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A venture capital firm with offices in the U.S. and Europe, with a dual-fund structure, invests across several industries, with one of its focuses in healthtech and medtech. The firm’s sweet spot on early-stage companies, focused on Pre-seed to Series A, with potential follow-on investment in Series B. Typical check sizes range from $ 500K – $ 3M. Geographically, the firm is open to opportunities globally and does not have a preference for leading or co-investing in rounds. 

Within life science and healthcare, the firm is interested in Medical Devices through a 4-Pillar focus: (1) Early detection technologies, (2) Robotics, automation, precision medicine, and minimally invasive devices, (3) Digital health and applications, (4)  Brain–computer interface 

Traditional biotech therapeutics is generally not of interest. The firm is agnostic in terms of indications/disease areas. 

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A French venture capital firm historically focused on deep-tech and hardware but is now broadening their scope to sectors such as the intersection between deep-tech and life sciences. Currently investing from their second fund of USD $75M, the firm participates in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, typically allocating between USD $500K – $2.5M. The firm prefers to lead or co-lead and looks at companies in Europe and the U.S. 

In terms of life sciences, the firm is open to digital health deep-tech companies but are not interested in apps. The firm does not look at traditional therapeutics but will look at therapeutics with a data component or multi-asset and platform technologies. The firm is also open to diagnostics, non-invasive medical devices, surgical tools, and biomanufacturing. The firm looks at companies that are in their pre-clinical and development stages. The firm is disease-agnostic. 

The firm may take a board or observer seat on a case-by-case basis. 

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A venture capital firm founded in 2024 and has USD $40M under management seeks to invest in Pre-Seed and Seed stage longevity biotech companies developing technologies that can significantly extend healthy human lifespan and are scalable for everyone. Initial check size ranges between USD $250K – $1.5M with the ability to lead or co-lead. The firm is open to global companies but prefers the US, UK, and EU. 

The firm is open to all technologies, except single assets, that address longevity. Areas of interest include breakthroughs in multiple areas including AI, synthetic biology, stem cell therapies, gene sequencing and editing, protein engineering, tissue engineering, and more. Every company they invest in must have the potential to extend healthy human lifespan by at least 10+ years. Companies of interest are typically still in pre-clinical stages. The firm seeks out companies with a strong ethical foundation and robust scientific backing. 

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A venture studio and accelerator that was created as a joint venture between a traditional VC firm and CRO identifies promising early-stage technologies with academic institutional foundations that are not yet ready for institutional investment. The group provides hands-on operational expertise and up to $5M of funding per company to help translate these innovations into viable startups. 
 
In their model, the institutional principal investigators are positioned as company founders, while the group’s CEO and CSO serve as interim executives to help guide early development in conjunction with the broader team. Once the company demonstrates sufficient progress, the VC firm that backs the group would plan to lead a Series A financing. 
 
The group is evolving its traditional venture studio approach to work with early-stage companies that have already been incorporated, and which would benefit from the same operational and strategic support and funding to accelerate achievement of proof of concept and enable access to VC funding or pharma partnerships. The group is currently focused on technologies and companies that are based in the U.S. 

The group focuses exclusively on traditional therapeutics. Although modality-agnostic, the group prefers traditional modalities such as small molecules and biologics. In terms of indication areas, there is particular interest in oncology, kidney disease, fibrosis, immunology and inflammation, and cardiovascular disease. However, the group remains open to other opportunities that address compelling unmet needs and present a sizeable market opportunity. The group targets early programs and considers in-clinic assets to be too late-stage for its investment model. 

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This early-stage venture fund, with offices in Western Europe, is led by a team with deep expertise across venture funding, company building, and therapeutic development. The firm is currently focused on cell and gene therapy, with particular interest in the manufacturing technologies that support these modalities. 

The firm is especially interested in therapeutic platforms at the pre-clinical stage, including cutting-edge cell therapies for regenerative medicine and autoimmune conditions that require localized manufacturing capabilities. It seeks to support breakthrough technologies at the seed stage. 

The firm typically takes an active role in its portfolio companies, frequently leading rounds, providing strategic guidance, and ensuring board-level engagement, either by taking a board seat directly or placing a qualified expert. In addition to company creation, the firm also invests in existing ventures, often syndicating with other institutional investors to support early-stage growth.

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A pharma-tech focused venture capital firm, founded in 2022 and headquartered in the US, invests in early-stage companies and also has the capability to incubate new ventures. The firm is driven by the belief that the pharmaceutical industry represents a strong and scalable customer base, and seeks technologies that align with or enhance the pharma value chain. While open to global opportunities, the firm shows a preference for companies based in the United States. Typical investment sizes range from $2 million to $5 million, and the firm is flexible in its role, able to lead or follow in financing rounds. 

The firm invests across a broad spectrum of pharma-tech, including technologies targeting patients or providers, tech-bio platforms, drug discovery tools, AI-driven applications, supply chain innovations, and data-centric platforms. In essence, it is interested in any innovation that contributes to the pharmaceutical and life sciences value chain. The firm is disease-agnostic in its approach. 

An active investor, the firm typically takes a board seat or observer role and prefers companies that have pharmaceutical companies as at least one major customer or are built with pharma as the primary target market. 

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A venture capital firm based in the US is focused on incubating and investing in longevity-focused companies that aim to improve quality of life for older adults. The firm primarily invests at the Seed and Series A stages, with typical initial check sizes ranging from $100,000 to $500,000. The investment focus is on opportunities based in the United States. 

The firm invests broadly across the life sciences and healthcare sectors, provided there is a clear connection to aging and longevity. Areas of interest include healthcare quality and cost, care capacity, healthcare benefits activation, aging in place, and financial longevity. The firm has made investments in medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health companies, and currently maintains an active portfolio of more than 15 companies. It generally does not invest in biotech. The firm is open to backing companies at the earliest stages of development. 

There are no specific requirements regarding company structure or founding team experience. The firm is flexible in its role and may choose to lead or co-invest depending on the opportunity. 

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