Caris Life Sciences
Private Equity Round in 2025
Caris Life Sciences specializes in advanced molecular profiling technologies for cancer diagnostics and drug development. Established in 1987, it offers prognostic testing services, genomic profiling, and clinico-genomic data platforms to improve patient outcomes. The company operates globally with offices in the US and Switzerland.
Surrozen, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in South San Francisco, California, focused on developing targeted regenerative antibodies to enhance tissue and organ repair in response to serious diseases. Founded in 2015, the company specializes in modulating the Wnt pathway, a crucial mediator of tissue regeneration, through its innovative antibody platforms that target specific organs and tissues. Notable programs include SZN-043, designed to stimulate liver regeneration in both acute and chronic liver diseases, and SZN-1326, aimed at repairing damaged epithelial tissue in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Surrozen's approach extends to multiple organ systems, with potential applications in the intestine, liver, retina, cornea, lung, kidney, cochlea, skin, pancreas, and central nervous system.
Perceive Pharma
Series A in 2025
Perceive Pharma operates as a pharmaceutical company. Perceive Pharma develops innovative small molecule neuroprotective treatments.
Timberlyne Therapeutics
Series A in 2025
Timberlyne Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for autoimmune diseases. It leverages its team's expertise in drug development to acquire promising assets targeting unmet medical needs. The company specializes in monoclonal antibodies with enhanced complement-dependent cytotoxicity, specifically targeting CD38, a protein highly expressed in various immune cells. This approach enables rapid and durable responses across a range of autoimmune diseases.
Oruka Therapeutics
Post in 2024
Oruka Therapeutics is advancing innovative biologics to redefine patient care standards in chronic skin diseases.
OrthoPediatrics
Post in 2024
OrthoPediatrics is a specialized medical device company focused on developing and manufacturing orthopedic implants and instruments specifically for pediatric orthopedic surgeons. The company is dedicated to enhancing the treatment of children's orthopedic conditions through the invention and distribution of innovative, anatomically appropriate implants and unique instrumentation. Its product offerings include various solutions such as PediLoc, PediPlates, Cannulated Screws, and specialized nails for pediatric use. OrthoPediatrics emphasizes the importance of creating devices that cater to the unique anatomical needs of small stature patients, ensuring both safety and efficacy in surgical procedures. The company's commitment to improving surgical experiences is exemplified by its QCR technology, which operates with minimal noise and vibration, thereby reducing patient anxiety during treatments.
Jade Biosciences
Series A in 2024
Jade Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative therapies for unmet needs in autoimmune diseases. Its lead asset, JADE-001, targets the APRIL pathway for treating IgA nephropathy, with initial clinical trials planned. Additionally, Jade has two preclinical antibody discovery programs, JADE-002 and JADE-003. The company was founded upon assets licensed from Paragon Therapeutics.
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
Post in 2024
Day One Biopharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing targeted therapies for genetically defined cancers across all ages, with an initial emphasis on pediatric patients. The company aims to bring effective cancer treatments to families by advancing therapies that can benefit both children and adults, prioritizing programs that can progress to the market rapidly. Day One pursues licensing or acquisition of promising products from research institutions and industry partners to expand its pipeline. Its lead candidate, DAY101, is an oral, brain-penetrant, highly selective type II pan-RAF kinase inhibitor designed to target cancers driven by the RAF signaling pathway. By applying insights from childhood cancer biology, the company seeks to address unmet needs in oncology and broaden access to precision therapies.
Hansa Biopharma
Post in 2024
Hansa Biopharma is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing immunomodulatory treatments for individuals with rare immunological diseases. The company aims to create innovative therapies to address critical unmet medical needs in areas such as transplantation, autoimmune disorders, gene therapy, and oncology. Utilizing a proprietary antibody-cleaving enzyme technology platform, Hansa Biopharma targets pathogenic antibodies to enhance treatment outcomes. One of its key product candidates, imlifidase, is designed to facilitate kidney transplantation in sensitized patients and is also being explored for other organ and tissue transplantations, as well as acute autoimmune conditions. Operating primarily in Sweden, other European countries, and the United States, Hansa Biopharma generates the majority of its revenue from product sales.
Cullinan Therapeutics
Post in 2024
Cullinan Therapeutics is a developer of an externally sourced cancer therapeutics intended to end a drug program quickly if the early research suggests it won't work. The company's therapeutics are developed via assets sourced internally through dry lab or externally through business, academic and pharma collaborations, enabling researchers to get a highly diversified portfolio of oncology therapeutics with a unique, cost-efficient business model.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
Post in 2024
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat human diseases. Its pipeline includes candidates for irritable bowel syndrome, type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, carcinoid syndrome, and glaucoma. The company has collaborations with major pharmaceutical companies and other organizations.
Lexeo Therapeutics
Post in 2024
Lexeo Therapeutics is a fully integrated biotechnology company focused on developing adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated gene therapies. Its lead programs target both rare and non-rare monogenic diseases, with a preclinical pipeline that spans monogenic, hereditary, and acquired conditions across populations with unmet medical need. The company aims to advance clinical programs toward commercialization while maintaining an ongoing research collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Genetic Medicine to inform and accelerate its preclinical and clinical work. By leveraging AAV-based approaches and collaborations, Lexeo Therapeutics seeks to transform treatment options for patients with genetic and complex diseases.
iRhythm Technologies
Post in 2024
iRhythm Technologies is a digital healthcare company specializing in ambulatory cardiac monitoring solutions. It offers the Zio Patch, a wire-free, wearable biosensor that records ECG data for up to 14 days, aiding physicians in diagnosing arrhythmias efficiently.
Nevro Corporation is a global medical device company specializing in innovative solutions for chronic pain management. Its primary product is the Senza spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system, which employs proprietary HF10 therapy to deliver evidence-based neuromodulation treatment. The Senza system consists of implantable components controlled by patients and managed by healthcare professionals using specialized software. Nevro generates a significant portion of its revenue in the United States.
Krystal Biotech
Post in 2023
Krystal Biotech, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, specializing in gene therapy for patients with rare skin diseases. Founded in 2015, the company develops innovative treatments using its proprietary STAR-D gene therapy platform, which targets dermatological conditions caused by genetic mutations. Its lead candidate, beremagene geperpavec (B-VEC), is in clinical development for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, having completed Phase I/II studies. Krystal Biotech is also advancing other product candidates, including KB105, which is in Phase I/II trials for autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis, and KB301 and KB104, which are in preclinical stages for aesthetic skin conditions and Netherton Syndrome, respectively. Additionally, the company is exploring treatments for chronic skin diseases through its discovery-stage candidate KB5xx. Krystal Biotech aims to enhance the quality of life for patients suffering from debilitating skin disorders with its gene therapy solutions.
Caris Life Sciences
Debt Financing in 2023
Caris Life Sciences specializes in advanced molecular profiling technologies for cancer diagnostics and drug development. Established in 1987, it offers prognostic testing services, genomic profiling, and clinico-genomic data platforms to improve patient outcomes. The company operates globally with offices in the US and Switzerland.
Perceive Biotherapeutics
Series B in 2023
Perceive Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing innovative ophthalmic therapeutics aimed at treating various eye diseases. The company leverages advanced protective biologies to create a diverse pipeline of therapeutic assets that target significant causes of irreversible blindness. By employing multiple therapeutic modalities, Perceive Biotherapeutics aims to provide medical professionals with effective solutions for preventing vision loss and enhancing patient outcomes in the field of ophthalmology.
Compass Therapeutics
Post in 2022
Founded in 2014, Compass Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing antibody therapeutics to treat solid tumors and hematological malignancies. Its pipeline includes CTX-471, an agonistic antibody of CD137 for immune cell activation, currently in Phase I trials; CTX-8371, a bispecific antibody targeting PD-1 and PD-L1, in IND-enabling studies; and CTX-009, a bispecific antibody inhibiting DLL4 and VEGF-A signaling, completed Phase I and is in Phase Ib combination with chemotherapy.
Allakos is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing antibody-based therapeutics targeting immunomodulatory receptors on immune effector cells. Its pipeline focuses on allergic, inflammatory, and proliferative diseases, with lead programs targeting Siglec-6 (AK006) and Siglec-8.
DBV Technologies
Post in 2022
DBV Technologies is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on epicutaneous immunotherapy, delivering biologically active compounds to the immune system through the skin using its Viaskin platform. Its lead product candidate, Viaskin Peanut, targets peanut allergy and is advancing for use in children aged 4 to 11 and other age groups. The company is developing Viaskin Milk for immunotherapy of cow’s milk protein allergy and milk-induced eosinophilic esophagitis, Viaskin Egg in preclinical development for egg allergy, and a booster vaccine for Bordetella pertussis. Additional early-stage programs include efforts against respiratory syncytial virus, Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, and type 1 diabetes. DBV Technologies has collaborations to expand its diagnostic capabilities, including a patch-based test with Nestlé Health Science for non-IgE mediated CMPA. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Montrouge, France, the company emphasizes skin-delivered immunotherapy as its core approach.