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The firm is a VC based in Italy. The firm has just completed the investment period of the third fund and raising their fourth fund, with a target fund size of at least $200M. While their third fund is broader in scope in Life Sciences, the firm’s fourth fund will be focused specifically on therapeutics. Around 50% of their new fund will be dedicated to venture building, and the other half will be dedicated to traditional venture investing. The firm will invest in European and Israeli companies, and will invest from lead identification to IND-stage, although the firm is open to investing in clinical-stage companies. The firm will invest between $5-25M per investment (seed, series A, series B).

The firm is looking to invest only in therapeutics. Within therapeutics, the firm is agnostic to modality. The firm is primarily interested in the indications of oncology (particularly glioblastoma, pancreatic cancer and sarcoma), rare diseases and CNS disorders, particularly those with a genetic origin. The firm is interested in First-In-Class and Best-In-Class therapeutics, but may consider repurposed therapeutics for CNS only.

The firm is interested in investing in experienced management teams. The firm prefers to co-invest, and may take a board seat, but does not require it.

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The VC is a US fund, based in Silicon Valley, investing in early-stage startups in many industries with a preference for healthcare and IT technology. Typical equity investment size ranges from US$0.5-2 million in Pre-A to Series A stage companies. The firm is open to either leading or following in a syndicated round. The firm expects to make 10+ deals in the next 12 months and can invest globally with a focus on the US and Canada.

The firm considers broadly across healthcare industries including innovative drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health products. The firm has an increased interest in medical devices and imaging technology. The firm prefers companies that develop disruptive technologies to solve unmet medical needs.

The firm is looking for experienced management teams. The firm can leverage its innovation center in Hangzhou to assist with commercialization in the China market.

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The Family Office has an early pharma/biotech fund based in the Middle East. The fund is stage-agnostic, however the fund is fundamentally science-driven and considers mainly early pre-clinical and clinical-stage projects, preferably with POC validation.The fund investment size ranges widely from $0.5M – $20M and comes in the form of straight equity. The firm seeks board representation and is a very active investor, helping guide the company’s development and strategy. The firm invests globally and may lead investments, but typically co-invests in U.S.-based companies. The firm has no targeted number of investments per year.

The firm is open to both pre-clinical and clinical stage companies and is agnostic to technology type and indication. The firm has a specific interest in immuno-oncology, gene therapy, RNA/DNA based therapy and orphan or unmet medical need. The firm is only interested in first-in-class, breakthrough assets and does not consider re-purposed assets or iterative technologies.

The firm prefers to invest early and help take the company through a major inflection point. The firm has no specific management team requirements.

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Founded in 2014, a venture capital is headquartered in Boston, MA. The firm focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage investments, typically with an initial investment of $500k to $1m as part of the company’s first institutional funding. The firm prefers companies located in the US and Canada. The firm will make 5-10 new investments over the next 12 months.

The firm partners with entrepreneurs solving real-world problems with data and machine learning, focusing on applications of frontier technologies such as AI, computational biotech, connected sensors, AR/VR, and blockchain. Past investments include biomedical and genomics data analytics platforms, data and analysis tools for drug discovery, and related areas.

The firm desires experienced management teams with a vision for the future. The firm can take a board seat when they have specific expertise in the area, and does not have an equity target. Strong technical teams who have a deep understanding of their markets is desired, though they’re comfortable partnering with very early-stage (pre-product) companies.

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A boutique venture capital firm founded in 2015 in Hong Kong currently manages a 150M USD fund and a 200M RMB fund. The fund is industry agnostic within China while it focuses only on healthcare ex-China. The firm generally participates in Series A or B rounds but would also consider seed and growth-stage funding. Typical equity investment size ranges from $1-5M. The firm is open to both leading and co-investing. The firm is actively seeking new opportunities from across the world with a focus on companies in China, U.S., Europe, and Israel. The firm helps portfolio companies get into massive and fast-growing markets of China and Asia, and assists Chinese companies to expand abroad.

The firm is opportunistic across all subsectors of healthcare. Within MedTech, the firm is most interested in medical devices, artificial intelligence, robotics, and mobile health. The firm is seeking post-prototype innovations that are FDA cleared or are close to receiving clearance. Within therapeutics, the firm is interested in therapeutics for large disease markets such as oncology, neurology, and metabolic diseases. The firm is open to all modalities with a special interest in immunotherapy and cell therapy.

The firm is in search of ambitious companies with strong, experienced management teams. The firm takes a hands-on approach to portfolio companies and can work with incomplete teams. The firm can contribute expertise in essential services: branding, marketing, channel development, overseas expansion, human resources and finance. The firm may also request distribution or negotiation rights in China.

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A private/family investment vehicle based in CA makes seed investments via an accelerator arm, and also has a stage-agnostic fund. Seed investments are typically $25,000-100,000, and the firm is capable of making larger investments via the fund. The firm also provides a three-month accelerator program, and works with partners in the healthcare industry to strategically invest in startups. The firm will consider investing in companies worldwide.

The firm is interested in investing in digital health and medical technology, and invests in subsectors in which the firm and its industry partners can apply expertise; within medical devices, typically this means products that have a significant software component, including biosensors, wearables and health monitoring devices. Within digital health, interests include the following areas: Care Management, Hospital Workflow, Diagnostics, A.I. & Big Data, Population Health, Patient Adherence, Telemedicine. The firm s is interested in both consumer applications and enterprise software. The firm works with strategic

The firm prefers to invest in companies with at least two co-founders, one with technical expertise and one with business expertise; for the accelerator program in particular, the firm prefers to work with companies that have a technical expert co-founder. In addition to due diligence on the management team and technology, the firm also considers a product’s potential market opportunity.

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A private wealth investment firm provides strategic and operational support for the firm’s investment initiatives and entrepreneurial endeavors. The firm invests in early to late stage (seed to pre-IPO) companies worldwide.

The firm is agnostic across life science sectors, including platforms, therapeutics, devices and tools, and services and including discovery, early stage preclinical and clinical-stage opportunities, though open to commercial-stage or adjacent discovery/development technologies.

The firm seeks companies with founders who have a clear vision, highly differentiated technology, and desire to build a durable business.

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