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The firm is a family office/venture capital firm based in New York. The firm manages an evergreen fund that operates free from the constraints of traditional venture capital funds. The firm seeks to make seed, venture, and growth equity investments in early to mid-stage medical device companies, but will also consider secured debt to help revenue generating companies with short term cash flow issues. The firm will also consider pre-seed investments. The firm can allocate anywhere from $1M to $10M per company, but generally allocates around $8M. The firm typically does 3 rounds of financing with an initial investment of around $3M. The firm is geographically agnostic, but highly prefers to invest in companies that are based in the US. The firm seeks to make about 3-4 allocations in the next 6-9 months.

The firm is currently looking for medical device companies with a strong emphasis on products with a 510(k) regulatory pathway. In terms of subsectors, the firm is looking for products specifically in the areas of interventional radiology and cardiology, spine/orthopedics and minimally invasive surgery. The firm is generally opportunistic in terms of indication.

The firm is looking to invest in companies with a management team with a track record of success in the healthcare industry. However, the firm is generally flexible and does not require a full management team. The firm can assemble the management team over the course of the investment.

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A Private Equity firm that was founded in 2011 with offices in USA. The firm is currently making investments out of its vintage 2020 fund. The firm looks to make primarily growth equity investments ranging from $5-$30 million with most investments falling in the $10-$30 million range. The firm is willing to review opportunities from around the Globe.

The firm is currently interested broadly in the healthcare space including Medical Technology, Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Laboratory Equipment, Healthcare IT and R&D services. For medical technology the firm is looking for companies that have at least an alpha prototype and have some efficacy data.  For companies working with therapeutics the firm is looking for assets that are in Phase II of clinical trials and will only consider companies in Phase I if they have efficacy data. The firm generally does not look for companies in the cardiovascular space and they are open to orphan indications. The firm is also open to investing in companies that have products already on the market.

The firm looks for a strong management team to be in place and is open to invest in both private and publicly held companies. For companies that are privately held the firm generally looks to take a board seat.

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A firm based in Taiwan invests from an evergreen fund, and is a multi-stage investor, with investments made from seed stage all the way to IPO. The firm invests both in Taiwan and internationally, including in the US and Canada.  Investments are typically of $500,000-2 million.

The firm invests in a variety of sectors including medical devices, therapeutics, and digital health/AI.  The firm prefers to invest in companies with a pipeline of multiple assets rather than in single asset companies.  For therapeutics, the firm looks internationally for novel assets: within Taiwan, the firm focuses on repurposed drugs.

The firm prefers to invest in companies that already have a complete team.  For medical device companies, this must include commercial/sales staff.

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A leading healthcare venture capital firm with multiple offices in USA invests in transformative biotechnology, medical technology, and health solutions companies seeking to improve clinical outcomes, enhance quality of life, and drive efficiency of healthcare delivery. The firm invests in both privately held and publicly traded companies through a variety of investment approaches.

The firm has raised nearly $2 billion in capital commitments and is investing from a fourth core fund of $585 million. The firm makes both venture-stage and growth-stage equity investments, which are typically in the $10-30 million range. The firm primarily invests in North America and Europe but may also consider opportunities in the Middle East.

The firm invests in biotechnology, medical technology, diagnostics, healthcare services, and healthcare IT. The firm is generally agnostic regarding indications. The firm invests across a range of stages, from development through profitability, but prefers to back technologies that have attained proof of concept data.

The firm invests in both pre-revenue companies and post-revenue companies. The firm typically leads or co-leads investments, and prefers to take a board seat.

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A single family office based in the USA actively invests in pre-seed and seed-stage companies, and occasionally invests in Series A rounds as well. The firm is open to global companies, including those in emerging countries.

The firm is most interested in therapeutics opportunities and in terms of indication, the firm is most interested in oncology and CNS. The firm is open to various modalities but has mostly looked at small molecule and some peptide drugs. In addition, the firm is also interested in repurposed assets that have initially been shelved by big pharma. In terms of stage of development, the firm will look at pre-clinical and early clinical opportunities. The firm is also interested in diagnostics and some digital health. Their interests in healthtech include technologies that help health systems reduce costs, B2C products in mental health (especially pediatric) and chronic disease, and more.

The firm does not have specific company or management team requirements. The firm prefers to co-invest alongside likeminded investors.

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A venture capital firm headquartered in Europe with offices throughout USA and Europe is investing out of its first fund and makes both seed/venture and growth stage investments ranging from $500k – $20M. The firm typically prefers straight equity investments, but will also consider convertible note financings. The firm has a fairly broad mandate, and invests evenly among enterprise software, fintech, consumer and digital health sectors. The fund’s LPs are large insurance companies, and along with capital, the firm looks to add value by providing portfolio companies direct introductions to these groups to help scale and realize their potential.

The firm plans to have digital health companies make up roughly 25% of its portfolio and will invest in consumer and B2B healthcare IT and tech-enabled health services. It is a requirement that the technology has utility for payers and providers. Some of the firm’s digital health portfolio companies include a behavior change platform that partners with insurers, Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) and Self-insured employers to provide research-based behavioral incentives for members to better manage their chronic conditions.

The firm invests in early-stage companies with annual revenues under $5M as well as growth stage companies with annual revenues exceeding $5M. The firm will consider pre-revenue companies with strong management teams and previously successful entrepreneurs. The firm invests globally.

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A venture and growth capital firm provides expertise and funding to entrepreneurs and companies with global ambitions in life sciences and information technologies. The firm is based in Europe and focuses on early to growth and expansion stage including spin-offs and restarts. The firm prefers to be the lead investor and possibly co-lead. The firm seeks to allocate €7-15 million (in equity) per company through subsequent rounds of investment. The firm seeks to invest in companies that are based in the US and Europe. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

In the life sciences, the firm seeks to invest in medical devices and digital health. The firm is opportunistic in terms of subsectors and indications. Medical devices with a therapeutic focus are of high interest. The firm seeks growth stage companies with early sales or with products that, at minimum, have regulatory approval (CE mark) and compelling clinical data.

The firm requests a board seat in each portfolio company and generally holds a significant minority stake. The firm seeks a company with a strong management team or technical experts in the relevant technology.

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