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An equity investment firm with an investment bank has an active investment strategy that promotes company development (operations, sales, partnerships, etc.). The firm considers a broad range of sectors, including life science and healthcare with a particular interest in software and consumer products. The firm typically leads investments but does not invest in startups. The firm invests on a global level, and seeks companies based all over the world.

The firm is open to all opportunities in healthcare IT, diagnostics, medical devices of all classes, and laboratory equipment. The firm is particularly interested in technology involving software, though is not open to biotech therapeutics because of the longer timeline to commercialization. However, the firm is very interested in (nuclear) radiopharmaceuticals. The firm is interested in late-stage companies that are generating revenue with positive cash-flow.

The firm will typically provide guidance and leadership support after an investment, and would support the company with future endeavors, including joint ventures and licensing partnerships. The firm would take a board seat after an investment.

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The firm is a fully integrated healthcare solution provider that was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wuhan, China. The firm is leading in several market segments in Asia, including family planning medicines, anesthesia, Uyghur medicines, traditional Chinese medicines, medicines for central nervous system, bio-medicines and others. The group is seeking in-licensing, acquisition, and partnership opportunities based in China and North America. For early stage assets, allocation sizes can be flexible, ranging from $2-10M per deal. The group can either lead or co-invest in a financing round. The firm prefers companies with a China angle and seeks distribution rights in the Chinese market; however this is not a prerequisite criterion.

The firm considers a wide range of technology sectors including therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and healthcare IT. In therapeutics, the group is interested in small molecules, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and biosimilars for oncology, women’s health, CNS, pain management, and infectious diseases. The group seeks assets from preclinical stage to proof-of-concept phase 1. In medical devices, the firm prefers 510K and low-risk devices.

The firm is looking for companies with a complete management team formed by devoted and trustworthy members with domain expertise. The group typically seeks board representation after investment.

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The company is a global biotech company founded in 1929 and headquartered in Europe. The Company has three R&D facilities in the US, the UK, and France. The Company has several marketed products in oncology, rare diseases, and neurosciences and has global commercial and development capabilities. The firm is actively seeking to expand its pipeline by working with early stage biotechs and academic groups. The Company is open to a variety of deal structures and seeks to construct deals that maximize the potential of the therapeutic program by leveraging the capabilities of all partners involved while meeting the needs of the entrepreneur/startup. The Company is also an anchor investor in a newly launched venture fund that will have an associated accelerator which will start / fund project focused companies to work in close partnership with company R&D. This fund will add additional flexibility in the firm’s ability to work with the early stage biotech and academic communities.

The Company is focused on enhancing its pipeline with oncology, rare disease, and select neuroscience drug assets. The firm is interested in highly differentiated late stage pre-clinical and clinical stage therapeutic candidates with strong scientific rationale targeting indications with significant unmet medical need.

The firm has no strict requirements for companies or management teams and looks to work creatively and collaboratively on partnerships with early-stage companies. The firm is open to opportunities/companies on a global basis.

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The firm is a venture capital firm that was founded in 2000 and is based in Missouri, with an additional office in Ohio. As of 2015, the firm had assets under management of $283 million. Since inception, the firm has raised three investment funds with total committed capital of $247 million. The most-recent fund closed in early 2015, with commitments of $80 million. The firm typically makes equity investments in U.S.-based companies, with portfolio companies located on both coasts and throughout the central part of the country. The firm will consider investing at all stages, with a focus on seed and early-stage investments, including founding companies. Investment size is up to $12 million throughout a portfolio company’s path to liquidity.

The firm is currently looking for new investment opportunities in the life science space, with a specific focus on biopharmaceuticals and therapeutic medical devices. The firm has invested in biopharmaceutical companies focused on developing drugs to treat enteral feeding intolerance and disorders that are driven by CD47-mediated signaling pathways, including leukemia, lymphoma, solid tumors, and pulmonary hypertension. In addition, the firm has invested in a medical device developing a minimally-invasive, catheter-based device to re-create valves in deep leg veins. The firm does not look at diagnostics, though may be interested in technology with real-time feedback for procedures.

The firm focuses on identifying and shaping early-stage life science companies in the series A/B rounds to create significant shareholder value. Because of its extensive operating expertise, the firm is able to help entrepreneurs achieve near-term objectives that position their companies for exit.

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A newly established venture capital firm was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, CA. The firm is expecting to close their first fund this year, targeting $100M. The firm is seeking to invest in Seed to Series A companies. The firm expects to make about 80% of their investments in North America, but has a global outlook and has evaluated opportunities from Israel, Japan, Europe, Asia, etc.

Within life sciences, the firm is most interested in digital health technologies, including Digital Therapeutics, AI-powered healthcare solutions, smart devices, and tech-enabled services. The firm will be extremely selective about medical device companies without a digital component. The same applies for traditional therapeutics and diagnostics sectors as well. Kicker Ventures likes to see early traction (i.e. paying customer engagement), but is open to pre-revenue companies.

The firm is open to working with all kinds of management teams. The firm is capable of leading seed rounds and can act as either lead or co-investor.

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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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