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A corporate venture arm of a global company has offices in US and Europe. This fund makes equity investments in early stage companies several industries, including healthcare and life sciences. The firm typically leads or co-leads rounds as a member of a syndicate of investors, and is actively seeking new investment opportunities across all funds.

Within life sciences, the firm is looking for early stage companies working primarily within therapeutics, but is open to other sectors and has made investments in medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health. The firm seeks to invest in areas of strategic interest to its parent company including Immunology (Autoimmune), Oncology, Immuno-oncology, and Fertility. The firm generally looks for companies with novel first-in-class preclinical stage assets as well as novel platform technologies. In addition, the firm is seeking innovation for process, research and/or applied solutions.

The firm is looking for privately held companies with experienced management teams able to take innovative solutions into commercially viable products. The firm looks to take an active role following investing taking a board seat. The firm is able to invest globally.

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A family office based in the US represents approximately 2100 doctors, HNW investors, and angel investors. The firm invests in, but is not limited to, biotechnology, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. Typical allocation size is $100k-250k per investor, participating in both leading investments and co-investing. The firm invests in companies worldwide, with no specific geographic preferences. Recently, the firm had 3 exits in the life science sector.

The firm is opportunistic in terms of sectors of interest. The firm invests in biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and anything relevant to life sciences that seems to be a good opportunity for the firm. The firm is open to all financial rounds and all stages of development as well as orphan diseases and all indications.

The firm does not have any management team requirements, although depending on the case, taking a board seat may be requested.

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A large high-tech biological company focuses on rapid diagnostics in China – the company has gone public a few years ago. Apart from their headquarters, the firm has an international presence in Europe, Asia, and North America. The firm is open to different forms of partnership including license-in, joint venture, buyout, and equity investment for early-stage companies.

The firm has a strong interest in IVD sectors for innovative products addressing the unmet needs of healthcare providers.

The firm is open to global opportunities while preferring companies with a Chinese angle.

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An evergreen fund makes equity investments in early- to late-stage private businesses. Typical allocations range from USD 1.5 million to north of USD 10 million. The firm is most interested in companies addressing North Asia, USA, Europe, and LATAM markets.

The firm will invest in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health products. In therapeutics, the firm is currently most interested in cell and gene therapy, nucleic acid drugs, and all novel drug delivery products. The firm prefers to invest from early clinical stage (Phase I) and beyond. In medical devices, the firm is opportunistic and is open to all types of technologies. In diagnostics, the firm is primarily interested in IVD and diagnostics tools. The firm prefers to invest in products that have entered clinical testing, and is open to investing in both 510k and PMA devices. Lastly, in digital health, the firm is open to all types of technologies including those that leverage AI. In terms of indications, the firm is most interested in chronic disease therapy / care, neuron disorders, and oncology.

The firm is looking for competent, experienced, and reliable management teams when considering investment. The fund typically requires a board seat in the companies it invests in.

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An investor and venture builder based in the US invests in pre-clinical therapeutics companies, frequently taking a majority stake and playing an active role in the company’s development. The firm is open to all therapeutic types and indications, currently they have a particular interest in Infectious Disease technologies to partner and or invest with a current portfolio company. The firm will generally invest $1-5M, and will invest globally, with previous investments in North America, Europe and Israel.

The firm is interested only in therapeutics companies, but will consider all types of therapeutics in all indications. The firm invests from discovery to preclinical stage and will support companies development efforts.

The firm prefers to lead and take a majority stake in their portfolio companies, and then act as a venture builder. The firm is interested only in companies that have strong IP portfolios.

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An emerging venture fund is currently for their first fund and will invest from seed to early stage companies. The firm is interested in therapeutics, companion diagnostics, precision medicine, tools and manufacturing services. The firm generally invests $0.5-3 Million, and may participate as a fund of funds. The firm is focused on investments in Southern California, but can invest in companies nationwide.

Within therapeutics, the firm is interested in small molecules, biologics, RNA platforms, and cell and gene therapies. Outside of therapeutics, the firm is interested in companion diagnostics, precision medicine, life science tools, and novel manufacturing technologies. Indications of interest include oncology/IO, neurodegeneration, autoimmune disorders, cardiometabolic disorders and rare diseases.

The firm is willing to lead or co-invest, is an active investor, and will request board participation after an  investment in helping the entrepreneur and company improve their chances for seeking subsequent financings and building value.

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A venture capital investment firm has a unique model that takes early-stage pre-company technologies and supports them in company formation. The firm invests in early stage pre-proof-of-concept companies that may have a longer development timeline. The firm provides investment and – dependent on the company – advisory roles to support the company to its next step in development. The firm typically invests around $250,000 per company, and currently manages a low to mid-million dollar fund, though has access to a greater market flow. The firm currently holds a portfolio of 11-12 deals, and is seeking to add 6-7 deals in their pipeline. The firm leads investments for small early stage companies, and co-invests into deals that are greater than $500K. Even while making seed investments, the firm has the ability to syndicate deals and provide value with an advisory role. The firm focuses on companies based in North America (USA & Canada), and has previously made investments in Texas, Ohio, North and South Carolina, Florida, and Canada, among others.

The firm currently has 4 clusters of companies, each separated by the following categories: pet health; hospital channeled products (hospital supply); rehabilitation and mobility; and hospital acquired infection sterilization. While the firm is constantly finding technology in these four clusters, The firm is open to look at all life science technologies outside of these clusters, including biotech therapeutics (especially biologics and regenerative medicine), medical devices, and diagnostics. For medical devices, the firm looks mainly at 510K consumer products (included plastic surgery), and would only invest in PMA devices under the right circumstances as a minor player/syndicate. The firm typically invests in products in the pre-clinical, in-development stage when the product is still an idea.

The firm prefers an experienced team in the space, and will help handpick the management team around the deal. The firm typically takes a board seat after an investment, especially as the first ones in for seed stage companies. The firm will likely invest in products with no IP or prototype, and will put the firm’s network of engineers to support the product and work with the IP.

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