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A venture capital and private equity firm making investments in life sciences will invest as early as Series A and through growth transactions. The firm looks to invest between $10 million and $40 million per investment. The firm has a preference for funding companies with a de-risked clinical development pathway, often via established mechanisms of action, repurposed/reformulated programs, 505(b)(2)s, and/or proof of concept clinical efficacy data. 
 
The firm has a primary focus on pharmaceuticals / therapeutics, and a secondary focus on medical devices. The firm is agnostic to indication. 
 
The firm plays an active role in their portfolio companies. The firm will take a board seat with any company in which they invest.

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A venture capital firm with ties to a family office invests mainly in Seed to Series A/B, with an initial check ranging between 3-7 million Euros. Follow-on investments are possible, and the firm may invest up to 15 million Euros throughout the life cycle. The firm is open to both leading and co-investing. The firm focuses on opportunities in Europe, UK and US. 
 
The firm is interested in early-stage therapeutic technologies. The firm is agnostic regarding modalities and indications, and is open to exploring different types of therapeutic assets. Additionally, the firm has invested in orphan drugs. While there is no strict mandate for the development phases of assets, having at least in-vivo data would generally be preferred. 
 
There are no specific requirements for companies’ management team.

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A venture capital firm founded in 2019 and headquartered in Europe invests in healthtech startups in Pre-Seed to Seed stages across Europe as well as in the U.S., Canada, Israel, and Australia. Typical check size ranges from €200k-1.5M EUR, and the firm can lead rounds, co-invest, or follow. 
 
The firm invests in healthcare companies that involves data information, technology, hardware, software, AI, and medtech that includes a strong data or computing component. The firm will not look at traditional medical devices such as surgical devices that does not have data components or traditional biotech such as therapeutics and drug development. The firm has broad indications and will look at different needs across the entire healthcare system such as need-based solutions for providers, better operations on the backend, direct solutions for patients, clinical trial needs, payer and insurance company solutions, and medical education platforms. 
 
The firm often takes a board or observer seat though not required. 

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A USA-based venture capital firm that focuses on partnering with digital health startups that will redefine the healthcare system. The firm partners with incubation, Seed, Series A, and Series B startups to drive innovation within the healthcare system to create fundamental change with typical check sizes of $1-15m. The firm is excited about all opportunities in digital health and invests across all business models (B2B, B2B2B, and DTC) and customer segments (payer, provider, employer, pharma, government, customer, etc.). The firm is willing to invest globally and focuses on companies who are looking to commercialize in the US. 
 
The firm is interested in all sectors of digital health, which generally includes five distinct areas: consumer gateways, data liquidity and analytics, tech-enabled services, digital therapeutics, and vertical reimagination.  
 
The firm prefers to lead or co-lead its investments across all stages. 

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A leading Europe-based venture capital firm provides private equity financing to early- and mid-stage, highly innovative life science companies bringing life-changing therapeutic treatments to patients, with a focus on indications with high unmet needs. The firm has a diverse international team that is driven by science, with the ambition to transform capital into medical breakthroughs. The firm was founded in 2008 and has over 400M€ million in assets under management through its three funds. The investments typically range from 5 million to 20 million, including additional capital for follow-on investments. 
 
The firm invests in innovative therapeutics. The firm focuses on indications with a clear unmet need, and prefers to invest in opportunities that have realistic exit potential in 2-3 years. In case of niche/orphan indications, the potential market share should be significant and realistic. The firm invests in small molecules, biologics and advanced therapies. At minimum, the product should have solid animal data. 
 
The firm looks for a cohesive management team with a proven track record, including relevant business experience and top-notch scientific know-how. The firm requires a board seat in each portfolio company.

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A venture capital firm based in the US has a partner in China that can provide support to companies interested in China market entry, but companies do not need to have a China angle. The firm has great experience with working with regulatory agencies to gain product approval for both FDA and CFDA. Since its establishment, the firm has invested in over 60 companies and continues to actively seek life science investments with its latest fund, aiming to invest in 8-10 companies per year. The firm usually participates in seed to series B financing rounds with check sizes between $500K – 2M and will consider companies based in USA and China. 
 
The firm is opportunistic and will consider all early-stage opportunities in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health, as long as the technology is considered highly disruptive. The firm’s greatest focus lies in the medical device sector in which the firm has the strongest expertise. In therapeutics, the firm will consider pre-clinical and phase I assets. In medical devices and diagnostics, the firm is open to all classes of medical devices including 510k and PMA that are in development or clinical trials. The firm has reviewed companies of various stages in the past: those that have just developed a valid prototype, and those that were already profitable prior to investment. 
 
The firm seeks to work with companies with an experienced management team, ideally led by a serial entrepreneur with a successful track record. The firm can both lead and co-invest but prefers to lead financing rounds for medical device companies and will most likely take a board seat.

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A Europe-based firm began as a support structure for an initial group of private investors interested in life sciences and grew into a platform that sources investment opportunities and represents several high net-worth individuals, as well as strategy partners. The firm’s network invests globally in biotherapeutic companies, primarily focusing on Seed to Series A stages, and expects to participate in a limited number of later stage investments, following the capital allocation desires of the private investor network. The firm’s investors typically invest as a group, with check sizes ranging from $1-3M USD with the intention to make up to 3 new investments per year. 
 
The firm is focused on therapeutics but is modality and indication agnostic. This includes orphan diseases. Platform or multi-asset companies are often valued over single asset opportunities. Preferred stage of development varies based on the validation level of both the therapeutic target(s) and technology being applied. The more validated the targets and/or technology, the earlier the firm’s investor group is able to invest, including specific investment cases prior to pre-clinical animal efficacy. 
 
The firm does not have specific management team requirements and has taken board seats in the past, however it is not a requirement.

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