Hot Investor Mandate: Advisor of Global Family Offices Seeking $5-25M Investment Opportunities in All Life Sciences & Healthcare Companies

A UAE registered investment consultancy firm’s core activities involve 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 looking for investment leads in early-stage life science industry. Companies who are looking to raise their series B – series C rounds would be the sweet spot. The firm typically invests in $5M-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: USA Venture Capital Firm Invests in Digital Health & Healthcare Services Companies with Focus on West Coast USA

A venture capital firm based in the USA is interested in a broad range of technology companies, including those in the software, cloud services, IT, and Internet sectors. In the life sciences, the firm will only invest in the healthcare IT sector. The firm invests in late seed to early Series A rounds with a typical investment size ranges from $50,000 to $2M. Investment is typically in form of equity, though convertible loan and other capital structures would be considered as well. The firm will look at investment opportunities across the US with a focus on West Coast.

The firm will make new investments in the healthcare IT sector. The firm is interested in healthcare services and IT companies targeting platform, enterprise software, m-health, solution, data analytics and consumer health. The firm will invest in commercial-stage companies with products or services on the market.

The firm invests in privately held healthcare companies. The firm focuses on companies with annual revenues of between $0.5M and $10M.

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Hot Investor Mandate: USA-Based VC Firm Invests in Early-Stage Diagnostics and Life Science Research Tools

A venture capital firm in the USA focuses on early-stage diagnostics, life science research tools, and biotech-related companies. The firm’s target initial investment size is $500K-$1M, and the firm has made one investment so far. The firm prefers to act as the co-investor with other types of investors such as strategic partners. The firm invests in companies that are based in the US. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

In the life sciences, the firm is currently seeking to invest in early-stage diagnostics, life science research tools, and biotech-related companies. The firm will invest in a limited number of therapeutic opportunities. The firm also has interests in other technology fields. The firm is opportunistic in terms of subsectors and indications. The firm will consider investing in companies that have strong intellectual property protection and provide barriers to competitive entry. The firm also seeks companies with potential large addressable markets, which typically have the potential to generate at least $100M of annual revenues.

The firm seeks a reliable and experienced management team that can bring the concept to market. The firm may take a board seat in applicable cases. The firm aims fundraising CEOs that are driven to deliver exceptional investment returns to both investors and management teams.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Newly Established Joint Venture Fund Supports Therapeutics, Devices, and Diagnostics Companies for Up to $20M Investment

An active life sciences accelerator that funds, supports and advances life science technologies from early development through clinical proof-of-concept recently established a joint venture fund to support early-stage innovation. The firm’s experienced leadership team works with scientists and entrepreneurs to provide active mentorship, financing solutions and operational guidance to increase the probability of success in early drug development. The firm has access to capital to support companies from seed investment through Series A and B financings through the firm’s internal resources and the joint venture fund.

The size of initial seed investment can range from $0.5M to $1.5M. The subsequent Series A investments will be sized to get through preclinical and IND-enabling work and/or through a clinical development study and can range between $8M-$20M, with flexibility to syndicate with investors for larger rounds. For more mature companies that don’t require a seed round or the need to do complete activities/studies prior to a Series A, the fund can invest directly as a Series A investment along with participation in related Series B investments.  Lastly, this new fund is part of the accelerator’s partner’s umbrella of funds, which can support companies in later-stage private/mezzanine/crossover financings, debt financings, and IPO/follow-on public offerings. The firm is open to global opportunities.

The firm and the newly established fund support opportunities across all therapeutic areas and drug modalities (small molecule, peptides, antibodies, genetic technologies, cell therapy, etc.).  Additionally, open to technologies beyond drug therapeutics, including medical devices, diagnostics and emerging healthtech opportunities (digital health, telemedicine, enabling technologies utilizing AI/ML, etc.). Founder and entrepreneur friendly, supportive of first-time CEOs, and works side by side to drive value inflections with the goal to optimize program development and successful outcomes.

The firm is open to working with all types of management teams, including first time entrepreneurs. The firm works hands-on with its portfolio companies by bringing a powerful network, access to resources and expertise to support their growth. The firm prefers to lead but is open to participating with likeminded co-investors to form syndicates.

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Hot Investor Mandate: USA-Based Private Investment Firm Looking for Medical Devices, Diagnostics, and Digital Health Startups Across North America

A USA-based private investment firm is focused on healthcare companies. The firm makes seed, venture, and growth stage investments. The firm typically provides seed and Series A equity financing in the range of $100K to $1M per portfolio company. The firm generally acts as the lead investor and is open to investing in syndicates. The firm is open to opportunities across North America and is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

The firm is currently seeking to invest in medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, and software. The firm is also interested in reformulated and repurposed drugs that have mitigated risk. For medical devices, the firm is opportunistic in terms of subsectors. Ideally, the product has a prototype and 510(k) regulatory pathway. The firm is open to investing in any indication, including orphan diseases; the dental field is of interest.

The firm seeks a strong and experienced management team. The firm may take a board seat where appropriate.

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Hot Investor Mandate: China Headquartered VC Firm Invests Up to $6M in Early-Stage Life Science Technologies in North America, Most Interested in Personalized Medicine Products

A venture capital firm with China headquarters and additional USA office is investing from its US$200 million fund with a focus on high-tech enterprises in China and Western countries. The firmseeks to invest in innovative enterprises in sectors including: biomedicine, medical devices, healthcare and bio-tech. Typical equity investments range from $1-6 million in Angel, Series A and B rounds. The firm is looking for opportunities in China, the US and Canada.

Within healthcare, the firm considers biomedicine, medical devices, and healthcare IT. The firm is most interested in personalized medicine products with an angle to the China market. Within healthcare IT, the firm prefers home-care, consumer, or physician-patient interface products. The firm considers products from Angel Round to Series B.

The firm is looking for competent management teams. The firm may request distribution rights on a case-by-case basis.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Cross Border Firm with USD and RMD Denominated Funds Invests Up to $10M in Technologies that Target Oncology, Infectious Disease, Autoimmune Disorders

A healthcare-focused venture investment fund with a team who are all trained in biomedical fields, with healthcare industry experience and years of successful investment or entrepreneurship experience in China, has past investment portfolio companies cover areas such as drug, device, diagnostics, healthcare IT and medical services. These investments were over $10MM and were made in venture rounds from Series A-C. The firm currently manages both RMB and US Dollar funds, investing in early and growth-stage companies in China and overseas. The firm believes in the huge industry growth and significant investment opportunities in China healthcare space for the next 10 to 20 years.

The firm has invested in therapeutics in a wide range of indications, including cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune disorders. These investments covered a wide range of modalities including small molecules, antibodies and gene therapies. The firm additionally invested in medical device and imaging technologies, such as ultrasound and cardiovascular devices. Therapeutic investments were made during pre-clinical trials, while device investments were made pre-market. The firm invested in bioinformatics, research tools and animal medicine as well. The firm has invested in companies in the US, China and Western Europe.

The firm has no specific management team requirements.

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