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An early stage fund based in Israel is investing in private companies developing pharmaceuticals only. The firm invests in early stage projects, preferably with PoC validation, and supports companies from venture creation to Series A. The firm’s average ticket size is $15M along the lifespan of the company and comes in the form of straight equity. The firm seeks board representation and is a very active investor, helping guide the company’s development and strategy. The firm is fundamentally science-driven, invests globally and may lead or co-invest. The firm has no targeted number of investments per year.

The firm’s mother company recently launched a late stage fund that seeks investments in private companies developing pharmaceuticals which raise Series B and up to Crossover round/IPO.

Both early-stage and late stage funds are open to both pre-clinical and clinical stage companies and are agnostic to technology type and indication. The firm has a specific interest in immuno-oncology, gene therapy, RNA/DNA based therapy and orphan or unmet medical need. The firm is only interested in first-in-class, breakthrough assets and does not consider re-purposed assets, diagnostics, medical devices or iterative technologies.

The firm prefers to invest early and help take the company through a major inflection point. The firm has no specific management team requirements.

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An investment firm with offices in multiple cities throughout the USA recently closed its newest fund and is actively seeking new investment opportunities. The firm is focused on investing in Seed to Series A rounds, with initial check sizes ranging from $2-3M, and $5-10M reserved for follow-on investment. The firm invests in global opportunities.

The firm invests in a wide variety of industries, ranging from transportation, energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, agriculture, etc. The firm has a broad interest in life sciences and will consider opportunities in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and computationally enabled solutions, and is open to different types of modalities and indications. However, the firm does have a strong interest in human augmentation, which includes technologies dedicated to longevity and enhancing quality of life, cognition, enhancement, etc.

The firm’s management team is comprised of entrepreneurs who have been through the investment and fundraising process – the firm seeks companies run by driven entrepreneurs (open to both first-time and serial) whom they can work together based on mutual trust. The firm prefers to lead investment rounds and seek board representation, but is open to co-investing. The firm invests in a small number of companies and seeks to have a very active, hands-on role in their portfolio companies.

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A venture capital company located in the USA manages 2 funds and makes equity investments into companies ranging from a few hundred thousand dollars to $2million with additional capital reserved for follow on rounds. The firm is looking for companies located throughout the United States and plans to make 4 new investments over the next 9-12 months.

The firm is looking for companies developing Medical Devices and Diagnostics, Healthcare IT products and Life Science Research Tools with an emphasis on fast to market low capital intense products that reduce the cost of delivering quality healthcare. The firm is open to all sub-sectors and indications in the Medical technology space except for those targeting diseases and disorders of the spine. The firm will invest in both seed and later stage companies.

The firm is looking for companies with skilled and experienced management teams. The firm generally looks to take a board seat into companies after investment and play and active role in the management. The firm is willing to invest in both public and privately held companies.

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A venture firm founded in 2015 with offices in USA and Israel. The firm invests in multiple sectors, including the life sciences, in pre-seed and seed stage companies; within healthcare, therapeutics, diagnostics and R&D tools companies developing platform technologies. The firm invests early, often acting as the first institutional capital, investing just after the initial stages of product development. The firm generally leads rounds, investing between $.5-5M in rounds no larger than ~$7M. While the firm has to this point invested in US and Israeli companies, it will also consider European and Canadian companies as well.

Within healthcare, the firm is interested in platform technologies in therapeutics and diagnostics/R&D tools. The firm is agnostic to indication and modality, and is looking for companies that have multiple avenues of development to reach the market. Previous investments include companies building CRISPR technologies, post-treatment monitoring, -omics-based drug development, CAR-T and high-throughput screening. The firm does not invest in digital health or medical devices.

The firm acts as a lead investor. Even though they invest early, the firm prefers that the company have at least two full time co-founders before investing. The firm does take a board seat after investing, and is an active investor.

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A wholly owned subsidiary of a leading venture capital firm headquartered in Asia was established to focus on US-based biotechnology companies. The firm is interested in opportunities at all stages of development and can allocate between $500 K up to $20 M in equity investments, acting as a lead or follow on.

The firm is currently focusing on the areas of immuno-oncology, gene therapy, ophthalmology, and platform technologies. Previous investments include companies targeting clinical stage small molecule therapeutics for oncology, cyclic peptide drugs for immuno-modulation in chronic inflammatory diseases, and delivery methods and therapeutics for blinding diseases of the eye. The firm invests only in therapeutics, and is very open to investing in early-stage, pre-clinical assets. The firm has been working with a large network of universities and tech transfers to identify promising early-stage opportunities.

The story behind the company and management team is important to the firm. The firm looks for a cohesive business plan and strategy, and are especially interested in opportunities with potential to expand into the Asian market. The firm has a strong network of pharmaceuticals and investors in South Korea that can support market entry. The firm is open to both leading and co-investing, and seeks board representation when acting as the lead investor.

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A Canada-based venture capital firm is investing out of a fund that invests in both companies and other funds with aligned interests. The firm focuses on investments in three main sectors: Biopharmaceutical, Healthcare Platform & Services, and Technology (i.e., SAAS, Fintech). The firm provides initial investments at USD 3-5 million, and it will also reserve a further amount for follow-on financing and supports the startups in strategic partnerships. The firm is interested in pre-clinical to clinical-stage biotech companies. The firm invests primarily in North America but also opens to invest in Europe or China.

The firm is looking for new opportunities in the life science space, including therapeutics, diagnostics, and healthcare platforms. The firm’s investments to date have included companies developing in cell therapy, oncology, neuroscience, and drug-discovery platform. The firm is opportunistic in terms of sector, subsectors, and indications. The firm will also consider orphan drugs. Within medical devices and digital health, the firm will only consider companies that already have a USD 10 million minimum revenue. The firm will only co-invest and will prefer to co-invest with well-known lead investors.

The firm does not have specific requirements on companies or management teams.

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A family office/venture capital firm based in the USA 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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