Hot Investor Mandate: Western Europe VC Invests Up to €10M Across Broad Life Science & Healthcare Sectors

A firm based in Western Europe focuses on investment opportunities in Europe but is open to considering investments in China as well. Initial equity-investments range in size from € 1 million up to € 10 million.

The firm invests broadly within the healthcare sector, and manages funds in Health-tech, Sustainable Chemistry, Digital Growth (with a focus on digital health and Industry 4.0).

The firm’s funds invest in companies that are in revenue stage or pre-revenue stage provided that the technologies and products are disruptive and have the potential to significantly address global markets.

The firm looks for exceptional management teams but is ready to support its portfolio companies in building their organization and being a sparring partner for strategy and business development discussions.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Investment Vehicle of Angel Group Seeks Early-Stage Companies Across All Life Science Sectors and Assists China Market Entry

The main investment and operation vehicle of an angel group was formed on the basis of investing in passionate early-stage entrepreneurs developing novel technologies. The firm’s areas of interest include AI, big data, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, wearable devices, etc. The firm has invested in academic spin-offs from Harvard and MIT as well.

The firm has three sub-entities that work closely together in order to find valuable US high-tech startups, conduct rigorous screening, help them with accelerated growth and expand into the Chinese market, as well as providing exit strategy guidance.

The firm is interested in a wide range of life science areas. The firm will look at Therapeutics, Medical Devices, Digital Health, and Diagnostics. The firm seeks to invest in early-stage companies, within therapeutics, the firm will look at stages before phase I.

The firm has no specific company or team requirements.

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Hot Investor Mandate: USA VC Fund Invests Up to $10M in High Growth Healthcare IT Companies That Deliver Value-Based Care

A venture capital fund based in USA leads investments in high growth, mostly US-based Healthcare IT, SaaS, PaaS and technology-enabled service businesses. The firm has a flexible model to right-size equity investments with initial investments typically around $10M. The firm is active in governance and seeks to remain involved through multiple financing rounds. The fund targets a 5-year investment window.

The fund investments are focused on a few key themes in businesses that improve the human condition and deliver value-based care.  It seeks investments in B2B or B2B2C companies with proven business models and experienced teams pursuing end-market opportunities large enough to support creation of companies with $1B in enterprise value. Thematic areas of focus include personalized medicine, patient navigation, referral management, and enablement of payer-provider risk sharing.

The firm is open to work with management teams with various levels of experience. The fund does seek a board seat along with investment and prefers to be fairly involved with the management team and strategy of the company. The fund does not purchase secondary shares of a company.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Newly Founded Venture Arm of Global Advisory Firm Invests in Early-Stage Devices, Diagnostics, Digital Health Companies

A venture arm of a global advisory dedicated to healthcare with practices across regulatory and clinical affairs, market access and HEOR strategy consulting, and investment banking uses its experience in the industry to invest in promising early stage companies developing medical devices, diagnostics or digital health technologies. The firm invests at the seed stage, and serves as a strategic investor as much as a financial investor, using industry knowledge and contacts to help companies grow. The firm will generally invest between $250K-1M in companies that have some proof of concept and IP. The firm will invest globally.

The firm invests in medical device, diagnostics and digital health companies. While the firm is generally agnostic to subsector and indication, it tends to avoid companies with a long time to exit. In addition, while the firm is willing to consider all types of medical devices, they are less likely to invest in PMA devices at this stage.

The firm is a very active investor, and thus takes a board seat, even if just an observer position, to lend their expertise. The firm can lead or coinvest, but tends to coinvest, and can help build a syndicate with their contacts.

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Hot Investor Mandate: China-Based Corporation Seeks Strategic Investment & Partnership Opportunities in Early-Stage Therapeutics in Cardiovascular Disease, Oncology, and More

Headquartered in China, a publicly traded corporation (SHA:600535) is dedicated to building a top-tier, modern, and international brand in pharmaceutical products. The firm provides modernized traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), small molecule and biological drugs. The firm is actively pursuing strategic partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and bio-techs from domestic and overseas in the abovementioned therapeutic areas. The firm considers a board range of strategies including strategic investment, joint venture, acquisition, licensing, and co-development.

The firm is looking for strategic partnerships in chemical drugs and biological drugs. The firm is open to products at clinical to launched stages in therapeutic areas of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular diseases, oncology, diabetes, liver disease and so on.

The firm is looking to build collaborative partnerships with experienced teams in key strategic sectors.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Life Sciences Investment Fund Partnered with a Family Office Invests in Seed Stage Therapeutics, Devices, Diagnostics, Life Science Tools Technologies in USA

A life sciences investment fund dedicated to accelerating the growth of seed-stage therapeutics companies. In partnership with a family investment office, the firm seeks to make 2-3 new investments by the end of 2020, allocating up to $250,000 per company. The firm invests in companies based in the U.S.

The firm is seeking investments in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and life science tools. For therapeutics companies, the firm prefers treatments for diseases with well-defined etiologies, as well as clear method of action that are in late pre-clinical stage. For diagnostics, device and life science tools, the firm invests in companies that are approaching clearance and/or market launch.

The firm does not have any specific company or management team requirements. The firm is a strategic as well as financial investor, helping companies develop relationships and accelerate growth.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Taiwan-Based Investment Firm Invests Globally into Therapeutics Platforms, Devices, and Services

A biotech early stage investment firm headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan invests from an Evergreen Fund backed by a Family Office. The firm has a fund size of $50M and an average ticket size range from $250K to $1M. The firm mainly focuses on early-stage biotechnology and medical device companies and is looking to invest in seed to pre-A round.

The firm is looking for new investment opportunities across a wide spectrum of life science sectors. The current pipeline includes biotechnology platforms, medical devices, therapeutics and service platforms.

The firm does not have any specific requirements for companies and their management teams.

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