Hot Investor Mandate: VC Firm with USA and Asia Operations Invests in Novel Medical Devices, Diagnostics, and Digital Health Companies in USA and China

A venture capital firm with operations in the USA and Asia manages over $750 million in committed capital across 8 funds. The firm focuses on early stage companies in Technology and Healthcare sectors with an initial investment size ranging from $500k to $5M.The firm primarily looks to invest in companies based in China and US.

The firm is currently looking for new investment opportunities in Diagnostics, Medical Devices, Digital Health and Advanced Materials sectors. The firm is very opportunistic in terms of subsectors and indications, and is open to all classes of devices. The firm prefers to invest companies in pre-clinical and clinical stage, but it is open to consider companies with products on the market. Historically, the firm was active in companies developing diagnostic services and instrumentation, fetal monitoring and ultrasound systems, a stem cell bank, numerous health IT and vascular closure devices.

The firm invests in both private and public companies with a strong management team. The firm doesn’t have specific requirements for companies’ revenue or EBITDA. The firm looks to take a Board seat post investment.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Private Investment Firm Seeking to Invest in Personal Medicine Diagnostics as well as Digital Health Technologies in USA & Canada

A private investment firm is looking to make venture investments in emerging fast growth projects. Typical equity investments range from $500,000 to $3 million per deal. The firm will invest in companies across the United States and Canada.

Currently, the firm is most interested in areas of personal medicine diagnostics, particularly in genomics and proteomics. Other areas of high interest include, digital health, platform technologies, nutrition, clean environment, and much more selectively drug development and medical devices. The firm has experience in immunology and is more familiar with vaccine and antibody based technologies. The firm is open in terms of indication and considers orphan indications as well but requires strong data and a clear pathway to exit.

The firm invests in privately held companies and will both lead or co-invest. The firm looks to take a board seat in some of its portfolio companies though it is not a requirement. The firm looks for smart and passionate management teams with high levels of experience in the field.

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Hot Investor Mandate: USA VC Firm With Over $4B AUM Invests Up to $20M in New Therapeutics, Devices, and Digital Health Opportunities

A venture capital firm with multiple USA offices has managed over $4 billion in total assets across 11 funds and the firm focuses on making equity investments into the life science and technology spaces from seed to late venture stage. The investment size is varied, and typically it ranges from $1 million to $20 million. The firm will invest in companies primarily based in the US.An innovation arm of a global company nurtures innovative ideas developed internally and also forms external partnerships with startups in fields that are strategically relevant for the company’s business objectives. These partnerships may include co-development, in-kind services and/or early stage financial investments. The firm partners with startups based anywhere in the world.

The firm is currently looking for new opportunities in the Biotech Therapeutics, Medical Devices and Digital Health sectors. The firm will also consider Diagnostics, but that will not be its focus. For Therapeutics and Medical Devices, the firm is extremely opportunistic in terms of subsectors and indications. The firm is interested in companies targeting orphan diseases. The firm is generally looking for companies in the pre-clinical stage of development, but it also considers companies that may already have performed clinical studies, as well as companies near commercial stages dependent on the case.

The firm primarily invests in private companies, and considers pre-revenue companies. The firm doesn’t have specific requirements for company’s management team or revenue.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Private Wealth Investment Firm Seeks Medtech and Digital Health Companies in All Areas of High Unmet Need

A private wealth investment firm based in the USA invests globally in medically related early-stage companies. Initial size of investment largely varies depending on the deal’s stage of development and other involved investors.

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 need. 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. While the firm generally co-invests alongside a syndicate, the firm has led a financing before and is open to acting as the lead investor if the firm determines that they could add significant value.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Global Investment Firm Invests Up to $10M in Later Stage Therapeutics and Device Companies & Earlier Stage Opportunities with Strong Clinical Data

An investment firm with offices in USA, UK, and Asia, is actively seeking investment and partnership opportunities with therapeutics and medical device companies across the globe. Typical size of initial investment is around $5M, though the firm is capable of investing up to $10M and this is largely dependent on a case-by-case. The firm is capable of funding up to ~40% of the required amount for late stage clinical trials. The firm is also interested in-licensing partnerships and seek licensing and marketing rights on opportunities in which the firm can add significant value.

Within therapeutics and medical devices, the firm is generally sector and indication agnostic. The firm is focused on later-stage opportunities with a low risk profile, usually companies in Phase IIb and beyond. However, the firm is very keen to speaking with earlier stage opportunities that demonstrate strong clinical data and high potential to enter the global market and building a long-term relationship with these groups. In terms of medical devices, the firm will invest in near market ready products.

The firm seeks to invest in companies with experienced management teams with domain expertise, strong clinical data, and a clear exit strategy. The firm has an extensive professional network including fellow investors, high net worth individuals, clinical trial/regulatory affairs partners, etc. The firm takes a very active role in supporting their portfolio companies and provides mentorship and support on regulatory issues, market access, and effective clinical development strategies.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Global Company with Headquarters in Japan Seeks Investment, M&A, Licensing Opportunities Within Diagnostics and Research Tools

A global company headquartered in Japan that serves the chemical, petrochemical and bioscience markets with a thriving USA representative office, has recently started a corporate venture initiative with a $300M budget to make strategic investments into both pre and post-commercial companies. The group is flexible in terms of structuring investments and may employ equity investments, M&A and licensing agreements. The firm targets investment sizes from $100k – $5M for early stage companies and $10M-$50M for commercial-stage companies.

In terms of the healthcare and life science sectors, the firm is most interested in companies working in diagnostics and research tools. The firm is particularly interested in clinical diagnostics including IVDs and next generation platforms (NGS, liquid biopsy, LC-MS, point-of-care testing, digital PCR), separation media and connected devices and wearable medical sensors. The group is also interested in advanced materials including materials for secondary batteries, thin-film for electronic devices, separation (inorganic/organic/polymers) and composites. The firm is agnostic to indication area, but has a particular interest in cancer, metabolic (including diabetes) and kidney disorders as well as reproductive health.

The firm has no strict company or management team requirements and invest in both early and later stage opportunities. Board observer status is required along with an investment.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Corporate VC Invests in Devices, Diagnostics, Life Science Tools, and Novel Materials

The venture capital arm of a global manufacturer of innovative materials is looking for investment opportunities that will align with their parent company’s strategy for either equity investments, partnerships, licensing or acquisition. Within the life sciences, the firm will consider medical devices, novel materials, diagnostics, instruments and tools. The firm is willing to invest globally, and will invest as early as prototype/proof-of-concept stage.

The firm is interested in medical device, diagnostic or instrument and tool companies. The firm will consider all medical devices, but, if FDA approval is required, the firm prefers the company to be in the approval process. For diagnostics, the firm will consider both diagnostic/monitoring machines, tools, instruments & novel materials for Genomics & Cell & Gene therapies. The firm is also interested in instruments or tools that can be used in the medical field or for research purposes.

The firm can lead or co-invest in equity investing, and their involvement in the company after investment will depend on the partnership.

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