Specialist · Montreal, QC
AmorChem
Quebec biotech, built from the lab up.
- Cheque
- Not disclosed
- Role
- Can lead a round
- Pace
- Quiet lately
- Kind
- Specialist
- Based in
- Montreal, QC
- Vehicle size
- $54M
- Founded
- 2011
- Works in
- EN + FR
- Last deal seen
- May 2021
- Sectors
- Health and biotech
Their thesis, in full
Quebec life sciences fund spun out of academic research (since 2011, ~$87M under management across two funds). AmorChem II Fund L.P. closed at C$44.2M in 2017 (C$53.7M by 2018), backed by Investissement Quebec, Fonds de solidarite FTQ, Fondaction and Merck; seed-stage mandate building biotech from Quebec university IP. The fund is now late in deployment, harvesting exits (RNA Zipcode to Kodikaz 2024, Inversago to Novo Nordisk 2023).
What they bring past the cheque
- Quebec academic IP sourcing
- Translational biotech expertise
- Scientific co-founder support
- Long-cycle biotech capital
- FR-speaking life sciences network
Questions they usually ask
Have an answer ready for each one before the first call.
- Which Quebec academic lab is the technology coming from, and what is the licensing posture?
- What preclinical milestones do you need to hit before a Series A syndicate will lead?
- Who is the scientific co-founder and how do you plan to recruit a clinical CEO?
Follow-on
AmorChem reserves capital for biotech follow-on rounds and has syndicated seed rounds with Fonds de solidarite FTQ, Amplitude Ventures, Genesys Capital and strategic corporates like Senju Pharmaceutical. Founders are expected to deliver clear preclinical and clinical milestones.
Portfolio
Names they back, most notable first.
- Inversago PharmaExit · 2023
- Giiant PharmaSeed · 2021
- Fairhaven PharmaceuticalsExit · 2020
- Liminal BiosciencesShares via Fairhaven · 2020
- SemaTheraSeed · 2017
- NeurasicSeed
Often in the same rounds
Investors seen alongside them in past rounds.
- Fonds de solidarité FTQ
- Amplitude Ventures
- Genesys Capital
- Theodorus Investment Funds
- Anges Québec
- Senju Pharmaceutical
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