ATEM Capital

ATEM Capital manages evergreen Life Sciences investment fund - Health Square Fund (HSF). HSF acts as a consolidator of capital flows from the Emerging Markets and invests into the biotech innovation hubs of the US/Western Europe. HSF's international team combines big-picture business perspective with decades of investment scientific legal portfolio risk management and operational experience. The fund is audited by a Big-4 firm. Our Advisory Board comprises high-caliber entrepreneurs VC veterans and seasoned Wall Street professionals.
Alexey Afanasiev
Executive Partner 
Anton Gopka
CEO General Partner 
Elena Ikhsanova
COO General Partner 

Baxter Ventures

Baxter Ventures is the strategic venture arm of Baxter International Inc. that was formed in 2011 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois. The firm is currently making equity investments out of a $200 Million fund with allocations generally falling in the $3-$5 million range. The firm is looking in invest in companies who have previously or are currently in the process of securing investment from other institutional investors. The firm is willing to look globally for investment opportunities and plans to make approximately 2 new investments over the next 6-9 months.

Priyanka Rohatgi
Director 

Bionic Vision Technologies Australia

Bionic Vision Technologies is the commercial entity which holds license to the patents around technology developed by Bionic Vision Australia.

Bionic Vision Australia brings together Australia’s leading experts in medical bionics to develop a bionic eye to restore vision to people with retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration.  A prototype device has been successfully implanted into three patients for two years demonstrating outstanding safety and efficacy. 

Our capabilities which  differentiate us from competitors include:

  1. Novel surgical techniques providing greater safety and stability od wide view devices

  2. World leading, pioneering vision processing software

  3. Unique arrangement and stimulation strategies of the electrodes

  4. Unique diamond electrode encapsulation for the high acuity device

  5. World leading psychophysics laboratory for assessing functionality of the devices

  6. Unprecedented expertise and proven track record in preclinical studies

Our development portfolio consists of  wide view devices which aim to increase mobility and independence of patients and a high acuity device which will allow patients the ability to read large letters and recognise faces

Year Founded
2011
Main Sector
Medtech Phase of Development
IP Status
7 granted patents, 45 patent applications
Recent Milestones
Completed successful pilot clinical trial
Julia Hill

BioScience Managers Australia

BioScience Managers is a venture capital life science investment firm headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. The group makes equity investments from $3M-5M and anticipates about 6 new investments this year. BioScience Managers invests globally. 

BioScience Managers will invest in companies across the life science space, including therapeutics, diagnostics and medical technology. The group does not invest in service providers. BioScience Managers considers all subsectors and indications, including orphan indications. The group will consider technology either in or prepared for human clinical trials and is open to all classes of devices. BioScience Managers seeks investments in novel technology and is not looking to gain share of an existing market. 

Investor Type
Biotech Phase of Development
Medtech Phase of Development
Capital Structure Preference
Investment Stage Preference
Jeremy Curnock Cook
Managing Director 
Amanda Gillon
Investment Analyst 
Matt McNamara
CIO 

Breakout Labs

Breakout Labs was founded by the Thiel Foundation in 211 and is based in San Francisco CA. Breakout Labs provides seed grants of $35 to 8-1 early stage companies per year. Companies must reach specific milestones in order to receive installments of the grant. Breakout Labs grants are in the form of a convertible note that if the company raises a Series A round will convert based on the Series A valuation, however if the company fails before raising a Series A round no debt will be due. Additionally when a portfolio company becomes revenue-generating or is acquired Breakout Labs receives a 3% royalty payment capped at 3x the value of the grant. Breakout Labs funds companies throughout the USA.
Lindy Fishburne
Executive Director 
Michelle Kim-Danely
Portfolio Manager 

Broadview Ventures

Broadview Ventures is a Philanthropy Venture firm that was established by the Leducq Family Trust in 28 and dedicated to accelerating the translation of new and innovative programs in the CV and stroke areas. The firm is based out of Boston MA but is geographically agnostic in its investing. The firm makes equity and convertible note investments of approximately $1 million into companies that are targeting cardiovascular and neurovascular diseases. The firm invests in privately held companies at both the seed and venture stage and is currently invests in 4-5 companies per year. The firm operates under an evergreen structure and is constantly seeking new investment opportunities. While the firm will consider investments around the globe Broadview is keen to add companies based in Europe to its portfolio. Broadview has previously invested in the US Europe and Israel.
Maria Berkman
Director 
Rick Jones
Director 
Christopher de Souza
Director 

Celling Biosciences United States

Regeneration Through Innovation

Celling Biosciences is dedicated to researching and developing the future of healing through regenerative medicine and the clinical use of autologous regenerative cells to facilitate the body’s capacity to heal itself. Through our patented Celling therapies and our Institutes of Regenerative Medicine, Celling Biosciences is moving the science of healing forward and redefining the global medical landscape.

Year Founded
2006
Biotech Subsector
Biotech Phase of Development
Medtech Phase of Development
Technology Overview
Regeneration Through Innovation

Celling Biosciences is dedicated to researching and developing the future of healing through regenerative medicine and the clinical use of autologous regenerative cells to facilitate the body’s capacity to heal itself. Through our patented Celling therapies and our Institutes of Regenerative Medicine, Celling Biosciences is moving the science of healing forward and redefining the global medical landscape.

Current Financing Needs

$3-10 million growth capital with opportunity for partial founder buy-out.

Management Team Highlights
Kevin Dunworth

Founder / CEO

Kevin Dunworth, Founder of Celling Biosciences, has spent more than 26 years in the orthopedic industry and brings a wealth of expertise in all aspects of the business. Dunworth has run medical companies in the Middle East, Eastern and Western Europe, and the United States.

He excelled in various executive positions before founding VCD Medical, in Austin, Texas.
For the past eight years, Dunworth has successfully built a world-class distribution business, which provides a variety of orthopedic and biologic products.

Dunworth's leadership roles within the orthopedic industry have included, Director of Emerging Markets and Director of European Sales for Smith & Nephew; Director of International Sales, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Vice President for FlouroScan International and Vice President of Sales for TransLeasing and Vice President for TransLeasing GE.


Steve Melchiode

President
Steve Melchiode has extensive experience guiding businesses from start-up to profitability. After earning an undergraduate marketing degree followed by a law degree, Melchiode joined a start-up technology firm in Silicon Valley as the West Coast business development director. Melchiode's ability to build and lead successful companies, combined with his experience in medical device sales, provides him with the vision and expertise to lead the Celling Biosciences team. He brings a wide range of experience in sales, business development, marketing, finance, legal and operations management.

Melchiode began his medical device career as a sales representative with VCD Medical, learning the spinal implant industry selling Depuy Spine. After two years spent growing several new territories, Melchiode established himself in a leadership role as sales manager and by running operations for the State of Texas. For the past two years, he has worked with Kevin Dunworth to take the Celling Biosciences model from concept to market, working on business, product and partnership development as well as marketing and operations.

Mr Blair Duncan
Mr Blair Duncan
LinkedIn logo Chief Financial Officer 
BIO

Blair Duncan, Chief Financial Officer, Celling Biosciences

 

Mr. Duncan has over 20 years experience in venture-backed growth companies, as well as Fortune 500 and service firms. Before joining Celling Biosciences, Mr. Duncan was Chief Financial Officer at Emergent Technologies, an early stage life sciences commercialization operator and venture capital firm.  Previously, Mr. Duncan was Chief Financial Officer and Controller at SiteStuff, a leading provider of online procurement services for the commercial real estate industry.  Prior to SiteStuff, Mr. Duncan was Chief Financial Officer for Trillion, a facilities-based provider of wireless broadband telecommunications services to K-12 school districts.  Mr. Duncan also served as Vice President and Controller for ClearSource, a facilities-based provider of broadband telecommunications services.  Mr. Duncan held positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers as Manager of Entrepreneurial Advisory Services, where he launched a new division providing fundraising and business planning consulting services to high-tech companies in Texas, as well as Manager in the Business Assurance practice, where he participated in numerous public offerings and private company audits.  Mr. Duncan started his career with Aetna as a manager of property and casualty underwriting and business development. 

 

Mr. Duncan is a CPA and holds a MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.  He has a BA in Economics and Psychology from Duke University. Mr. Duncan enjoys travel, music, tennis and golf.  He is Career Services Chair of the Financial Executives International – Austin Chapter, as well as Treasurer of the Maya Exploration Center.  He is married with three children and resides in Austin, Texas.

Chempetitive Group

Chempetitive Group is an integrated marketing communications agency focused exclusively on the life sciences. We work with biotech, medical device, pharmaceutical, chemical and tools/instrumentation companies of all sizes that around the globe. We develop winning strategies and campaigns that build brands and generate revenues. We love science. We understand science. And, we know how to effectively reach the scientific, clinical, medical and business communities that matter. 

Long live science. 

Visit us in San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston or Cambridge UK. 

Find out about us at http://www.chempetitive.com 

Erik Clausen
Erik Clausen
LinkedIn logo Managing Partner 
BIO

Erik Clausen is a managing partner at Chempetitive Group (http://www.chempetitive.com), a marketing communications firm that develops and implements strategies and drives results for life science and healthcare companies. Erik brings two decades of international experience helping life science, medical technology and healthcare organizations to reach and engage the right audiences.

Chiesi Ventures

Chiesi Ventures is a Venture Capital firm formed by a partnership between the Italian Pharmaceutical company Chiesi and US based VC firm Pappas Ventures. The firm is currently looking to make seed and venture stage investments into companies ranging anywhere from $2K to $5 million initially and up to $8 million over the life of the investment. The firm is actively seeking investment opportunities throughout the United States and Europe and could make as many as 2-4 new investments over the next year.
Art Pappas
Partner