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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An investment firm headquartered in China invests in Chinese companies, or companies outside of China looking to enter the Chinese market. The firm invests solely in the life sciences, with most (~70%) of their investments in therapeutics companies, and the rest in medical device companies. For most of their investments, the firm participates in the first institutional round, investing between $7-15M, or the equivalent in RMB. The firm invests early, and in some cases acts as a venture builder as well as an investor.

The firm is primarily interested in therapeutics companies, with over half of their investments in this space. The firm is opportunistic in terms of indication, but is especially interested in new modalities within therapeutics, such as cell and gene therapies, or therapeutics in areas with high barriers to entry. For medical devices, the firm prefers technologies relating to surgical robotics and minimally invasive procedures.

The firm is an active investor, almost always taking a board seat and using their network to help the companies advance. This can come in the form of helping them round out their management team, or, if the company is looking to enter the China market, through joint ventures or help navigating the regulatory requirements.

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A seed-stage venture fund is focusing on the frontiers of the intersection of science and technology. The firm looks for companies that are changing the market standards through innovative approaches. The firm is interested in US-based companies and generally invests in seed-series A rounds, typically when less than $5m is being raised. The firm invests in pre-clinical/in development technologies but prefers there to be proof-of-concept data. For medical devices, the firm will consider devices in the 510k regulatory pathway. For all investments, the firm prefers that there is a deep data science or computational element to the technology being commercialized. The firm will generally invest between $250,000-1M, and will often connect companies to larger funds for later capital raises.

The firm is agnostic to sector and indication, and will also consider platform technologies. However, the firm is looking for companies that use DNA and cellular engineering technologies for diagnostics and therapeutics. Ideally, these technologies are also leveraging computation to accomplish their ends. The firm is not interested in standard therapeutics approaches such as small molecules. For medical devices, the firm is looking for devices that change the paradigms of care, solving an unmet need with a unique approach.

The firm does not require a board seat when investing. Rather, the firm will be as involved as necessary to help the company succeed, whether through personal intervention or through a connection to an external expert.

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