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The firm is a venture capital firm based in Vancouver, Canada and actively invests in health technology, sports technology, fitness, and nutrition businesses. The firm is an early-stage investor and focuses on investing in Seed to Series A rounds. The firm makes initial investments up to $100K through equity or convertible notes and will make 2-4 investments per year. The firm is raising a new fund that will focus on companies along the Pacific Coast of the USA and across Canada, but currently focuses on investing in Canada-based companies. With the launch of the new venture fund, the firm will invest up to $500k in first rounds.

The firm is dedicated to investing in preventative health and proactive technology solutions that optimize health, activity and longevity. As social impact and technology investors, the firm is committed to the development of technologies, products and services that both enhance and promote an individual’s ability to stay optimally healthy and active over an entire lifetime. The firm focuses on innovative health technologies including digital health, mobile health, sport technology, wearable technology, and those that help with chronic disease management and corporate wellness initiatives. The firm is very interested in consumer-facing technologies that can enhance health and wellness, quality of care, as well as technologies that could be used in developing preventative health strategies and solutions. The firm does not have minimum revenue requirements and will consider companies in their earliest stages as long as they demonstrate high growth potential. The firm

will not consider therapeutics or diagnostic companies. Medical devices subject to a 510k approval process will be considered.

The firm seeks to invest in private companies developing technologies that positively impact health and wellness. The firm can work with all types of management teams with flexibility, although strong experience and a successful track record is a plus. The firm works closely with their portfolio companies and will provide needed expertise, including access to an international network of strategic advisors to support their growth.

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A firm with offices in USA and Asia is currently making investments into promising private healthcare companies as well as promising public healthcare companies. The firm invests exclusively in the healthcare sector; the firm invests primarily in the USA and Greater China but will also invest in other regions such as Europe and ASEAN countries. Within China, the firm makes growth investments in companies but also find some companies with interesting and innovative product in recent years there; in the USA and other regions, The firm makes both venture and growth-equity stage investments in both pre-revenue and revenue-stage companies. The firm’s allocations are highly varied. From the main fund, investments typically range from $20-50m, though larger investments are of interest as well; the firm makes investments of typically $5-20 million The firm is open to syndication. The firm is also particularly interested in working with companies that are open to or actively interested in seeking partnerships or opportunities in China.

The firm invests in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare services, and clinically-oriented healthcare IT, and will consider investing in any indication area or technology subsector; however, orphan indications, dermatology/aesthetics, oncology, gene therapy, cell therapy, are of particular interest in the biopharma space; general surgery, neurovascular, cardiovascular, minimally invasive technologies, women’s health, respiratory care, novel diagnostics and orthopedics are of particular interest in the device space. Healthcare AI is an area we are interested and exploring. One of their funds focuses on early-stage opportunities in biotech; though from the main fund, the firm makes investments in products that have obtained market approval or are very close to commercialization, but earlier investments may be considered for highly innovative products or products that can demonstrate strong efficacy signals at an earlier stage (such as anti-infectives). For devices and diagnostics, the firm only invests in commercial-stage companies. Generally, the firm does not invest in imaging.

The firm is flexible regarding management teams and works with both serial entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs who lack industry experience. In addition to investing in private companies, the firm is able to invest in public companies by means of PIPEs or public market placements. The firm is interested in investing in companies with products that can demonstrate cost-effectiveness.

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A Venture Capital firm based in Western Europe invests exclusively in the life science space and is currently investing out of their first fund. The firm looks to invest in early-stage life science companies crossing all sectors and is opportunistic in terms of subsector and indication. The firm focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A and Series B investments and investments are in the form of equity. The firm makes investments ranging from $50K to $3M per round. The firm will consider opportunities globally.

In the life sciences, the firm is looking for new investment opportunities in the therapeutics, diagnostics, digital health, medical device and femtech sectors. The firm is open to pre-clinical companies and all three stages of medical devices. The firm has a broad investment interest and is opportunistic in terms of sub-sectors and indications.

The firm looks for all types of management teams, however a proven track record is a plus. The firm is open to both leading and co-investing. If the firm leads, they seek board seat representation.

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A Venture Capital Company based in the USA manages three healthcare and life sciences funds for a combined total of $60 million in assets under management. The firm looks to make equity investments of approximately $500k – $1 million into companies with additional capital reserved for follow on rounds. The firm looks to act as a bridge with its investments between the Seed and Series A round. The firm is also open to syndication with other investors for larger deals. The firm focuses its investments in the Midwest but is open to companies located throughout the US and makes approximately 6-8 investments per year.

The firm has recently launched a new healthcare fund in collaboration with another VC firm, and resulting the firm’s focus has shifted more towards Healthcare IT and Digital Health, with a specific focus on how healthcare delivery has changed during the COVID 19 pandemic. Examples of the subsectors of interest are: remote care, Healthcare IT for hospital efficiency, and response infrastructure systems. The firm is opportunistic in terms of indication.

The firm looks for management teams with domain experience, and is comfortable with working with incomplete or scientific founding teams. The firm prefers to take a board seat into companies following investment.

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A venture capital firm founded in 2021 is currently investing out of their first fund and looks to invest in early-stage life science companies in the therapeutics space. The firm focuses on Seed investments in the form of equity. Typical allocation is up to $5M for the first ticket. The firm invests in European companies.

The firm is interested in therapeutics, with a focus on oncology, immunology, rare diseases, fibrotic diseases and CNS. The firm will invest in pre-clinical therapeutic companies.

The firm has no specific company or management team requirements and is willing to work with all early-stage companies globally, with promising technologies. The firm prefers to lead investments and seeks board seat representation.

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The Pharma is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan and is dedicated to the creation and supply of innovative pharmaceutical products to address the diversified, unmet medical needs of patients in both mature and emerging markets.

In addition to a strong portfolio of medicines for hypertension and thrombotic disorders, under the Group’s 2025 Vision, the Pharma Research and Development is primarily focused on bringing forth novel therapies in oncology, including immuno-oncology, with additional focus on new horizon areas, such as pain management, neurodegenerative diseases, heart and kidney conditions, and rare diseases. The Pharma is currently looking for partnering and in-licensing opportunities across the globe.

The Pharma is currently looking for innovative therapeutics targeting the following priority areas: oncology, pain management, cardiovascular disease, CNS, and rare diseases. Other interest areas include novel therapeutic targets and approaches for the gut microbiome that can modulate disease outcome, cell therapeutics for serious diseases including Stroke/TIA, PAD/CLI and hepatic cirrhosis, and novel therapies for hematological diseases, especially for anemic disorders with erythropoietin resistance. The Pharma is open to biologics or small molecules, with an increased interest in new platform technologies. The following areas are currently out of focus: diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, psychiatric diseases, and immunodeficiency.

The Pharma partners with privately held life science companies with experienced management teams and innovative technologies in the abovementioned areas.

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The pharma is headquartered in the US, with research sites also in Boston/Worcester, Bay area and Germany. The firm forms partnerships with development stage biotech companies via a variety of structures, including strategic venture investments, in-licensing, collaborations, and M&A. The company looks globally for opportunities.

The pharma focuses on transformative therapeutic assets in oncology (including immuno-oncology), immunology and autoimmune diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases (priority areas being Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease) & psychiatric diseases (including mood disorders). The firm is also interested in therapeutics addressing fibrotic diseases and some infectious diseases such as HBV. The pharma is open to biologics and cell / gene therapies in addition to small molecules. The pharma will consider assets at any stage of development, but is particularly interested in outreach from companies developing early stage assets and technologies.

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