Merck is a corporate venture arm. Based in Rahway, United States. Among the 27 companies in the known portfolio are Mosaic, Octave, Artios Pharma, Unnatural Products, Formo and Ambrosia Biosciences.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- AIHealthcare
Who to pitch at Merck
Merck portfolio companies (27)
- Mosaic
- Octave
- Artios Pharma
- Unnatural Products
- Formo
- Ambrosia Biosciences
- Atropos Health
- PreciseDx
- Moderna
- Aktis Oncology
- Orna Therapeutics
- Variational AI
- CargoSense
- HTG Molecular Diagnostics
- Spero Therapeutics
- Loma Therapeutics
- Qure AI
- Redica Systems
- Ash
- Eurocine Vaccines
- Evaxion
- Proteologix
- VisEn Medical
- ImpactRx
- PHT Corporation
- She's Well
- mihealth
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About Merck
The firm's listing covers sectors AI and Healthcare, and focus areas AI Applications, Biotech, Diagnostics and Drug Discovery; known deals cluster at Growth, Late-Stage and Seed.
The team counts 10 people in our database. Harry Arader (President) and William Taranto (President) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Merck shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Merck Group, Avidity Partners and Novartis.
Frequently asked questions
What is Merck?
Merck is a corporate venture arm based in Rahway, United States, with a known portfolio of 27 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Merck invest in?
Listed sectors include AI and Healthcare; listed focus areas include AI Applications, Biotech, Diagnostics and Drug Discovery. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Merck invest at?
The known deals of Merck include Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Merck?
2 of the 10 people on file at Merck are listed as contacts for the firm. All 10 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Merck?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 10 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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