A clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with multiple offices in China and USA is dedicated to antibody-based biotherapeutics discovery, research, development, and manufacturing, and is currently developing nine therapeutic antibody molecules targeting multiple indications. The firm is actively looking for early-stage opportunities to supplement their pipeline, and can engage in various types of partnerships including in-licensing, equity investment, and M&A. The firm is open to global opportunities.

The firm is primarily interested in early-stage, pre-clinical therapeutics companies, and will consider clinical opportunities up to Phase IIa. The firm’s modalities of interests extends beyond antibodies and the firm is also interested in identifying cutting-edge ADCs, biologics, cell therapies, etc. The firm focuses on the following indications: oncology, ophthalmology, nephrology, and bone disorders. The firm will generally not consider opportunities in medical devices, diagnostics, or digital health.

The firm has no specific company or management team requirements.

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An early-stage healthcare venture fund established in 2018 with USA-based teams looks to invest in companies and teams with novel approaches in both the life sciences and Bio-IT sector.

The firm’s philosophy is not to take a one-size-fits-all approach to investing. The firm draws from their domain expertise and diversified experiences across the full healthcare spectrum to cover both Biopharma and Bio-IT sectors. The firm’s aim is to support companies that can achieve differentiated therapeutic results through truly novel approaches. Combining scientific rigor and strategic connections within our network, the firm provides guidance and add value to our portfolio companies as they grow.

The firm is actively looking for companies from Seed to Series A and is focused on the US with select opportunities globally.

The firm is focused on two main investment themes:

(1) Life Sciences – The firm looks for sound scientific principles and seek innovative approaches, including breakthrough medicines and platform technologies. The firm’s key areas of interest include neurological diseases, metabolic diseases, and immune based disease. The firm’s investment team engages with entrepreneurs and companies from early pre-clinical development where there is compelling science with cell and/or animal model proof of concept data and invests through pre-clinical and early clinical proof of concept stages;

(2) Bio IT – Bio IT is a transformational area in healthcare. The firm looks for technology platforms that enable pertinent scientific insights into drug development and design or enhanced delivery of care from providers to patients. Key areas of interest include synthetic biology, machine learning for drug discovery / development (proteomics and metabolomics), and new solutions to improve the efficiency of new modalities (i.e., cell therapy manufacturing, gene therapy carries, etc.).

The firm is looking for experienced management teams with strong scientific expertise and management skills.

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A venture capital firm with USA offices is actively seeking new investment opportunities. The fund will make 15-20 investments in total with no set number of investments per year. The firm will be actively involved in their portfolio companies and will invest up to $30 million over the life of each portfolio company. Initial check sizes will depend on the company’s stage of development and their needs prior to investment. The firm will invest in North American or European companies.

The firm also has a team in Shanghai focused on China providing a global reach for entrepreneurs.

The firm is focused solely on therapeutics and therapeutic platforms. The fund will invest at any stage of development from preclinical / discovery stage through Phase 3 clinical, and will invest in all therapeutic areas. Key areas of development include the following:

– Company building (Seed and Series A formation investments with a longer time horizon)

– Market deals Series A – C rounds

– Market opportunistic deals

The firm can work with companies at all stages of their evolution. The team has the capability and experience to build companies from the ground up, however generally gets involved with at least the beginnings of a management team in place. The firm can both lead and co-invest along syndicates and will generally seek board representation in portfolio companies.

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An early-stage investment and development firm located in Tucson, Arizona. The firm has more than $300 million in assets and operates under an “Evergreen” structure. The firm is flexible in investment size and structure, but prefer initial investments in the $1-5M range and the firm reserves additional funds for the subsequent funding of successful companies.

The firm invests in medical devices and research tools. For medical devices, the firm prefers those that can be approved under PMA guidelines. For research tools, the firm invests in technologies that enhance and enable the discovery and manufacture of therapeutics and diagnostics.

The firm seeks to invest in small, early-stage companies with a lean but strong and qualified management/execution team. The firm prefers to invest in companies in the U.S., but will consider opportunities in Europe, Israel and Australia.

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A private equity firm headquartered in China provides venture capital and growth capital to growth-stage companies across various industries, including life sciences, Internet, consumables, software, and high technology sectors (i.e. drones). The firm is interested in all types of life science companies except drug development. The allocation size will vary, but the firm has the capability to allocate up to $40 million per company, depending on the opportunity. The investment is typically in form of equity, but convertible loan will be considered as well. The firm has an emphasis on technologies and products, and it is currently seeking new investment opportunities globally. Companies with a China angle will be a big plus.

The firm is currently seeking to invest in medical device, diagnostics, biotech R&D services and healthcare IT sectors. The firm is very opportunistic in terms of subsectors and indications. Currently the firm will not invest in companies targeting drug development. The firm will consider companies at all stages of development, from pre-clinical stage all through to commercial stage; however, the firm prefers companies in the business proven stage, where the product is on the market and may already have customer feedback.

The firm primarily invests in growth-stage private companies. The firm does not have specific requirements for companies’ management team or revenues. The firm will take a board seat post-investment.

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A newly established venture capital firm based in the USA invests globally in medically related early-stage companies. Initial size of investment ranges from $250 – 500K. While the firm is focused on USA-based companies, the firm is open to considering companies across the globe.

The firm invests in medtech and digital health companies. While the founder has decades of experience as an oculofacial plastic surgeon, the firm is generally opportunistic and will consider any promising technologies that address unmet medical need. The firm has looked at AI companies, digital health/software companies implementable in medical practices, etc. In terms of stage of development, the firm is open to investing as early as pre-prototype, given that the company has properly researched the idea behind their technology.

The firm has no specific company or management team requirements, and is open to acting as either a lead or co-investor.

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A cross-border life science investment firm that focuses on investments in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and life science tools recently closed a new fund and currently manages over $2B. In addition to investing in Chinese and American companies, the firm is actively involved in supporting their portfolio companies through cross-border partnerships. The firm generally makes investments ranging from $5-30 MM USD.

For pharmaceuticals, the firm looks at assets ranging from Ph I to marketed with a preference towards post-Phase IIb products, but is open to promising, earlier stage opportunities with strong clinical data. For medical device products, the firm looks at a wide variety of products with a preference for technologies that are soon to be market ready. Sector interests include but are not limited to cardiovascular, surgical, ENT, orthopedics, wound care, robotics, and others. For diagnostics, the firm invests in a broad range of technology including POCT, IVD, and molecular diagnostics but also targets non-conventional and invasive diagnostics (such as IVUS/OCT, breath based, GI, etc…). The firm is also interested in revenue generating companies working in the animal health space.

The firm has no specific management team requirements.

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