About Acquipharma Holdings
Acquipharma Holdings is a venture capital firm located in Johannesburg, South Africa. As of Dec 2021, Acquipharma Holdings has invested in 2 companies. It primarily invests in Series B round in India based startups. Its investments are spread across Life Sciences sector. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Bugworks Research A lot of funds co-invest with Acquipharma Holdings, with names like Im-holdings sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Series B
Acquipharma Holdings' List of All Investments
Acquipharma Holdings has a portfolio of 2 companies. Their most notable investments are in Bugworks Research and Burl Concepts.Their portfolio spans across India and United States. They have invested in Life Sciences, across Series B stage. Here is the list of all investments by Acquipharma Holdings:Developer of drugs for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections and cancer. The Microbial Platform (BMP) is also capable of modeling the behavior and effect of biofilm formation. The lead compound, a Gyrase-topoisomerase inhibitor, is being developed as an intravenous and oral treatment for multi-drug resistant infections, with a low risk of developing resistance because it inhibits two essential targets in the replication machinery and has been designed to by-pass efflux resistance mechanism of the bacteria.
Key facts about Bugworks Research
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹10 - ₹50 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $42.9M
- Employee Count: 45 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: 3one4 Capital, Lightrock India and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 22, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Burl concepts has developed a portable ultrasound device for pre-hospital stroke detection. The device uses microbubble acoustic response analysis (mARA) algorithms to automatically adapt the device's acoustic output power to the patient. It is used for semi-quantitative assessment of brain perfusion (right vs. left hemisphere) to detect major ischemic and hemorrhagic events.
Key facts about Burl Concepts
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Diego (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $10.4M
- Employee Count: 6 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Acquipharma Holdings
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Aug 19, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Acquipharma Holdings' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Acquipharma Holdings has invested in Bugworks Research in 2021 and Burl Concepts in 2016. Its most recent first time investment was in Bugworks Research.Acquipharma Holdings' Investments by Stage
Acquipharma Holdings has made 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $10.5M.Acquipharma Holdings' Investments by Sector
Acquipharma Holdings has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences and Sustainability Tech. Notably, it has invested in 2 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 2 Tech companies and 1 Tech hardware company.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Life Sciences | 2 |
Sustainability Tech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Acquipharma Holdings' Investments by Geography
Acquipharma Holdings has made most investments in India (1), followed by United States where it has made 1 investment.Acquipharma Holdings' recent investments
Acquipharma Holdings has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Acquipharma Holdings:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 01, 2021 | India | Series B | 6365 | [+6] | |
Oct 05, 2016 | United States | Series B | 5688 | - |
Co-investors of Acquipharma Holdings
Over the past 10 years, 19 investors have co-invested in Acquipharma Holdings's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Acquipharma Holdings: UTEC, Global Brain and 13 others have invested in rounds before Acquipharma Holdings. There is 1 company where UTEC has invested before Acquipharma Holdings and 1 company where Global Brain has invested before Acquipharma Holdings.
- Top Co-investors of Acquipharma Holdings: 4 investors entered a company along with Acquipharma Holdings. These include investors like Im-holdings (1 company).
