A global private equity firm headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with additional offices in Hong Kong, New York, London, and Cairo is currently seeking new opportunities. The firm is backed by two family offices and employs a co-investment strategy. The firm currently has USD 330 million AUM and invests across a spectrum of private equity strategies including leading and/or participating in direct investments in the angel/seed, growth, and buyout stages. The firm typically invests up to USD 100K at the angel stage and USD 5-15 million for growth and buyout stages. The firm takes an active minority position without its growth strategy investments. The firm invests in companies based in the US, EU, and Middle East. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

In Healthcare, the firm is currently interested in HCIT companies and to a lesser degree medical technology. Devices such as wearable devices with a major software component are of interest. The firm does not generally invest in Class II and III devices. The firm may be interested in services or technology companies that are related to biotechnology.

The firm seeks a strong and entrepreneurial management team and typically requires board representation in its portfolio companies.

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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 Biotech Other. 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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Allocation Information:

An investment holding company based in China specializes in equity investment, debt financing, and equity investment services. With capital commitment from both public and private investors, the firm currently has total assets under management of over RMB 1 billion (US$160.52 million). Since 2001, the firm has made equity investments in 189 seed-stage projects, 65 growth-stage projects, and 42 mature-stage projects. The firm focuses on pre-series A to series A investments of up to US$2 million; as well as on series B to pre-IPO investments of up to US$50 million. Allocations are made in equity and convertible notes. The firm seeks to invest in China-based companies or foreign businesses with China-based partners or seeking to enter the Chinese market.

Sectors & Subsectors of Interest:

The firm is interested in innovative technologies across various sectors including life sciences. Within life sciences, the firm is open to all technologies including small molecule therapeutics, biologics, medical devices, and diagnostics. The firm invests in all stages of development with a special interest in clinical-stage assets.

Company & Management Team Requirements:

The firm is looking for experienced management teams and typically syndicates with other investors and takes 20%-30% minority stake in a financing round. One of the firm’s subsidiaries operates on an incubator model that offers capital, mentorship, and business advisory services to investee 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 I of 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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The corporate venture capital firm that is funded by two substantial healthcare providers makes private equity investments of strategic interest to the systems medical centers and affiliated physicians. The firm makes investment ranging anywhere from $1-$8 million over the life of the investment with the majority of allocations falling in the $5-$7 million range. The firm manages an evergreen structure and is actively looking for new opportunities throughout the United States.

The firm is currently interested in healthcare information technology, tech-enabled medical devices and tech-enabled healthcare services. For medical devices the firm is focused on tech enabled devices and is highly interested in areas of patient monitoring and wearables, among other areas. The firm is also interested in highly innovative hospital hardware and devices that have the potential to significantly lower the cost of the point of care process. The firm generally invests in companies in the series A and B rounds.

The firm is looking for companies with experienced management teams. The firm looks to act as a strategic investor generally taking a board seat. The firm is very open to syndication and general invests along with other institutional investors.

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An angel network based out of the North Eastern United States looks to make equity investments in early-stage and selectively seed stage life science companies ranging from $.5 – $1.5 million. The firm is also open to syndication on larger deals and will consider opportunities throughout the United States and Canada. The firm plans to allocate to 10 new companies over the next year. The group is open to sectors in the life science space including therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices. The firm is generally opportunistic in terms of technology type, indication and is open to both small molecules and biologics. The firm is comfortable in investing in series A, B, C, or D rounds and is willing to invest in technologies that are pre-clinical or in early clinical trials. The group is most interested in investing in companies with experienced management teams though they also consider spinouts from universities in certain situations. The firm looks to invest in privately held companies and generally takes a seat on the company’s board. If you are interested in more information about this investor and other investors tracked by LSN, please email mandates@lifesciencenation.com

A venture capital firm based in China makes early-growth stage investments in the life science sector, preferably in series A and B; the firm may also consider series C opportunities. The firm typically invests RMB 100 million (USD 16 million) or more per company. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in China, but is open to outstanding opportunities from around the globe. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

In the life sciences, the firm is most interested in mHealth, gene sequencing, immunotherapy, stem cells, and antibody therapeutics. The firm is indication agnostic. The firm is also opportunistic to other cutting edge technologies in the healthcare industry. The firm is open to investing in companies in the pre-clinical phase of development as well as those that have clinical data.

The firm seeks a strong and experienced management team and generally looks to take a board seat following investment.

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