An angel group that is made up entirely of 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 capital arm of a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials is interested in strategic investment opportunities.  The firm makes equity investments into seed and venture stage companies. The firm makes allocations ranging from a few hundred thousand dollars to $5 million initially with additional capital held for future financing rounds. The firm is looking to make approximately 5-10 investments over the next 6-9 months with +10 being made over the next 2 years. The firm invests in companies located around the globe with a focus on the U.S., Europe and Israel.

The firm is looking for companies in the intersection of Life and Materials Sciences. These includes companies developing devices and materials targeting indications of cardiovascular, orthopedics, ophthalmology, dental, drug delivery and next generation cellular therapy. The firm is also interested in companies in the Agbio and nutraceutical spaces. While the firm has invested in companies all the way from seed to 3-month pre-IPO, they generally invest into companies that do not yet have a product on the market.

The firm highly values experience in a firm’s management team and generally looks to take a board seeks and play an active role in its portfolio companies. The firm is looking for companies that are in cooperation/alignment with the parent business.

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A family office founded by a successful medical device entrepreneur can make investments ranging from approximately $500,000 to $100 million into companies and due to its funding structure has no requirements for holding period or capital structure. The firm makes investments in the forms of equity, controlling interest, in-licensing, MBO/LBO, growth capital and is also willing to co-invest. The firm is looking for companies located around the globe and makes around 5-15 investments in a given year.

The firm is looking for companies in sectors of Biotech Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Medtech, Heathcare IT, R&D Services, and other areas of biotech such as industrial biotech and agbio. The firm is willing to consider all indications including orphan diseases, though they have some additional interest/experience is areas of Women’s Health, GI, Oncology, Cardiovascular, and Personalized Medicine including Proteomics and Genomics. The firm is most interested in companies that are in Phase II or later, nearing commercialization where the firm is capable of utilizing its operating company to scale up the company’s sales, marketing and distribution. That being said the firm has made earlier stage investments in the past and is open to considering highly innovative and compelling early stage companies. The firm is also interested in companies developing consumables/reagents, service providers, food and nutraceuticals.

The firm looks to work with management teams with experience and grit and generally looks to take a board seat although it is not a requirement. The firm looks to leverage the use of its operating company to assist the company’s sales marketing and distribution efforts as well as providing assistance in operations management.

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The corporate venture capital arm of a large tech company is currently seeking to invest the in intersection of software and biology. The fund invests in companies at a variety of developmental stages and investments therefore vary widely, but typically range from $1-10m of equity. The firm is looking for opportunities globally.

Within the medical technology sector, the firm is interested in the intersection between communication and health, and particularly in technologies that improve delivery of patient care and make care more cost-effective. Areas of focus include traditional healthcare IT (particularly data and communications in a hospital setting), personalized medicine, mobile health technology (including connected medical devices, consumer apps, and patient monitoring technologies that can be used both inside and outside hospitals), and genomic platforms that provide actionable information for patient care (technologies used purely for gene sequencing are not of interest). While it is not an area of primary focus, connected lab equipment may also be of interest.

The firm invests only in privately-held companies. The firm backs innovative, creative entrepreneurs with expertise in their fields, and who are developing solutions that will have an impact on the health marketplace.

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A life sciences venture capital firm based in Canada with an additional office in the US is currently investing from two new funds totaling approximately $165 million of new capital under management. The firm typically makes initial investments ranging from $1-$5 million of equity and looks to invest $8-$12 million over the lifetime of the investment. The firm plans to make 4-6 investments over the next 12 months and evaluates opportunities throughout the US and Canada.

The firm is currently looking for companies developing Therapeutics, Medical Devices, and Healthcare IT. The firm has a special interest in immunology, inflammation, cell therapy, vaccines and protein based therapies, although the firm will also consider other small molecule and biologics therapies in other areas. The firm is looking for companies with assets in phase I and II of clinical trials that have at least some human proof of concept with either early human efficacy signs or very strong animal data coupled with human safety data. In the medical devices space the firm is opportunistic in term of device type but also requires some in-human data to be evaluated for investment. In the past the firm has invested in devices for cardiology, obesity, medical imaging, and others. In the healthcare IT space the firm is most interested in subsectors of mobile health, patient monitoring and consumer based technologies, particularly in products that help make healthcare systems more efficient.

The firm is looking to invest in companies that are pre-revenue located throughout the United States and Canada. The firm does not look to take an active role on the management team but does look to take a board seat.

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The operational and investment arm of a family office is looking to make equity investments into early stage companies and small mid-market growth companies ranging from $.5 to $1 million. The firm is very open to syndication particularly with early stage deals and is capable of providing additional capital in follow on rounds when appropriate. The firm prefers to invest in companies located in the eastern United States and looks to make approximately 1-2 new investments per year.

The firm is looking for companies in the Medical Technology and Diagnostics space. Within these areas the firm is looking for 510k devices that are more technically based with a particular interest in hospital equipment and professional diagnostics. The firm is not interest in devices where the final consumer is the patient. The firm is looking to devices that improve the standard of care and is willing to invest in companies at all phases of development. The firm is generally open to all indications.

The firm looks for experienced management teams and looks to take a board seat following investment. The firm is willing to work with companies that have incomplete management teams and is looking for privately held companies.

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The corporate venture capital arm of a large pharmaceutical company is currently looking to make equity investments into early stage life science companies. The firm has the ability to allocate up to $10 million dollars per company, generally in milestone driven tranches. The firm is able to invest in companies from around the globe and is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

The firm is looking for early stage companies working with therapeutics and companion diagnostics. The firm is open to review both small molecules and biologics as well as companies working with single assets or platform technologies. The firm seeks to invest in indication areas including Immunology, Oncology, Immunoncology, MS, and Fertility. The firm generally looks for companies with assets that are pre-clinical or in Phase 1 clinical trials.

The firm is looking for privately held companies with experienced management teams. The firm looks to take an active role following investing generally taking at least a board seat. The firm is willing to both lead rounds and co-invest as a member of a syndicate。

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