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The firm is a venture capital founded in 2006 and based on the West Coast. The firm is currently investing out of its second fund vintage 2013 fund and has a total of $130 million in assets under management. The firm makes equity investments of up to $4 million into companies over the lifetime of the investment in both the seed and venture stage. The firm is most interested in companies located in California especially for seed stage deals, but will consider investments throughout the United States. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

The firm is looking for companies in the Medical Device space. The firm is looking for companies in all stages of development and across areas of medicine including cardiovascular and general surgery, orthopedic surgery, cardiology, radiology, oncology, obesity, gynecology, sleep disorders and more including orphan indications.

The firm is looking for companies with experienced management teams though the management team need not be complete. The firm is able to provide assistance in filling gaps in these teams through the firm’s connections in the industry. The firm looks to take a board seat into companies following investment

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An investment management firm based in Tianjin, China is managing multiple funds and is engaged in equity investment, asset management, merger and acquisition across several industries including healthcare. The firm’s healthcare portfolio includes some large pharmaceutical companies in China. The size of investment varies depending on the deal, but the firm is investing from a 1 billion RMB fund for healthcare. The firm is currently seeking equity investment and licensing opportunities in China and the US. The firm is looking for companies with a China angle and has experience helping companies obtain CFDA approval.

Within healthcare, the firm is interested in medical devices, IVD, medical equipment, home-care products, and other healthcare-related technologies. The firm considers products that have at least completed prototype. The firm prefers products that have already obtained FDA clearance or approval, but it is happy to work with companies who are ~1 year away from FDA approval as well. In terms of indication areas, the firm is interested in diseases with large market potential in China, including oncology, reproductive health, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes and metabolic disorders.

The firm seeks to work with experienced teams with strong sector knowledge. The firm is looking for products with a China angle and may request distribution rights in China.

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A Venture Capital company was founded in 1996 with offices in London, San Francisco and Geneva. The firm is currently making investments out of its $200 million life science focused fund. The fund is backed by Johnson and Johnson and GSK who are members of the fund’s Scientific Advisory Board. The firm’s investment size is variable although they look to invest in companies who are able to reach a substantial value inflection point and exit with $15-$20 million in total investment over 4-6 years. The firm is looking for companies located around the globe. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

The firm is currently seeking to invest in companies developing therapeutics. The firm is generally agnostics across indication areas and technology types and is open to reviewing small molecules and biologics as well as cell and gene therapy. The firm is looking for companies with a lead asset anywhere from the Pre-clinical phase to Phase II of clinical trials. The firm’s main investment strategy is to back/create virtual companies focused around a single therapeutic asset. The firm is able to invest in particularly early stages of companies working with antibodies and biologics as they have significant domain expertise in these areas. For companies working with novel mechanisms of action the firm requires there be a strong understanding of the underlying sciences, and for companies working with pre-existing pathways or technologies there must be clear evidence of differentiation.

The firm is looking for companies where the founders have some involvement, either in management or as advisors/consultants to ensure the project as the scientific support required to succeed. The firm looks to play an active role in companies and takes a board seat following investment. The firm is willing to invest in both private and publically held companies.

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An evergreen strategic venture capital fund of a Big Pharma closed $100 million in 2013 and is managing by a small, dedicated team based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Palo Alto, California. The fund focuses on investments in companies developing pioneering bioelectronic medicines/ neuromodulation device and related enabling technologies. The initial investments are typically ranging from $5-$7 million in Series A, and the fund will also consider follow-on investments. The firm looks for investment opportunities globally.

A fund dedicated to advancing bioelectronic medicines and is looking to invest in high-return opportunities in three areas: (1) Teams pursuing new therapies for existing peripheral neurostimulation devices. (2) Teams developing novel bioelectronic medicine technologies for existing neurostimulation therapies. (3) Companies introducing advanced technologies that are enabling for bioelectronics medicines. The firm is particularly interested in improved neural interfaces, novel power sources and wireless powering technology, ultra-low power chip architectures, sensors that can close-the-loop for adaptive therapies and new implantation and imaging methods. The firm is stage agnostic.

The firm typically will take board of directors or board observer seat, but it is not necessary. The fund exclusively invests in privately-held companies and primarily in pre-revenue companies.

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A healthcare investment firm with offices in the USA actively finds and invests in life sciences companies (both public and private) that seek to cure major diseases by translating scientific innovations into positive clinical outcomes.

The firm typically makes investments ranging from $3 to $25 million depending on the target company’s stage of development and capital requirements. The firm considers investments into companies located anywhere around the globe.

The firm invests in breakthrough therapeutics, with a focus on oncology. However, the firm also considers investments into companies developing platform technologies. While the firm considers investment from seed stage to private investment in public equity, the firm’s ideal company has an asset that is pre-clinical or in early clinical trials.

The firm invests primarily in private companies but will also consider private investment in public equity opportunities.

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A private investment firm with offices in the USA is actively investing in early-stage life science companies, primarily from Series A to beyond. Typical investment size ranges between $5-20M USD, and the firm works together with its network of other active investment firms and family offices to form investment syndicates. The firm is focused on companies based in USA and Canada, but is open to evaluating highly promising companies beyond North America.

The firm invests in therapeutics and devices, and digital health to a much lesser extent. The firm will not consider wearables. With regards to therapeutics, the firm is most interested in clinical stage companies (pre-clinical will most likely be considered too early stage) in the anti-infective space. The firm does look at other modalities and indications given that they are fairly advanced clinical assets. In terms of medical devices, the firm will consider those that are very close to, or already gained FDA approval. The firm is agnostic in terms of subsectors and indications, but is most interested in technologies that address a large market and can be applied in a wide scale. The firm has reviewed technologies in ophthalmology, cardiovascular, and pulmonary indications with positive interest.

The firm has no specific company or management team requirements, though strong intellectual property is considered a huge plus. The firm generally acts as a co-investor, but also engages fellow investors in their network to syndicate investment rounds.

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A newly established venture capital firm in Western Europe has the capability to leverage the experience resources from a dedicated life sciences consulting firm (of the same name but separate legal entities) with multiple offices throughout the globe. With the capability to leverage the experienced resources from the consulting firm, the firm is able to invest in and support in early-stage technologies with a derisked strategy. The firm has a pan-European focus and is sourcing globally within industry, start-up communities, and business accelerators, for high potential opportunities.

The firm is interested in proprietary, differentiated therapeutic products addressing high-unmet medical need and platform technologies supporting next-generation patient diagnosis, treatment and disease prevention. The interest areas also include genomics, AI, diagnostics, medical devices, rare diseases, next generation personalized medicine, and more. The firm is interested in early-stage opportunities – pre-clinical assets with a valid proof of concept, devices with a working prototype are all good fits in terms of stage of development.

The firm will look at each opportunity carefully, and is most interested in those with business potential with a 3-5 year runway to strategic partnerships, acquisition by large life science companies or an IPO. The firm will prefer to lead investments and will take a very active role in their portfolio companies, often being involved in the operations of these companies to support their growth and enabling research that generates important, proof-of-concept data.

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