An active life sciences accelerator that funds, supports and advances life science technologies from early development through clinical proof-of-concept recently established a joint venture fund to support early-stage innovation. The firm’s experienced leadership team works with scientists and entrepreneurs to provide active mentorship, financing solutions and operational guidance to increase the probability of success in early drug development. The firm has access to capital to support companies from seed investment through Series A and B financings through the firm’s internal resources and the joint venture fund.

The size of initial seed investment can range from $0.5M to $1.5M. The subsequent Series A investments will be sized to get through preclinical and IND-enabling work and/or through a clinical development study and can range between $8M-$20M, with flexibility to syndicate with investors for larger rounds. For more mature companies that don’t require a seed round or the need to do complete activities/studies prior to a Series A, the fund can invest directly as a Series A investment along with participation in related Series B investments.  Lastly, this new fund is part of the accelerator’s partner’s umbrella of funds, which can support companies in later-stage private/mezzanine/crossover financings, debt financings, and IPO/follow-on public offerings. The firm is open to global opportunities.

The firm and the newly established fund support opportunities across all therapeutic areas and drug modalities (small molecule, peptides, antibodies, genetic technologies, cell therapy, etc.).  Additionally, open to technologies beyond drug therapeutics, including medical devices, diagnostics and emerging healthtech opportunities (digital health, telemedicine, enabling technologies utilizing AI/ML, etc.). Founder and entrepreneur friendly, supportive of first-time CEOs, and works side by side to drive value inflections with the goal to optimize program development and successful outcomes.

The firm is open to working with all types of management teams, including first time entrepreneurs. The firm works hands-on with its portfolio companies by bringing a powerful network, access to resources and expertise to support their growth. The firm prefers to lead but is open to participating with likeminded co-investors to form syndicates.

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A USA-based private investment firm is focused on healthcare companies. The firm makes seed, venture, and growth stage investments. The firm typically provides seed and Series A equity financing in the range of $100K to $1M per portfolio company. The firm generally acts as the lead investor and is open to investing in syndicates. The firm is open to opportunities across North America and is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

The firm is currently seeking to invest in medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, and software. The firm is also interested in reformulated and repurposed drugs that have mitigated risk. For medical devices, the firm is opportunistic in terms of subsectors. Ideally, the product has a prototype and 510(k) regulatory pathway. The firm is open to investing in any indication, including orphan diseases; the dental field is of interest.

The firm seeks a strong and experienced management team. The firm may take a board seat where appropriate.

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A venture capital firm with China headquarters and additional USA office is investing from its US$200 million fund with a focus on high-tech enterprises in China and Western countries. The firmseeks to invest in innovative enterprises in sectors including: biomedicine, medical devices, healthcare and bio-tech. Typical equity investments range from $1-6 million in Angel, Series A and B rounds. The firm is looking for opportunities in China, the US and Canada.

Within healthcare, the firm considers biomedicine, medical devices, and healthcare IT. The firm is most interested in personalized medicine products with an angle to the China market. Within healthcare IT, the firm prefers home-care, consumer, or physician-patient interface products. The firm considers products from Angel Round to Series B.

The firm is looking for competent management teams. The firm may request distribution rights on a case-by-case basis.

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A healthcare-focused venture investment fund with a team who are all trained in biomedical fields, with healthcare industry experience and years of successful investment or entrepreneurship experience in China, has past investment portfolio companies cover areas such as drug, device, diagnostics, healthcare IT and medical services. These investments were over $10MM and were made in venture rounds from Series A-C. The firm currently manages both RMB and US Dollar funds, investing in early and growth-stage companies in China and overseas. The firm believes in the huge industry growth and significant investment opportunities in China healthcare space for the next 10 to 20 years.

The firm has invested in therapeutics in a wide range of indications, including cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune disorders. These investments covered a wide range of modalities including small molecules, antibodies and gene therapies. The firm additionally invested in medical device and imaging technologies, such as ultrasound and cardiovascular devices. Therapeutic investments were made during pre-clinical trials, while device investments were made pre-market. The firm invested in bioinformatics, research tools and animal medicine as well. The firm has invested in companies in the US, China and Western Europe.

The firm has no specific management team requirements.

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A USA-based venture capital firm with a new second fund closed in early 2020, invests in pre-seed through Series A rounds in exchange for equity. Typical allocations average in the $500k to $1.5M range. The main areas of interest for the firm are data-driven healthcare/biotech, enterprise software, and deep tech. The firm tends to focus on companies headquartered in North America.

The firm invests in software and hardware with proprietary algorithmic and design principles. For example, big data, AI/ML, robotics, and autonomous vehicles are of interest. Within data-driven health/biotech, the firm focuses on core technology innovations in computational health, synthetic biology, and digital health. Their portfolio includes companies involved in deep learning for medical imaging, genomics platforms and tools, in silico therapeutics discovery, large scale custom DNA synthesis, and a digital health platform consisting of software and integrated wearable hardware.

The firm seeks to work with management teams that have prior entrepreneurial experience or domain-specific technical or medical experience in the market they are targeting. They typically have regular check-ins with portfolio companies and can take on board seats.

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A firm based in Western Europe currently manages three funds, the newest of which closed in 2020 and focuses on investments in Europe-based therapeutics and medical innovation. The firm invests in Europe and North America, and typically allocates €5 to €12 million equity to each portfolio company, generally over several tranches.

The firm invests in therapeutics. The firm is agnostic regarding technologies and indication areas, and typically invests early but is open to companies with assets ranging from preclinical development through Phase II.

The firm prefers to invest in companies that can present an exit opportunity in 3-5 years, usually through a pharmaceutical industry partnership.

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A private wealth investment vehicle based in Western Europe is looking to invest in therapeutics companies as well as companies developing digital therapeutics or therapeutic-enabling technologies. The firm is primarily interested in early stage, pre-clinical breakthrough technologies and, especially for digital-based companies, capital efficient business models. While the firm has invested primarily within Western Europe up until now, The firm is willing to consider companies in other geographies if they find the technology compelling. For a first investment, the firm invests, on average, 2M, but can invest smaller or larger amounts, depending on the company and its needs.

The firm is looking for companies in the broader therapeutics space. The firm is interested not only in more traditional therapeutics technologies, but also in digital therapeutics and digital therapeutic-enabling technologies, drug development platforms, including digital and genomics-based drug development technologies, and in cell and gene therapy manufacturing technologies. The firm has historically invested primarily in technologies relating to oncology, but will consider any indication.

The firm takes an active role with the companies in which they invest. The firm frequently leads rounds, and supports and mentors the early stage companies, often either taking a board seat themselves or finding an expert to serve on the board.

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