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A newly established venture capital firm based in the US is expecting to close their first fund this year. 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 Europe, Israel, and Asia.

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. The firm 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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A US fund invests in early-stage startups in many industries with a preference for healthcare and IT technology. Typical equity investment size ranges from US$0.5-2 million in Pre-A to Series A stage companies. The firm is open to either leading or following in a syndicated round. The firm expects to make 10+ deals in the next 12 months and can invest globally with a focus on the US and Canada.

The firm considers broadly across healthcare industries including innovative drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health products. The firm has an increased interest in medical devices and imaging technology. The firm prefers companies that develop disruptive technologies to solve unmet medical needs.

The firm is looking for experienced management teams. The firm can leverage its innovation center in China to assist with commercialization in the China market.

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An early-stage venture capital firm with offices in USA and China has 2 business practices; managing a seed fund that invests exclusively in healthcare and life sciences, and an advisory business primarily for western biotech or life science companies that are looking to establish business opportunities and partnerships in greater China. The firm is starting to expand their network into the Middle East, especially Turkey. The firm is looking for Seed opportunities but is open to participation in Pre-Seed and Series A on a case by case basis. The typical check size is $50-250K in the form of equity or convertible notes. The firm will consider opportunities anywhere in the world.

The firm will look at all subsectors and indications but is not investing in immunotherapy or cancer at this time. The firm is particularly interested in chronic disease, especially diabetes and is starting to look at neurodegenerative diseases as well.  The firm is not doing biotech deals, but they’ve done deals in Healthcare IT and the AI space. The firm is focusing on diagnostics and digital health at the moment.

The firm is open to all management teams but prefers teams with prior start-up experience. The firm is not looking to do small participations in big rounds and would prefer to do investments where their stake has a meaningful impact on the company.

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A venture arm of a family office invests in all sectors of the life sciences, looking for companies that are 2-5 years from exit. The firm invests globally, although they have a preference for companies based in the UK and in Central/Eastern Europe. The firm invests from Seed-Series C, and generally will invest $1-5M per round.

The firm is both sector and indication agnostic, and is less focused on stage of development and more focused on time to exit, looking for companies with a strategy that will allow them to exit within 2-5 years after the investment.

The firm generally does not act as a lead investor. The firm does not generally take a board seat, and is usually a silent investor.

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A biotech early stage investment firm headquartered in Asia invests from an Evergreen Fund backed by a Family Office. The firm has a fund size of $50M and an average ticket size range from $250K to $1M. The firm mainly focuses on early-stage biotechnology and medical device companies and is looking to invest in seed to pre-A round.

The firm is looking for new investment opportunities across a wide spectrum of life science sectors. The current pipeline includes biotechnology platforms, medical devices, therapeutics and service platforms.

The firm does not have any specific requirements for companies and their management teams.

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A firm based in Western Europe invests in early stage companies in the life sciences and Information Technology Sectors. The firm also invests in public companies through Convertible Bonds and secondary alternative markets. The firm also offers Venture Debt financing for private companies. Within Life Sciences, the firm invests in rounds of EUR 2-8 Million Seed and Series A rounds. The firm invests in Europe and North America.

In the life sciences, the firm focuses on therapeutics and also CDMOs, medical devices, healthcare and Digital Health. In therapeutics, the firm focuses on preclinical opportunities with a focus on assets that are 12-18 months prior to IND. Outside of Therapeutics, the firm invests in companies that are revenue positive. The firm generally does not invest in large indication areas such as diabetes, metabolic disease, cardiovascular and renal disease. The firm’s areas of interest include oncology, CNS, dermatology, and ophthalmology (particularly front of eye diseases). The firm has invested in rare diseases but it is not the firm’s sole focus.

In therapeutic opportunities, the firm seeks companies that have obtained proof of concept data in animal studies and can reach human clinical trials with financial needs of up to EUR 8 million to reach a human Proof of Efficacy. In the country they are headquartered in, the firm typically leads investment rounds, and may syndicate with other firms or leverage public funding. In North America, the firm seeks to co-invest in rounds led by top-tier Venture Capital.

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A public biopharmaceutical company with over 20 years operation in China’s pharmaceutical industry is fully integrated with solid infrastructures in drug development, clinical development, regulatory, manufacturing, sales and marketing in China with global perspectives. The firm is interested in in-licensing clinical stage assets for development, while collaborative R&D can also be considered. Typical equity investments range from $2-3M per deal. The firm has partnered with companies in Japan, the US and Europe. The firm is currently looking for new opportunities globally with a focus on US and EU.

Currently, the firm is seeking therapeutics in oncology, ophthalmology, and nephrology. The firm is most interested in new formulation and is open to small molecule, biologics, biosimilars, and repurposed drugs. The firm currently focuses on assets in phase 2 clinical trials, while it can consider assets from pre-clinical to on-market stages.

The firm is seeking innovative assets that address large unmet medical need. The firm generally seeks development and/or commercialization rights in China and Southeast Asia.

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