Hot Investor Mandate: Advisor of Global Family Offices Seeking $5-25M Investment Opportunities in All Life Sciences & Healthcare Companies

A UAE registered investment consultancy firm’s core activities involve independent advisory, outsourced CIO, and direct investments. The firm acts as the consultant role to advise global family offices with their investment objectives. The firm looking for investment leads in early-stage life science industry. Companies who are looking to raise their series B – series C rounds would be the sweet spot. The firm typically invests in $5M-25M, which depends on the stage of development. The firm is also open to looking at earlier stage companies but the investment size might vary. The firm is looking for companies in the US (60%), China (20%), UK, Germany, India, and other countries with emerging life science technologies.

The firm is opportunistic in sectors and is willing to consider any indications.

The firm has no specific requirements for companies. The firm might take an observer seat or board seat in applicable cases.

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Hot Investor Mandate: USA & China-Based VC Firm Invests in All Life Science Companies from Seed to Series B & Supports Companies with China Market Entry

A venture capital firm founded in 2016 with offices in USA and China invests exclusively in healthcare companies (therapeutics, medical devices, digital health, and healthcare services). The firm typically invests $1-5M (USD) of equity capital with the ability to make follow-on investment. The fund aims to make at least 5 investments per year, but this is not a fixed number. In general, the firm participates in seed, series A and series B funding rounds. The firm looks at companies of all parts of the world and has a strong preference for companies that have market opportunities in the US, Europe and China. The firm’s China office can provide companies with the resources they need for successful market entry in Asian markets.

The firm looks at all sectors pertaining to healthcare, including biotech therapeutics, R&D services, diagnostics, medical devices, and digital health. While the firm’s focus is in early-stage companies, it takes a very opportunistic viewpoint. In therapeutics, the firm will look at products of all stages from pre-clinical to phase III, and is open to all indications. In terms of medical devices, the firm will consider both 510k and PMA devices. In addition, the firm will also consider products that are already on the market.

The firm is open to both public and private companies, and expects them to have an experienced management team with a strong exit strategy. The firm requires a board seat in all portfolio companies.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Japan-Based VC Firm Invests in Biotech & Digital Health Technologies, Especially Companies Interested in Expanding to Japanese Market

A venture capital firm headquartered in Japan manages a fund dedicated specifically to life science investments. Though it could largely vary on a deal-by-deal basis, the firm’s initial size of investment is usually around $1M, with a significant portion dedicated to follow-on investments. Geographically, the firm is focused on companies headquartered in Japan and those that are looking to expand into the Japanese market.

The firm is most interested in biotech and digital health technologies. The firm is very interested in emerging therapeutic technologies such as cell and gene therapy, as well as platform technologies. With regards to digital health technologies, the firm is most interested in (i) IT solutions for people in terms of health management, disease prevention, diagnosis, therapy, disease management, and nursing care; (ii) healthcare industry in terms of drug discovery & development, medical information, distribution system by leveraging AI, big data, IoT, VR, etc. The firm is opportunistic in terms of stage, and will seek opportunities that are pre-clinical and beyond.

The firm is actively seeking opportunities in Japan and those that are looking to expand into Japan. The firm will prefer to lead investments in companies headquartered in Japan where they can best leverage their resources and network, but will generally follow larger syndicates for deals outside of Japan.

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Hot Investor Mandate: USA Venture Capital Firm Invests in Digital Health & Healthcare Services Companies with Focus on West Coast USA

A venture capital firm based in the USA is interested in a broad range of technology companies, including those in the software, cloud services, IT, and Internet sectors. In the life sciences, the firm will only invest in the healthcare IT sector. The firm invests in late seed to early Series A rounds with a typical investment size ranges from $50,000 to $2M. Investment is typically in form of equity, though convertible loan and other capital structures would be considered as well. The firm will look at investment opportunities across the US with a focus on West Coast.

The firm will make new investments in the healthcare IT sector. The firm is interested in healthcare services and IT companies targeting platform, enterprise software, m-health, solution, data analytics and consumer health. The firm will invest in commercial-stage companies with products or services on the market.

The firm invests in privately held healthcare companies. The firm focuses on companies with annual revenues of between $0.5M and $10M.

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