Arcus Ventures United States

Arcus Ventures was founded in 2007 and is based in New York City. Arcus Ventures is currently investing from its second fund, which had a first close of $36m in 2014 and is targeting a raise of $100m. The firm typically invests $2-5 million. Arcus invests primarily in the USA but is also open to considering opportunities in Canada.

Myoung-Ok Kwon
Venture Partner 

Astia Angels

Astia is an organization whose mission is to provide women-led startups access to capital resources and executive leadership. Astia was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco California with additional offices in New York New York and London United Kingdom. Astia typically provides access to capital to women-led life science companies through two programs: Astia Venture Lunches and Astia Angels and is in the process of developing a third program: Astia Fund. Companies that apply to Astia Venture Lunches will be vetted by Astia?s Expert Sift process. The selected companies are invited to present to a room of accredited investors: VCs and angels. Companies applying to Astia are also considered by Astia Angels and the investments from Astia Angels are typically under $1 million. Astia is stage agnostic though companies applying should be able to show traction and proof of concept. Companies can be global and must have at least one woman in a leadership position of significant influence and holding equity.
Karen Drexler
Founder 
Sharon Vosmek
CEO 
Sara Frankel
Member 

Band of Angels

The Band of Angels is a funding organization that was founded in 1994 and it is based in Silicon Valley California. The organization typically provides capital to companies through three programs: The Band of Angels Acorn Fund and The Band of Angels Venture Fund. The group focuses on seed and Series A stage high-tech companies across several industries including life science space. The Band of Angels generally makes investments ranging from $3K to $75k but it often leads a syndication of $2-3million. Acorn Fund which is The Band?s third side fund and was founded in 29 generally makes investments ranging from $1k to $75k. The Band of Angels Venture Fund is a $5 million venture fund which raised in 1999 by The Band of Angels. Initial investment sizes of the fund are typically $3 and can go up to $2.5 million. The Band generally makes around 1 -2 investments per year. The group focuses on companies based in Silicon Valley but it will consider selective opportunities in Los Angles and San Diego areas. The group's portfolio includes biotechnology and medical device companies working with oncology and muscle recovery.
Brian Frenzel
Member 
Michael Bates
Member, Board of Directors 

Golden Seeds

Golden Seeds is an investment group that was founded in 25 and is headquartered in New York with other offices in Boston Silicon Valley and Texas. The group currently invests out of the Golden Seeds angel network and the Golden Seeds venture funds. The group has managed 3 venture funds that are Golden Seeds Fund LP Golden Seeds Fund 2 LP and Innovate New York LP Fund. The Golden Seeds angel network has 32 members of which 1 are life science investors. Golden Seeds invests in companies with a female founder or CEO or with women in other C-level positions or with at least 1% of equity owned by women. Golden Seeds prefers to invest in companies with a valuation under $5 million, the group?s first-round equity investments generally range from $ .25 million to $2 million. The group invests in companies based across the US and Canada.
Bill Whitaker
Managing Director Co-Chair Life Science Section 

Hub Angels Investment Group

Hub Angels Investment Group is an angel group that was founded in 2 and is based in Cambridge Massachusetts. The firm manages a fund structure and recently closed its 4th fund making the total AUM of the group around $4 million. The firm makes investments ranging from $25 to $5 in equity for companies that are at least 12 months old. The firm makes investments ranging from four to eight years and prefers to invest in companies whose valuation does not exceed $1 million. Hub angels plans on making approximately 3 allocations over the next 6-9 months with stated interest in diagnostics and medical device companies.
Randy Barko
Member 

Life Science Angels

Life Science Angels Inc was founded in 2004 and is based in Sunnyvale CA. The group makes early-stage equity investments in a wide range of life science companies. Life Science Angels invests primarily in California but is open to investing out of state provided a round is being syndicated with a local angel group. Life Science Angels does not rule out investing outside the USA but has yet to do so. The group invests as individuals and allocation sizes are therefore highly varied but are usually of about $2-$6, Life Science Angels usually invests in rounds seeking $3 million or less. The group is interested in syndicating rounds with other angel groups.

Investor Type
Biotech Phase of Development
Medtech Phase of Development
Capital Structure Preference
Investment Stage Preference
Dr Faz Bashi
Chair Digital Health & Sciences 
Karl Handelsman
Founder & Chairman 
Allan May
Founder 

MedPro Investors

MedPro Investors is a group of accredited investors based in New York USA. The group is made up of over 1 healthcare professionals seeking to invest in technologies that significantly advance the standard of care. The group considers companies at a range of stages and is geographically agnostic. Since the members are investing their own capital the investment size and capital structure are highly flexible. The group is actively seeking new investment opportunities and is open to leading financing rounds.
Stephen Nagler
Executive Director 

Mid Atlantic Bio Angels

Mid Atlantic Bio Angels (MABA) founded in 212 is an angel investor group based in the New York City area which focuses exclusively on new and emerging life science companies. The group places no geographical restrictions or requirements for presenting companies as long as meaningful and effective post-investment monitoring of these companies can be achieved, MABA has considered opportunities in Europe and Israel as well as across the USA and Canada. Since the members are investing their own capital the investment size is highly flexible and will depend on the financial needs of the company. The capital structure is typically in preferred stocks or convertible notes in qualified cases. The group prefers to invest in companies with valuations of less than $5M. As MABA prefers opportunities that can be entirely angel-financed MABA generally requires that companies can achieve exit with $15 million capital or under (generally after raising a Series B round but no further rounds).

Bernard Rudnick
Founder 

Sand Hill Angels

Sand Hill Angels is an angel group that was founded in 2 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale California. The group focuses on investments in early-stage (from seed to series C) companies in the Life Sciences IT Internet and Clean Tech sectors. The group prefers to make equity and convertible notes investments and the typical investment size ranges from $.1million to $.5million. The group will consider syndicating with other investors for larger investments. The group will consider companies across the US.
Stephen Pollitt
Board Member Membership Chair 

Sanus Advisory Asia Singapore

Sanus Asia is a Singapore based advisory firm providing investment and transaction-related services across Asia with a focus on Healthcare and Life Sciences.

We work with investors and high potential companies to assist growth/development across Asia through capital raising and strategic/operational support.

We seek to identify high potential US/European Medtech and Digital Health companies with near-term commercialisation potential in Asia.

Will also consider earlier stage investments as a principal Angel investor if there is a strong Asian angle to the technology/business model.

Dr Ronald Ling
LinkedIn logo Managing Director