Hot Investor Mandate: Silicon Valley VC Invests in Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Tools and Devices

A venture capital firm with investment teams in Silicon Valley (headquarters) and Europe is currently investing out of their third $355M fund, and looks to invest in early-stage life science companies crossing all sectors. The firm focuses on Seed, Series A and Series B investments. Investment is in the form of equity with the firm making roughly 3-5 new investments per year. The firm typically invests $500K – $5M per round (depending on the stage and needs of the company), and generally invests $10-$15M throughout the life of a company. The firm is very comfortable leading investment rounds, and focuses on companies in the US and Europe.

In the life sciences, the firm is looking for new investment opportunities in the therapeutics, diagnostics, tools and medical device sectors. The firm is opportunistic in terms of sub-sectors and indications. the firm is only interested in preclinical/Phase I, early-stage technology. The firm looks for companies with proprietary technologies that allow them to address unmet needs in a unique and compelling manner. The firm is not interested in healthcare IT, healthcare services or software companies.

The firm in privately-held companies with passionate founders and/or a strong management team. The firm looks to take a board seat post-investment.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Private Equity Firm Invests Globally in Surgical Innovations

A private equity firm founded in 2014 and is based in New York and Montreal. The firm manages the a fund that provides equity and equity-like investments in high growth companies in healthcare technology verticals, with a focus on surgery. The size of investments generally fall under the range of $2-5 M per company, and the firm seeks to make 2-3 investments per year. The firm looks globally with a strong focus in North America.

The firm is interested in highly innovative medical and surgical device companies, healthcare IT, healthcare services. The firm will not consider products in pharma or biotech industries. Medical device products should be patented and on the cusp of FDA clearance. The firm will support all classes of medical devices including 510k and PMA regulatory pathways. Healthcare IT companies are expected to demonstrate market traction prior to investment.

The firm seeks to work with companies with an experienced, motivated management team. The firm can act as the lead investor in all financing rounds, and requires a board seat in its portfolio companies.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Asia-Based Pharma Looks for Early Stage Partnerships in CNS, Immunology, Liver Disease and More

A pharmaceutical company based in Asia is actively searching for innovative candidates and products around the world to incorporate into its pipeline and product portfolio. The firm has ample experience across various types of partnerships with overseas companies and is flexible in terms of the business structure. The firm is interested globally, including world-wide major territories.

The firm is currently seeking promising novel therapeutic candidates to incorporate into its pipeline. In terms of indications, the firm is indication agnostic with added interest in movement disorders, CNS, liver disease and immunology. The firm is also interested in oncology indications (small molecule or biologics with novel MoA). The firm prefers assets both in early/late non-clinical development stage as well as in early clinical development stage.

The firm is open to working with companies anywhere in the world, and has no set requirements for partners; the firm is able to work with virtual drug companies by leveraging the firm’s own capabilities and third party relationships.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Europe Fund Invests Early in Therapeutics, Diagnostics and Agtech

A venture capital firm based in the Benelux region is focused on identifying and investing in promising European companies. The firm generally invests from the very early stages from Seed to Series A and often acts as the first institutional investor, but also reserves 1/3 of the fund to more late-stage opportunities as well. The firm could invest as little as $200K or up to $3M in a first investment round, depending on the company’s current stage of development. The firm seeks to invest in companies that have a presence in Europe.

The firm invests broadly across therapeutics, diagnostics, and agriculture, but does not invest in medical devices, healthcare IT, or bioinformatics. The is open to all different types of technologies and indications.

The firm can act as either a lead or co-investor. In cases where the firm acts as the first institutional investor, the firm will seek board representation and take an active role in helping the company grow.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Taiwan Cross-Border Investment Firm Seeks Breakthrough Technologies in Healthcare Including Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Digital Health

A venture capital firm in Taiwan invests in breakthrough technologies changing healthcare. The firm invests from seed-Series A. The fund’s LP’s include groups in the healthcare sector.

The firm invests in early stage life science startups with a focus on breakthrough technologies and sciences in healthcare. This includes genomic and synthetic biology technologies, digital health, ML/AI, therapeutics and diagnostics. The firm focuses on pre-IND assets in therapeutics. For technologies regulated as medical devices, the firm focuses on smart medical devices in the pre-commercial stage.

The firm’s partners have a strong clinical perspective; the firm has the capability to help portfolio companies develop clinical resources, and has helped academic scientists form companies to commercialize their discoveries.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Subsidsiary of China Family Office Backed Corporation Seeks Cross Border Investment Opportunities in Early-Stage Therapeutics, Devices, and In Vitro Diagnostics

A subsidiary of a company that is sponsored by family offices in China is focused on research and distribution of class 2 and 3 medical devices in China, and is one of the major distributors for some of the largest multinational companies. Having offices in both USA and China, the firm has invested in companies that are based in greater Boston area, Los Angeles as well as Canada. The firm has a fund size of $30M, and the typical allocation ranges from $0.5M – $1M, with no specific limit. The firm has invested over 10 companies by now and will continue to expand its portfolio.

The firm is open to therapeutics and medical device companies, but is most interested in in-vitro diagnostic technologies. The firm is looking for companies that are in development or in the pre-clinical stage. The firm mostly invests in seed round but will invest up to pre-A. The firm is also interested in in-licensing opportunities in China as well.

The firm invests globally and does not have specific requirements regarding companies or their management teams.

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Hot Investor Mandate: USA Venture Fund Invests in Growth-Stage Healthcare IT and Pharma IT Companies

An early stage venture fund based in the USA generally makes equity investments in Healthcare IT and Pharma IT companies at growth stage. The typical investment size ranges from $1 million to $3 million. The firm focuses on companies based in the mid-Atlantic region of the USA.

The firm is currently looking for new opportunities in the Healthcare IT and Pharma IT sectors. The firm will not consider devices or biotech companies. The firm typically invests in companies that have started to generate revenues.

The firm focuses on private companies with between $1 million to $3 million in revenue. The firm prefers investments in companies with a strong management team and significant growth potential.

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