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An investment firm founded in 2016 is headquartered in Latvia, with additional offices in USA, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. The firm has a $35M fund dedicated to investing in 25-28 companies in Seed to Series A financing rounds. The firm seeks to invest in innovations directly related to the prevention of age-associated diseases, extension of a healthy lifespan, and improving the performance of humans and animals. The firm’s initial check size can range from $500K – 1.5M, and the firm is open to global opportunities.

Within life sciences, the firm is most interested in therapeutics and diagnostics companies, and will also consider digital health. Medical devices with traditional regulatory pathways are generally out of scope for the firm. Within these sectors, interest areas can include gene therapy, telomere attrition, proteostasis, regenerative medicine, personalized diagnostics/biomarkers, preventative therapies, cognitive enhancement, and more. That said, the firm has no strong interest in particular technologies and is open to all modalities. The firm is also opportunistic in terms of stage of development.

The firm seeks companies with strong, protectable IP with clear origins and ownership, backed by a diverse team with a strong track record and technologies with validated proof of concept. The firm is open to leading, co-leading, or co-investing, and has a strong co-investment and syndication network of likeminded investors.

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A venture capital firm based in Missouri is looking to make growth-stage, equity investments in a variety of sectors, including the life sciences, typically in the $2M-$10M range. The firm prefers to lead rounds, but will also syndicate deals. The firm’s first fund closed late in 2015, and is targeting between 3 and 5 investments per year, focusing on the Midwestern United States. However, this includes all states except for those in the North East and those on the West Coast.

Within the Life Science space, the firm is primarily interested in data-driven, connected medical devices and diagnostics as well as any technology that improves drug adherence (mobile apps, devices, etc.). The firm has deep domain experience in IT and is therefore very interested in healthcare IT, such as enterprise software solutions. In addition, life science tools are also an area of interest, with one of the firm’s portfolio companies being a multiplex analyte detection platform. The firm is open to all sectors within the life sciences, with the exception of therapeutics, given the product is already FDA approved or is exempt from regulatory approval.

The firm prefers to work with experienced management teams and serial entrepreneurs, however the firm is open to working with first-time entrepreneurs. The firm prefers to lead rounds and requires a board seat along with an investment.

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A healthcare company headquartered in the US with multiple offices globally has expanded to multiple subsidiaries that focus on different indications of unmet need. The firm is currently seeking promising assets to license and acquire, to supplement their existing asset portfolio and continue to expand to new disease areas. The firm is open to global opportunities.

The firm is only interested in therapeutics opportunities and is generally open to all indications and modalities. The firm has a preference for clinical stage assets, but may consider pre-clinical assets on occasion.

The firm has no specific company or management team requirements.

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A Venture Capital firm specializing in technologies, financials and healthcare industries is backed by an investment and hospital management team with more than 100 years and 80 years respectively of combined professional experiences.

The firm invests in three main sectors: Greater China’s healthcare reform opportunities, disruptive medical technologies & business models, and synergies with the firm’s domestic and foreign hospital & medical network.

The firm does not have management team requirements.

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Life Sciences investment firm typically allocates up to $4M per initial investment. With follow-on allocations, the total investment can reach up to $10M per company. The firm takes a mid-to-long-term investment approach. The firm typically syndicates with major US venture capital firms. The firm is currently seeking new opportunities in the US, Canada, and Western Europe.

The firm puts 60% focus on therapeutics and 40% on medical devices, diagnostics and digital health. In therapeutics, the firm prefers late-stage assets with human proof of concept and blockbuster potential, while it also has a minor 20% interest in early-stage breakthrough bioengineering platforms with strong management teams. In medtech and digital health, the firm seeks to provide growth funding in technologically de-risked stories in final approval steps, launch and international marketing efforts. The firm considers both single assets and platform technologies. The firm’s investment strategy is strictly patient-centric. Lab equipment, medical services facilities and health tech, and biosimilars/generics/reformulations are not of interest.

The firm focuses on five key disease areas: oncology, autoimmune diseases, anti-infectives, CNS/pain, and women’s health. In oncology and autoimmune diseases, the firm seeks therapies with novel mechanisms of action, human data and signs of efficacy, and it also considers new generation molecular diagnostics technologies. In anti-infectives, the firm is considering early stage assets managed by serial entrepreneurs. In CNS, the firm seeks therapies with human proof-of-concept and a clear mechanism of action. In women’s health, the firm seeks a wide range of therapies and technologies at all stages, which predominantly help women give birth to healthy children.

The firm is looking for high-caliber serial entrepreneurs with an unmatched track-record of success and strong credibility. The firm does not typically take a board seat in the companies it invests in.

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A firm based in Western Europe focuses on investing in digital health, devices and diagnostics technologies. Though an early investor, the firm looks for companies that have some proof of concept data. The firm will consider investments in North America and Europe. The firm generally looks to invest between 100K-2M EUR in their portfolio companies.

The firm will invest in digital health as well as diagnostics and devices as well as regenerative medicine technologies. For diagnostics and devices, the firm prefers companies with a digital component. In addition, the firm prefers devices without complex regulatory requirements. The firm is agnostic with regards to indication.

The firm is willing to lead or co-invest. Generally, the firm prefers to have a board or an observer seat after investing. Within the life sciences, the firm prefers to invest in teams with industry experience.

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A corporate venture capital firm with offices in USA and Western Europe invests from an evergreen fund. The firm interested in life science opportunities globally, and expects to make 3-4 new investments per year. The firm typically invests about $10 million over the life of an investment.  The fund is typically a lead investor, and participates in syndicates with other investment firms. The firm does not attach rights or options to equity investments; the fund’s allocations are ‘no strings attached’. The firm considers opportunities globally but focuses on Europe, Middle East and North America.

The firm is strategically mandated to invest in opportunities beyond the corporate’s core areas of business.  The fund seeks to invest in companies with therapeutic platform technologies and digital health. The firm is only interested in novel technologies; while the fund will consider investing in any form of therapeutic technology, regenerative medicine, cell therapies and gene therapies are the areas of greatest interest. The fund is focused on investing in oncology (particularly immuno-oncology), but will also consider opportunities in other indication areas that lie outside of the corporate’s present core therapeutic fields. Areas in which the parent company has strength, such as respiratory disorders and diabetes, will generally not receive investment from the firm. The firm generally invests in preclinical assets.

The firm invests in technologies of strategic importance to the parent company. The firm only invests in privately held companies. The firm typically does not invest in single asset opportunities; only companies with multiple pipeline assets are of interest. The firm is often the first outside investor in a company, and prefers to invest in opportunities where the firm’s allocation can secure a meaningful stake in the company (a board seat is a requirement).

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