Hot Investor Mandate: US Private Investment Firm Invests in Digital Health and Medical Technologies with Software Component, Prefers Founding Team with Both Technical and Business Expertise

An early-stage private investment firm is based in Silicon Valley, CA. The initial investments are typically $25,000-$100,000 and the firm can scale investments from there. The firm also provides select startups with business development support through a no-fee program. The firm will consider investing in companies worldwide.

The firm is interested in investing in digital health and medical technology and invests in subsectors in which the firm and its industry partners can apply expertise; within medical devices, typically this means products that have a significant software component, including biosensors, wearables, and health monitoring devices. Within digital health, the firm’s  interests include: Care Management, Hospital Workflow, Diagnostics, A.I. & Big Data, Population Health, and Patient Adherence. The firm prefers B2B business models.

The firm prefers to invest in companies with at least two co-founders, one with technical expertise and one with business expertise. In addition to due diligence on the management team and technology, the firm also considers a product’s potential market opportunity.

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Hot Investor Mandate: VC Firm in Japan Invests Up to $10M in Early-Stage Life Science Companies Across the Globe, Open to All Therapeutic Modalities

A venture capital firm in Japan invests in life science, biotech, IT and software, and agriculture. Currently, the firm manages two funds: one fund which funds later stage companies, and another fund which is an open innovation fund to support the creation of companies and early-stage startups. The firm will also support company creation and sales in Japan as well as overseas. In total, the firm has about $400M to invest from, with $5M-10M as a typical check size per round and the same amount reserved for future follow-on investments. The firm is open to investing in all financial rounds and all sectors of life science and biotech. The firm invests globally.

The firm invests in all sectors of life science and biotech including, but not limited to, therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, digital health, etc. across all stages of development, focusing on early stage. Within therapeutics, the firm is open to investing in all modalities including novel biologics (i.e. cell & gene therapy). The firm is also open to all indications including orphan diseases.

The firm does not have specific management team requirements, however the firm will take a board or observer seat. The firm is open to acting as either a lead or co-investor.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Corporate Venture Arm of Major Corporation Invests in Therapeutics, Digital Health, and AI Applications Through Multiple Funds

A venture capital arm of a global conglomerate has several global offices including two sites in the US. In 2021, the firm raised a dedicated life science fund to invest in therapeutic and bioprocessing companies with flexibility of entering at different stages of development. The investment size varies depending on the opportunity. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities globally.

The firm will make new investments from both traditional funds and their new life science fund. The traditional funds invest in customer-centered health strategies, which may include mobile health IT, digital health, and artificial intelligence applied to healthcare. The new life science fund is interested in therapeutics, particularly gene therapy, ADC technologies, RNA delivery platform technologies, and bioprocessing business that support these strategic areas of interest.

The firm primarily invests in life science companies with a strong and experienced management team. The firm usually takes a board seat.

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Hot Investor Mandate: VC Invests in Series A and B Rounds in Life Science Technologies With Opportunistic Mandate, Focusing on USA-Based Companies

A venture capital firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in the US invests in life science, tech, and healthcare companies at Series A and B stages. The firm requires their portfolio companies to have at least one woman in the founding team. Typical check size is USD $1M-3M. The firm is open to investing in global companies, however, the companies need to have some presence in the U.S. as well. The firm usually acts as a co-investor.

The firm’s premise is frontier technology and medical breakthrough. The firm invests in a wide range of life science sectors including therapeutics, diagnostics, and digital health. The firm has invested in hardware, AI in drug discovery, gene editing, and more. The firm is indication-agnostic and will look at companies in all stages of development, though most are earlier.

The firm requires portfolio companies to have at least one woman on the founding team. The firm may not take a board seat on a case-by-case basis as the firm likes to maintain strong relationships with founders and advise in an informal setting.

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Hot Investor Mandate: USA VC Firm Focuses on Investing in Early-Stage, Consumer-Facing Digital Health Technologies in Seed to Series B Rounds

A venture capital firm based in the US is focused on early-stage health technology investments with a consumer-focus. The firm is looking for companies with solutions that drive consumer engagement and health accountability (these do not have to sell D2C, most of their companies do not). Through the firm’s latest fund, the firm will focus on investing in early-stage, consumer-centric digital health technologies. The firm’s initial investments generally range from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. The firm is primarily thesis-focused and invests from Seed to Series B, with a focus just at or before the A round.

The firm is seeking digital health companies focused on the empowering consumers to be better stewards of their health and their healthcare expenditures. Accordingly, the firm is not interested in technology that solve problems solely within payers and providers, such as billing, care coordination for hospitals, or EHR platforms. The firm is indication agnostic, though has interest in chronic illnesses, social determinants, behavioral health, and personalized care among others.

The firm does not have set management team requirements. The firm will play a very active role post-investment, traditionally by taking board seats, providing key sales introductions, assisting with scaling, hiring, and providing network support.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Life Science Investment Firm Invests Exclusively in Seed to Series B Therapeutics Companies, Typically Investing Around $10M

A life sciences investment firm with a focus on supporting emerging biotechnology companies closed a new fund in 2022 dedicated to private investments. The firm focuses exclusively in biopharmaceuticals and looks to make Seed through Series B investments with a typical check size averaging $10M. The firm typically makes investments in the form of equity but will do convertible notes for some Seed stage investments. The firm looks to make investments in the US and Europe.

The firm invests exclusively in therapeutics but is subsector and indication agnostic and open all modalities with a particular focus in cell therapy, RNA therapy, small molecules and antibodies. The firm is open to preclinical companies.

The firm looks for established management teams with the CEO in place. The firm likes to see teams that are credible but don’t necessarily need prior experience starting a company. The firm likes to follow teams as they advance. The firm is open to both leading and coinvesting and seeks a board seat in either circumstance.
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Hot Investor Mandate: China-Based VC With Multi-Billion AUM Seeks New Breakthrough Technologies in All Life Science Sectors, Including Drug Discovery Enabling Technologies

A venture capital firm founded in China with over US$9.5 billion in total managed assets in the areas of technology and consumer (T&C) and healthcare has offices located in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou and Hong Kong. In China, the firm has invested in over 200 healthcare companies, that span most sectors of life sciences from innovative drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, and healthcare services. The firm invests primarily in US and China-based companies.

The firm is open to many sectors in the life science space – innovative drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, and healthcare services. The firm is most interested in breakthrough products and technologies that address a large unmet need. The firm is also interested in enabling technologies for drug discovery and development, and other healthcare-related technologies in the “digital-health” space.

The firm is seeking to invest in companies with novel ideas and technology and experienced and passionate management. The firm’s team is “hands-on” and typically assumes a board seat after an investment. In general, the firm invests globally and prefers companies that have upside opportunities in China and can leverage the firm’s China network and expertise.

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