versus current acute TBI approaches. vasopharm plans to use the new financing to complete CMC scale-up and stability testing in preparation for commercial-scale production and to support a potential Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the EMA, as well as to explore additional indications. Founded in July 1998 as a spin-off from the University of Würzburg Medical School and led by CEO Christian Wandersee, vasopharm has raised about €50m to date through several financing rounds. vasopharm develops small-molecule therapeutics that modulate the NO/cGMP signaling cascade and its functional counterpart NOX. Its lead candidate, VAS203, is an analogue of the natural co-factor biopterin and is believed to selectively downregulate inducible NOS (iNOS) without significantly inhibiting other NOS enzymes. The company is led by CEO Christian Wandersee and is based in Wuerzburg, Germany. vasopharm raised €20m in funding to support a pivotal European Phase III study of VAS203 in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). All preparatory groundwork for the clinical trial was completed over the prior 12 months and a "first patient in" was expected in H1 2016. The financing and upcoming Phase III represent the company’s immediate clinical and operational priorities.
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