Hot AI Mandate: China-Based VC Focuses on Big Data & IOT Related Healthcare Investment

Founded in January 2018, the firm is a venture capital based in Shenzhen, China. The firm focused on big data and IOT-related healthcare investment opportunities. The firm is currently managing a 500 million RMB fund and is actively looking to invest 10-20 new deals in the following 12 months. The firm invests mostly in Medical Devices, Diagnostics, and Digital Health companies but will also consider drugs in applicable cases. The firm is currently looking for new opportunities globally, however, following China’s latest healthcare development strategy would be an important consideration although not required for their investment opportunities. The size of investment can vary from 10 – 30 million depending on the deal.

The firm is interested in medtech, diagnostics, and digital health companies that are seeking for early financing round. The firm’s sweet spot is to invest in angel to pre-A round. The firm will not invest in B round or later rounds. The firm is especially interested in technology with a big-data component and has invested in molecular diagnostics and digital health companies previously. The firm is opportunistic in terms of subsectors and indications.

The firm is seeking to invest in management teams with strong research or industry background. Management teams that graduated from the world’s top universities or has worked for big pharma is a plus. The firm also prefers serial entrepreneurs with successful track records.

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Hot AI Mandate: US-Based Newly Established VC Interested In AI Related Early-Stage Companies

A newly established venture capital firm based in the USA just successfully closed the first round of their fund ($20M target), and made its first investment. The firm invests globally in medically related early-stage companies. Initial size of investment ranges from $250 – 500K. While the firm is focused on USA-based companies, the firm is open to considering companies across the globe.

The firm invests in medtech and digital health companies. While the founder has decades of experience as an oculofacial plastic surgeon, the firm is generally opportunistic and will consider any promising technologies that address unmet medical needs. The firm has looked at AI companies, digital health/software companies implementable in medical practices, etc. In terms of stage of development, the firm is open to investing as early as pre-prototype, given that the company has properly researched the idea behind their technology.

The firm has no specific company or management team requirements, and is open to acting as either a lead or co-investor.

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Hot Mandates: Pharma Company Based in California

The firm is a publicly traded company focused on oncology therapeutics. The firm is seeking therapeutic opportunities in the oncology space. The pharma is looking to partner and collaborate as well as in-license, but is primarily seeking partnerships. The firm seeks assets that have at the very least cellular proof of concept, but prefers companies to have some animal data or are approaching pre-IND studies.

The pharma is also willing to partner with unique and differentiated drug discovery platform companies. The firm will partner globally, but primarily partners with US and Europe-based companies.

The firm is interested only in oncology and immuno-oncology assets in high unmet tumor indications including RCC and HCC. For modality, the firm is interested only in small molecule and biologics. The pharma is willing to consider therapeutics targeting both solid and liquid tumors. The firm will also partner with drug discovery companies, such as those using AI-based technologies to identify new therapeutic biology, as well as platform companies.

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Hot Mandates: Venture Firm Investing in Therapeutics

The venture fund is an early stage investor in emerging life science technologies that was founded in 2003 and is based in Seattle, WA, with additional offices in New York City and San Diego. The firm closed its fourth fund in 2015 at $62.8 million. The firm seeks to invest in promising early-stage assets, create a company around each asset and then directly manage the startup. The firm’s investment sizes vary from $1-40 million. Investments are made at the seed stage or in Series A venture rounds; the firm prefers to be the first institutional investor. The firm has invested in assets sourced throughout the USA and has evaluated investment opportunities globally.

The firm primarily invests in therapeutics-focused opportunities. The firm is technologically agnostic and is open to any indication area, with a particular interest in CNS, digital health, oncology and immunology. The firm is interested in preclinical-stage assets and will consider investing in assets as early as the discovery stage.

The firm is open to working with both academic projects and entrepreneurs, and also deprioritized pharma assets. The firm generally does not make new investments into companies any later than the Series A stage. The firm supplies management and technical expertise to develop an asset if the company does not have a full management team.

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Hot Mandates: Boston-Based VC

A Boston area-based venture firm specializes in early stage opportunities in med-tech, diagnostics, and instruments. Currently, the firm has a total AUM of $125 million. Typically, the firm initially invests in a start-up at the early stage, but reserves capital for participation later on. The firm typically makes a first investment in the range of $1-3 million, but is open to making larger or smaller allocations as opportunities arise. The firm expects to invest a total in the range of $7-12 million in a given portfolio company as it makes progress toward a successful exit. The firm prefers to act as a lead investor for early stage deals.

The firm is most interested in companies developing medical devices, diagnostics tools and instrumentation. The firm is looking for companies targeting global unmet clinical needs in areas such as oncology, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and women’s health. The firm is willing to invest in companies that are pre-prototype as well as those that have a working prototype of their product.

The firm looks to act as a long term strategic partner with its portfolio companies. The firm looks for experienced management teams and generally looks to take a board seat into companies.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Family Office Advisory Firm Seeks Direct Investment Opportunities Across All Life Science Sectors, Allocating Up to $25M

A registered investment consultancy firm is involved with 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 is looking for investment leads in early-stage life science industry. Companies who are looking to raise their series B – series C rounds would be in their sweet spot. The firm typically invests in $1M-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: PE Firm Invests $5-10M in Global Companies with Market Opportunities in China

A PE firm based in China manages 2 active funds – the RMB and USD Funds – that focus on investments in the life science space. The RMB Fund invests $5-40 M in companies based in China, and the USD Fund invests $5-10 M in companies of all parts of the world, with a focus in US and China. With these funds, the firm will make 1-2 investments per year in companies that have market opportunities in China. The firm will provide companies with resources and expertise for competitive market entry and will assist pre-market products with commercialization.

The firm is opportunistic and is open to all life science sectors in all indications, including therapeutics, medical technology, diagnostics, and digital health. In therapeutics, the firm will consider products that are in Phase II clinical trials and beyond, but may consider companies with pre-clinical or early clinical assets if they demonstrate high potential. In the medical technology sector, the firm will support devices of all regulatory pathways and will also assist with CFDA regulatory filing and approval. These devices are expected to be undergoing pivotal trials at the earliest, and should be close to commercialization.

The firm will invest only in companies that are looking to enter the market in China, and is willing to both lead and co-invest. The companies will ideally have an IPO or trade sale runway of 6 to 24 months. Companies should be backed by an experienced management team but for companies based in China, the firm can assist with the assembly of a complete management team.

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