Life Science Equity Partners

Life Science Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in Palo Alto California. The firm is solely focused on life science investments. The firm will invest in companies at all stages including early-stage companies with products still in development and late-stage companies with revenue. The firm typically makes early stage investments with a 1 year exit strategy in mind. The investment size is highly variable depending on the stage of the company. The firm has the ability to invest globally with typical allocations made to companies in North America. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities.
Michael Bianco
General Partner 

Life Science Nation

Life Science Nation (LSN) is the premier sourcing platform for market intelligence and prospect pipeline development in the life science arena. LSN enables life science professionals to generate a list of qualified global targets that are a fit for their company’s products, services, and fundraising efforts. The ability to generate these Global Target Lists (GTLs) makes life science professionals more effective and efficient. 

Biotech Phase of Development
Medtech Phase of Development
Unique Capabilities

Life Science Investor Profiles, LSN has sourced validated and maintains the largest global database of investor profiles. LSN defined 10 categories of Life Science Investor;

·         Private Equity

·         Venture capital

·         Family Offices

·         Corporate VC

·         Angel Groups

·         Large Pharma/ Biotech

·         Alternative Institutional Investors: Pensions, Endowments

·         Endowments/Foundations

·         Hedge Funds

·         Government Grants

Marketing Services, LSN consults on branding, messaging, and outbound marketing strategies. This includes developing a tagline, elevator pitch, executive summary, corporate power point presentation, and new or updated website design to fit your brand and message. LSN will develop a Global Target List of prequalified candidates to target for marketing initiatives.

Alejandro Zamorano
Tom Crosby
David Mejia
Gwen Lamar
Danielle Silva
Jack Fuller
Marlo Galvez
Laura Chess
Dennis Ford
BIO

Dennis is the founder and CEO of Life Science Nation (LSN) and creator of the Redefining Early Stage Investment (RESI) conference series. Most recently, he launched a broker-dealer entity called Boston Innovation Capital (BIC).

Dennis’s expertise is in creating and facilitating interactive dialogue between buyers and sellers. He is a big proponent of using profiling and matching technology to find that all-important business fit in the marketing and selling process. LSN provides a Match.com-like platform of product and services for scientist/entrepreneurs and early stage investors to connect with each other.

Dennis is the author of The Peddler’s Prerogative, The Fund Manager’s Marketing Manifesto, and most recently, The Life Science Executive’s Fundraising Manifesto. Dennis is an expert in sales, marketing, and business development. Dennis has distinct value in understanding the world of global alternative life science investors and how that relates to financing early stage technologies.

Life Sciences Alternative Funding United States

Life Sciences Alternative Funding (LSAF) founded in 213 is a direct investment firm based in White Plains New York. The firm focuses exclusively on providing debt capital for commercial-stage medical technology companies. The firm can allocate between USD 1M-5M per investment. The firm looks to provide flexible ?tailor-made? financing solution to companies. The firm can invest globally and is currently seeking new investment opportunities.

Steve DeNelsky
President 

Lilly Asia Ventures China

Lilly Asia Ventures is the venture capital arm of Eli Lilly that focuses on investments in the life sciences in Asia, particularly China. The firm was established in 2008 and is based in Shanghai, China. The firm is stage agnostic; investing in early, growth, and up to pre-IPO opportunities. The firm’s investment size is USD 5-20 million per company. The firm primarily invests in companies in China, but is open to companies across Asia-Pacific as long as there is some sort of China angle. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

Lilly Asia Ventures primarily focuses on therapeutics but is also interested in medical devices, diagnostics, animal health, and biotech other. The firm is most interested in products that will have a significant impact on medical care in China. For therapeutics, the firm seeks best-in-class or first-in-class products. The firm is opportunistic to the indication and the phase of development and will consider products in pre-clinical up to NDA. Historically, the firm invests in therapeutics for oncology, inflammatory diseases, and metabolic disorders.

Biotech Phase of Development
Medtech Phase of Development
Capital Structure Preference
Investment Stage Preference
Judith Li
Principal 
Michael Zhang
Investment Manager 

Longitude Capital United States

Longitude Capital is a private equity group founded in 2006 with offices in Menlo Park, California and Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm has $700 million in assets and has raised two funds, with the most recent fund closing at $385m in 2012. Longitude makes both venture-stage and growth-stage equity investments, which are typically in the $10-30 million range. Longitude Capital primarily invests in North America and the European Union but may also consider opportunities in the Middle East.

Year Founded
2006
Investor Type
Biotech Phase of Development
Medtech Phase of Development
Capital Structure Preference
Investment Stage Preference
Mark Chin

Lumira Capital

Lumira Capital is a Venture Capital firm that changed its name from MDS Capital In 2007 and have been investing in companies since 1989. The firm is based in Toronto will additional offices in Boston and Montreal. The firm currently manages 2 funds for a total of approximately $180 million in assets under management. The firm’s Lumira Capital II fund currently hold approximately $115 million in assets and is looking to invest in companies across North America. The firms Merck Lumira Biosciences fund formed via a partnership with Merck Serano, currently holds around $65 million in assets and is looking for early stage opportunities in companies located in or looking to move to Quebec. The firm typically makes initial investments ranging from $2-$5 million of equity and looks to invest $8-$12 million over the lifetime of the investment. The firm plans to make 4-6 investments over the next 6-9 months.

Investor Type
Biotech Phase of Development
Medtech Phase of Development
Capital Structure Preference
Investment Stage Preference
Peter Van Der Velden
Managing General Partner 
Jacki Jenuth
Vice President 
Brian Underdown
Managing Partner 
Beni Rovinski
Managing Partner 

Lymo Investments

Lymo Investments is a multi-family venture fund based in Silicon Valley, CA. The firm is an active investor in the medical device sector, and is interested in opportunities worldwide. Initial investments are typically about $50,000 with the potential for follow-on investments totaling $500,000, and may be structured as equity or as debt. Lymo Ventures does not invest in seed rounds. In the recent past Lymo Investments has allocated new investments at a rate of approximately one every two months. The firm offers support and expertise to portfolio companies but does not seek a board seat.

Norm Gitis
Founder 

M.H. Carnegie & Co.

M.H. Carnegie & Co. founded in 21 is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Sydney Australia. The currently has about $2 million in committed capital across several funds. The firm invests in several sectors including the Life Sciences. The firm can make early to late stage investments typically allocating USD 2-5 million per company. The firm is currently interested in companies abroad that plan to set up operations in Australia as the firm is mandated to invest in Australian-based companies. The firm plans to make 2-3 new investments in the next 12 months and is actively seeking new opportunities.
Mark Carnegie
Principle 
Trevor Moody
Principle 

Mayo Clinic Ventures

Mayo Clinic Ventures serves to commercialize Mayo Clinic technologies for the benefit of patients worldwide while generating revenue to support clinical practice, research and education at Mayo Clinic. The office has licensed hundreds of technologies in the fields of medical devices, diagnostics, therapeutics, and healthcare IT, and has focused efforts in technology-based ventures and start-ups.  Mayo Clinic Ventures also has a $20M venture capital fund which is used to spin out companies that are developing products based on Mayo Clinic research.

Kelly Krajnik
Business Development Manager 

MBL Venture Capital

MBL Venture Capital founded in 2 is the investment arm of Medical & Biological Laboratories Co. a Japanese biotechnology company and is based in Nagoya Japan with an additional office in Tokyo. The firm primarily makes early stage investments solely in the Life Sciences. The firm recently raised a new fund in March 214 and looks to make about 2-3 new investments in the next 12 months. The firm typically allocates USD 1-2 million per round and up to USD 3 million per company. The firm can invest globally with particular interests in the USA and Europe. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities.
Masako Hashimoto
Senior Manager