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The corporate investment group that invests strategically on behalf of a large medtech firm uses a variety of structures to work with early stage medical technology companies, including both licensing relationships and equity investments on a case by case basis. The firm is a flexible investor, and the firm’s allocation sizes are wide ranging. The firm invests worldwide.

The firm invests in sectors that are relevant to its parent companies business groups including Cardiovascular, Restorative Therapies (including spinal implants, neuromodulation treatments for pain and urological disorders, deep brain stimulation, and neurovascular devices), Diabetes, and Minimally Invasive Therapies (including general surgery, gastrointestinal care, pulmonology, and respiratory care and monitoring technologies). The firm is interested in diversifying the firms product and services offerings within all of these four Groups and also in integrating new fields of information technology and services into the strategic areas, such as IT-enabled patient monitoring and contract management of provider facilities. The firm invests at a range of development stages but generally prefers to work with companies that have obtained clinical data regarding their asset.

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A venture fund/family office founded in 2002 and based in the southern USA manages two venture funds, in addition to a number of private capital accounts through which investments are made. The firm looks to make equity investments generally in series A and B rounds of approximately $1.0 – $1.5 million in rounds totaling $3-$7 million. The firm is open to investing into companies located throughout the United States and makes approximately 2-4 new investments per year.

Within life sciences, the firm is most interested in companies in the medical device and diagnostics space. The firm is looking for companies that have a 510k regulatory pathway with at least a working prototype of the product and preferably some in-human data. The firm is generally open to all indications with particular interested in oncology, rare cancers, diabetes, neurology, ophthalmology and cardiology. The firm is especially interested in CLIA lab diagnostics, software enabled devices, molecular diagnostics for rare cancers and diseases, and algorithms that interpret genetic information and recommend treatment options. The firm is also interested in nutraceuticals, expedited drug development, HIT and business to business technology companies although these areas are less of a focus.

The firm is looking for private companies with experienced management team and looks to take a board seat following investment. The firm looks to be a hands on investor and is willing to both lead and co-invest.

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A venture capital fund financed entirely by a Russian pharmaceutical company is looking to make investments ranging from $5-$15 million in companies in the life science space. The firm could make as many as 2-3 investment over the next 6-9 months and is willing to allocate to companies located around the globe. Besides equity investment, the firm would consider local licensing opportunities for Russian/CIS market.

The fund is currently looking for companies developing therapeutics and is open to both small molecules, biologics, and cell/gene therapy. The firm is more interested in companies working with single assets although they are also willing to consider platform technologies. Indications of interest include Oncology, Inflammation, Neurodegenerative diseases, Orphan genetic diseases, Critical care, Regenerative medicine and Autoimmune diseases. The firm looks for companies that have at least reached in-vivo proof of concept with their lead asset.

The fund is looking for privately held companies and prefers companies with experienced management teams in place. The firm looks to act as a value-added investor through their strategic alignment with its parent company, and looks to take a seat on the company’s board on a case by case basis. The firm is willing to both lead and co-invest in financing rounds.

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A venture capital firm based in Hong Kong has approximately USD 1 billion AUM and has raised 3 funds to date. The firm’s third fund was closed at USD 100 million in 2014. The firm makes early stage investments, typically in series A and B at USD 2-10 million, in the TMT and healthcare sector. The firm’s primary geographic focus is China and Asia, with a growing interest in cross-border opportunities in the US and EU.

In healthcare, the firm is interested in healthcare services, medical devices, early stage therapeutics, and specialty pharma. Within medical devices, the firm seeks growth stage products from MRI to IVD. Within therapeutics, the firm considers both small molecules and biologics. The firm is opportunistic in terms of subsectors and indications. The firm is interested in post-angel stage companies with products that are in pre-clinical or early clinical trials. Later stage opportunities can also be considered.

The firm seeks a strong and experienced management team and could act as lead investor or co-investor.

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A joint venture investment company was launched in January 2015 by a large pharmaceutical company and a large technology company. The firm strives to catalyze the success of digital medicine products, services and business models by investing in early-stage companies and leveraging its extensive networks in Pharma, Mobile/IT, and investment community. The firm expects to make equity investments of up to $5 million per deal. The firm is currently seeking opportunities in the US, EU, and Australia where healthcare systems are more mature.

The firm is seeking entrepreneurs using digital technology to transform pharmaceutical products, sales and marketing, R&D, and enterprise operations. Examples may include enterprise software solutions that improves clinical care or mobile sensors for disease management in home care settings.

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An angel group that is made up entirely healthcare professionals is seeking to invest in technologies that significantly advance the standard of care. The group considers companies at a range of stages and is geographically agnostic. Since the members are investing their own capital, the investment size and capital structure are highly flexible. The group is actively seeking new investment opportunities, and is open to leading financing rounds.

The group is interested in therapeutics, diagnostics, and medical devices. While the group will consider most any indication and technology type, the group currently has a particular interest in cell therapy and in the oncology sector. In general, the group is not interested in dermatology. The group will only consider products that have shown human clinical efficacy; in the case of therapeutics, the group generally looks at phase II companies but if a company has obtained human efficacy data in phase I, the group would consider the opportunity. 

The group invests in both private and public companies. The group performs deep scientific due diligence on all the opportunities that the group takes part in, often conducted by the group’s members.

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The Corporate Venture arm of a Hi-Tech Company currently manages a total of $850 million in assets, and is looking to make equity investments ranging from $2-$5 million with the ability to allocate up to $10 million generally in series A-C rounds. The majority of fund’s investment have been throughout the United States although they have and are willing to invest internationally as well. The fund is actively reviewing new opportunities can could make 3-4 investments over the next year.

The Fund is currently interested in sectors of Medical Devices, Diagnostics and Healthcare IT that increase connectivity in the healthcare ecosystem. The fund is particularly interest in verticals of Health and Wellness, Chronic Disease Care, Aging in Place, Telemedicine, Genomics, Patient Monitoring, Clinical Trails Management, Mobile Software Healthcare IT Applications, and Electronic Medical Records Management. The fund is willing to invest in devices with 510k pathways however the fund is not currently considering highly invasive medical devices.

The Fund is looking for privately held companies with experienced management teams. The fund generally looks to take a board or observer seat following investment and is willing to both lead and co-invest.

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