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A private investment vehicle established recently and headquartered in Asia is mainly interested in investing in global healthcare companies, co-investing in Pre-Seed up to Series A rounds. Currently, they have five portfolio companies spanning biotech, digital health, and medical devices. Initial check size is flexible, but the firm will allocate up to USD $400k up to Seed rounds and USD $1-2M up to Series A. 
 
The firm is open to biotech, first-in-class drugs, medical devices, digital health, and diagnostics. Though indication and technology-agnostic, next generation and innovative technologies are of interest. 
 
The firm does not have strict company or management team requirements. 

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A public company based in China has its core businesses in-vitro diagnostics and radiation therapy. The corporate fund of this company is looking to work with early-stage medical device companies using a variety of structures, including equity investments and M&A. The firm is looking to engage in Seed to Series B/C and the average check size is usually less than 10M USD. The firm is open to opportunities worldwide and prefers companies with some sort of China angles. The firm is looking to make 3-4 new investments within the next 12 months. 
 
While the firm’s core business is in IVD and radiation therapy, the firm is interested in medical devices of all classes. 
 
The firm does not have any specific requirements for the company’s management team, but they do prefer companies with a China angle. The firm is open to both leading and co-investing and is likely to take a board seat when leading. The firm looks to be an active investor and strategically collaborate with their portfolio companies to create synergies. 

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A joint venture founded between a family office and a holding company is interested in Series A and B medical device companies in the U.S. and Western Europe that are near FDA approval. The firm is also open to Korean and Japanese companies. Typical check sizes range between USD $500k-1.5M, preferring to lead transactions. The firm will also co-invest with the family office’s other investment vehicles to secure right in late-stage revenue-generating companies with a clear path to exit within an 18-24 month time frame. 
 
The firm is interested open to all classes of medical devices, but mainly focuses on human implants. Their core focus is in the neuromuscular space, including orthopedics and spine implants. They are also interested in cardiology, vascular devices, surgical devices, oncology biopharma. Currently, they are looking to expand their core area and look at more cardiovascular, arterial and peripheral devices. Companies should be near FDA approval with proven technology. 
 
The firm requires to take a board seat, observer at minimum. 

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A venture capital firm headquartered in Western Europe is led by a small, academically focused team located throughout the globe in London, the USA, and Israel. The firm makes, on average, 4-6 investments per year with a total of 20 initial ticket investments via their current fund. The firm invests in pre-clinical companies in early stages, with a sweet spot for Seed and Series A rounds. The firm is open to making investments via any investment vehicle, typically in the form of equity, safe or convertible notes. The firm will invest up to $5-6M. The firm invests globally, with a large number of investments in North America. 
 
The firm invests solely in therapeutics. The firm is focused on “advanced therapeutics”, encompassing anything that is highly targeted such as gene therapy, cell therapy, siRNA, genetic medicine and computational biology. The firm is indication agnostic, with a large interest, however, in oncology. 
 
The firm will co-lead or syndicate rounds, with a preference to co-lead. The firm has no specific team requirements. 

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A venture capital firm actively invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies. Typical initial size of investment ranges from $1-1.5M. The firm focuses on the following areas: digital economy, climate & environment, health & well-being. The firm is strongly interested in companies based in North America and Latin America. 
 
Historically, the firm has been agnostic towards technology area and indications. That said, the firm is currently interested in exploring opportunities in new modalities and biologics, and expanding their interests in peptide-based therapies and induced proximity therapeutics (i.e. molecular glues, PROTACs). The firm invests mainly in pre-clinical and early clinical therapeutics. The firm actively invests in therapeutics, diagnostics, and life science tools. 
 
The firm seeks to work with exceptional entrepreneurs who are passionate about their work, and is open to working with first-time entrepreneurs. The firm’s investment process starts from an initial meeting and evaluating the opportunity, a decision analysis including the addressed market, life stages assessment, and a final assessment, and if choosing to move forward, proceeding with legal due diligence and signing/execution. To date, the firm has led about 50% of their deals, and following in the other half. 

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A venture capital firm headquartered in Western Europe is focused on enabling technology within life sciences and healthcare. firm will make initial investments ranging from at a minimum of 1M euro, and will make follow-on investments in total adding up to 5M-7M euro. The firm will invest in Seed-Series B companies. The firm will be launching their new fund in 2025. The firm aims to be a meaningful investor, looking to lead deals, but will also co-lead and can syndicate in certain cases. The firm will generally invest within Western Europe. 
 
The firm will invest in diagnostics, medical devices, and digital health. The firm is not open to investing in therapeutics. The firm is not interested in invasive devices and will not invest in Class 3 and some Class 2 devices. The firm will look at companies with IND approval and in early-clinical stages. 
 
The firm does not have any specific team requirements. The firm considers themselves active, hands-on investors and will typically require a board seat. 

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A corporate venture arm of a corporation headquartered in Asia with offices in the US is mandated to invest in venture stage companies across several sectors including the Life Sciences. The firm started investing in the Life Sciences in 2012 and has made 20 investments thus far. The firm can allocate up to USD 20 million depending on the stage of the company. The firm can invest globally and is actively seeking new investment opportunities. 
 
In the Life Sciences, the firm is interested in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health. The firm seeks technologies that are differentiated and address a major unmet medical need. The firm is agnostic to the stage of development and therefore will consider therapeutics in pre-clinical and devices/technology in concept stage. The firm focuses on products that have a clear and fast path to market. Historically, the firm invested in drug discovery, diagnostics for tumors, and devices for COPD and POAG. 
 
The firm is looking for companies with experienced management teams. The firm is willing to both lead and act as a member of a syndicate. 

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