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An active early-stage life science development group founded by a private company currently backs more than 15 programs and companies, based on technologies and assets developed internally or in-licensed from academic medical institutions. The most advanced company in the portfolio has completed a Series D round, and total investment across all technologies exceeds $150 million. The firm has a dual development strategy. The firm partners with academic inventors to found, manage, and develop companies to a point of exit or strategic partnering. When founding companies, the firm leverages non-dilutive grant funding where available alongside their investment group. The firm can also support early clinical-stage companies looking for financial and management support to perform clinical proof of concept studies; specifically a combination of investor funding and management support to round out the capabilities of the existing team. The firm and its affiliated investor groups have the ability to lead investment rounds of up to $20 million while also providing any required management support through its experienced team, including in preclinical, clinical and business development.

The firm invests across the biosciences space including Therapeutics, Diagnostics, and Medical Devices although the primary focus is on Therapeutics. The group is opportunistic in terms of subsectors and indications. Historically, the group has been active with companies developing novel therapeutics including drugs for defending against inhaled pathogenic threats, treatment of asthma, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and hearing loss, a biomedical assay platform technology, molecular diagnostics, antioxidant nanoparticles, robotic and imaging technologies, and cardiovascular devices.

The firm is interested in connecting with companies looking to generate clinical proof-of-concept data and that require funding as well as management support to complement the existing team. We are especially interested in companies that may have an interest in relocating to Houston.

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A pharmaceutical company based in Asia has annual sales of about $160 million with more than 600 employees. The firm’s current marketing portfolio are mostly made of branded products licensed in from overseas partners. For the R&D activity, the firm has several clinical pipelines in the area of CNS and oncology under clinical study in the US, Europe, and Korea. The firm is actively searching for innovative candidates and products around the world to incorporate into its pipeline. Additionally, the firm also seek promising biotech with innovative approach to add into its investment portfolio. The firm has ample experience across various types of partnerships with overseas companies and is flexible in terms of the business structure. The firm is interested globally, including world-wide major territories.

The firm is currently seeking promising novel therapeutic candidates to incorporate into its pipeline. The firm is also able to invest in a financing round, preferably series A or B. In terms of indications, the firm is interested in movement disorders, CNS, liver disease, and immunology. The firm is also interested in oncology indications (small molecule or biologics with novel MoA). The firm prefers assets both in late non-clinical development stage as well as in early clinical development stage. The firm is also interested in obtaining distribution rights for innovative treatment in Phase III or in marketing authorization process.

The firm is open to working with companies anywhere in the world, and has no set requirements for partners; the firm is able to work with virtual drug companies by leveraging the firm’s own capabilities and third-party relationships.

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A venture capital firm based in USA with additional offices in China invests in early-stage life science ventures, from Seed to Series B, with Series A and Series B being the firm’s sweet spot. Typical size of investment ranges from $1-2M in seed stage companies, and $3-5M in venture round companies.  
The firm also has an advisory service that supports entrepreneurs to expand to the Chinese market, and the firm has multiple offices in China and needed expertise to support the entrepreneur’s vision. 

Currently, the firm is most interested in companies based in USA, Israel, and Western Europe, particularly companies in the Nordic region. 
 
The firm will consider therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and life science tools. The firm is most interested in medical devices, and their interests include medtech and biotech combination products, novel methods of drug delivery, in vitro diagnostics (novel instruments and reagents), etc. The firm is interested in both 510K and PMA devices. Within therapeutics, the firm is more interested in clinical assets and typically do not look at pre-clinical companies unless the opportunity is compelling. Current main indication areas of interest for the firm are cardiovascular disease, oncology, and women’s health. 
 
The firm seeks to work with management teams who are passionate about their technology and dedicated to creating values for the larger community. Though the firm is able to support companies who are interested in entering the China market, having a China angle is not necessary for investment. The firm can act as either a lead or co-investor.

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The strategic fund of a biopharmaceutical company based in Western Europe is aligned with the parent company’s strategy, focusing on technology investments related to oncology and infectious diseases. The firm has $150M under management and invests in the range of $1M – $10M per company. The Fund typically makes a first investment at Series A and currently aims to make 1-3 new equity investments a year.

The firm is mainly seeking digital health and healthcare IT investment opportunities at the pre-commercial or commercial stage that will either improve drug development or that will impact the patient journey (e.g., patient monitoring, digital therapeutics, clinical decision support systems) relating to oncology and infectious diseases.

The firm is very active and supportive of its portfolio companies. The Fund typically takes a board seat, and at times also an observer seat. The Fund is looking for management teams experienced in the domain of interest and with entrepreneurial experience.

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