The corporate venture capital branch of a drug retailing chain looks to make strategic equity investments into companies of up to $5 million. The firm is generally stage agnostic although they prefer companies at or near commercialization. The firm is actively reviewing new investment opportunities and is open to consider companies from around the globe.

The firm is focused on investing in companies of mutual strategic benefit to the parent company. This includes companies in sectors of Medical Devices, Point of Care Diagnostics, Healthcare Services, Pharmacy Innovation, and Sensors/Wearable devices. For medical devices and diagnostics the company prefers products that are near or have reached commercialization as the firm can add significant strategic value in distribution, marketing and sales. The firm is also very interested in products that will be sold directly to patients or devices/diagnostics that will be able to be used in the parent company’s clinics. For wearable devices and sensors the firm is most interest in technologies with clinical value in terms of disease treatment and/or management.  The firm is open to all indication types.

The firm is looking for privately held companies with experienced management teams. The firm looks to take a board observer seat following investment.

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A venture capital firm based in Singapore is looking to make early, growth, expansion, and mezzanine stage investments in the healthcare sector. The firm typically invests in the Series A and B rounds. The firm has raised two funds to date. The firm seeks to invest in non-Asian companies that are interested in entering the Asian market; investment funds are prioritized to companies looking to set up operations in Singapore. The firm will also invest in companies based in Asia. The investment size is variable depending on the stage from the company; ranging from $1M to $10M or more. The firm will consider opportunities from around the globe and is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

The firm seeks to invest in biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and medical devices. For therapeutics, the firm prefers novel small molecules and biologics targeting indications in large markets. The firm prefers to invest in platform technologies and typically invests in clinical stage opportunities. For medical devices, the firm prefers devices in the later stages of development or near commercialization. The firm seeks a strong management team and considers both private and public companies.

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A Venture Capital company with offices all around the globe is currently looking to make equity investments generally ranging from $5 to $25 million. The firm has no set number of investments it plans to make over the next 6-9 months but is actively reviewing companies for investment. The firm is willing to pursue opportunities located globally.

The firm is looking for companies in sectors of Biotechnology Therapeutics, Diagnostics, and Nutrition/Food. The firm is most interested in areas of brain health, GI (gastrointestinal), metabolic disorders and aging. The firm typically looks for early human clinical data and focused on compounds (both small molecules and biologics) with a strong safety profile that are suitable for chronic use, along with strong IP protection and a scientific rationale for their effect.

The firm is looking for management teams with domain expertise and a strong track record and generally looks to take a board seat following investment.

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A private investment group that was founded by a single family out of Hong Kong has four operations based in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and the US. The US-based venture investment arm is actively seeking new investments in the life sciences across the US, and it occasionally invests in companies in Europe. The group focuses on pre-clinical and clinical stage companies. The investment size will vary and typically it ranges from $2 million -$10 million. The group has no set number of allocations over the next 6-9 months.

In the life sciences the firm is looking for new investments primarily in the biotech therapeutics sector. The group will also look at medical devices and diagnostics opportunities; however, they are not their current focuses. For therapeutics, the group is most interested in biologics. The group invests in a variety of therapeutic areas with a focus on oncology. The group generally invests in pre-clinical stage companies without clinical data, and it also syndicates with other investors for clinical-stage investments.

The group invests in privately held life science companies. The group is generally not interested in commercial-stage companies.

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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 almost 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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A European VC firm with over €700 million in total assets under management, and has raised a total of five funds; the most recent fund closed in 2014. The firm typically invests €1-5 million in venture-stage opportunities, or up to €15 million in growth-stage opportunities.  The firm is open to opportunities globally and has invested in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the USA.

Within the life science sector the firm is currently focused on medical technology, diagnostics, life science tools, and digital health. The firm is open to all classes of devices and molecules, is open to opportunities in any indication area and at any phase of development.  Previous investments include diagnostics for stroke, nano coatings for implants, and cardiovascular catheters.

The firm is open to investing in pre-revenue companies, companies at the early commercialization stage, as well companies generating steady revenues.

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A Venture Capital company with offices in the US and Europe is currently looking to make investments out of its fourth fund. The firm is looking to make venture stage investment generally falling in the range of $2-$6 million though investments may fall outside of this range depending upon the opportunity. The firm also reserves additional capital for follow on rounds. The firm is most interested in companies based in the US although they are also open to investing in Eastern and Northern Europe, East Asia and Australia. The firm could make as many as 5-10 investments over the next year.

The firm is primarily interested in companies developing therapeutics and to a lesser extent medical devices and research tools. Within the Therapeutics space the firm has a slight preference for companies working with platform technologies although they are open to single asset companies as well. The firm is willing to invest in small molecules, biologics, and cell and gene therapy. The firm is willing to consider opportunities from preclinical through phase III of clinical trials though most of their investments will likely be allocated to later stage companies. The firm generally only considers pre-clinical stage companies if there is a clear path to exit in a shortened timeframe. The firm is highly interested in area of RNA therapeutics, Oncology, Structural Heart and Gene Therapy and is generally less interested in CNS disorders.  For medical device companies the firms looks for technologies that are into clinical trials with a working prototype and is agnostic in terms of technology type and indication.

The firm is looking for private or publically held companies, and has special interest in companies considering going public as well as secondary’s investments. The firm prefers to invest as a member of a syndicate and does not always require a board seat following investment. The firm looks to act as a value add investor helping companies expand their networks and filling in holes in existing management.

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