Clarus DE II

Clarus Ventures, founded in 2005 and based in Massachusetts, is a private equity firm specializing in life sciences and biotechnology investments. The firm is comprised of a team of experienced investment professionals with diverse backgrounds in research and development, commercialization, business development, and operations management. This expertise allows Clarus to effectively identify and nurture unique investment opportunities within the biopharmaceutical and medical technology sectors. With strong relationships among global thought leaders and decision makers, Clarus has established a successful track record in creating value for its portfolio companies. The firm manages approximately $1.2 billion in assets across two dedicated funds focused on life sciences.

Emmett Cunningham Ph.D

MD

Lazar Dimitrov

Associate

Nicholas Galakatos

MD

Barry Gertz

Partner

Robert W. Liptak

MD

Scott Requadt

MD

Nicholas Simon

MD

William Young

Venture Partner

87 past transactions

Zogenix

Series A in 2006
At Zogenix, our core strategy is to develop and commercialize differentiated central nervous system (CNS) and pain therapeutics that can address significant unmet medical needs or overcome limitations of existing products. We are a specialty pharmaceutical company with two proprietary product candidates in late-stage development for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and pain. Our lead product candidate, sumatriptan DoseProâ„¢, enables needle-free subcutaneous delivery of sumatriptan for the treatment of acute migraine. Our second product candidate, ZX002, is a novel controlled release formulation of hydrocodone for the treatment of chronic pain.

Entasis Therapeutics

Series B in 2016
Entasis Therapeutics is developing a portfolio of innovative cures for serious drug-resistant bacterial infections, a global health crisis affecting the lives of millions of patients. Entasis’ anti-infective discovery platform has produced a pipeline of meaningfully differentiated programs which target serious bacterial infections, including ETX2514SUL (targeting Acinetobacter baumannii infections), ETX0282CPDP (targeting Enterobacteriaceae infections), and zoliflodacin (targeting Neisseria gonorrhoeae).

FerroKin Biosciences

Series B in 2010
Ferrokin Biosciences Inc. develops and markets medical devices. The company offers iron chelator for the treatment of iron-overload in patients with transfusion-dependent hereditary and acquired refractory anemias. The company is based in San Carlos, California.

Neomend

Series D in 2010
Neomend, Inc., a biomedical device company, engages in the development and commercialization of surgical wound healing products. Its platform technology, Pro/PEG, is a bioadhesive polymer hydrogel. NeoMend engages in commercialization of the combination wound sealant and adhesion barrier product that can be delivered during minimally invasive/laparoscopic procedures. Neomend, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Irvine, California.

Heptares Therapeutics

Series A in 2009
Heptares Therapeutics is a drug discovery company focused on novel small-molecule drugs targeting G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest family of druggable targets. The Company has developed a unique, transformational and proprietary technology for making purified, stabilised and functional GPCRs (known as StaRs, Stabilised Receptors), overcoming a major limiting factor to the development of new drugs targeting this group.

Galera Therapeutics

Series C in 2018
Galera Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for the transformation of radiotherapy in cancer. The company’s lead product candidate is avasopasem manganese (GC4419), a small molecule dismutase mimetic, which is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of radiation-induced severe oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer, as well as in Phase IIa clinical trial for the treatment of radiotherapy-induced esophagitis in patients with lung cancer. It is also involved in developing GC4711, which is in Phase I/II clinical trial for the treatment of pancreatic and lung cancers. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

NanoString Technologies

Venture Round in 2013
NanoString Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTG) is a publicly held provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostics. The company's technology enables a wide variety of basic research, translational medicine and in vitro diagnostics applications. NanoString's products are based on a novel digital molecular barcoding technology invented at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle under direction of Dr. Leroy Hood. The company was founded in 2003 with an exclusive license to develop and market the technology. In 2008, NanoString launched its first commercial instrument system and began international sales operations with its first multiplexed assays for gene expression analysis. In 2010, the company launched new applications for the system to support microRNA analysis and copy number variation detection, and in 2013 launched Prosigna®, its first in vitro diagnostic product for prognosis of early stage breast cancer.

Annexon Biosciences

Series B in 2016
Annexon, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops therapeutics for autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases. It focuses on the treatment of body, brain, and eye disorders. The company’s C1q is an initiating molecule of the classical complement pathway that targets distinct disease processes, such as antibody-mediated autoimmune disease and complement-mediated neurodegeneration. Its product candidates include ANX005, which has completed Phase 1b clinical trials to treat patients with guillain- barré syndrome; and ANX007, which has completed Phase 1b clinical trials to treat patients with glaucoma. The company’s candidates also comprise ANX005 that has completed preclinical trials to treat patients with warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Huntington's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ANX007, which has completed preclinical trials for the treatment of geographic atrophy; and ANX009 that has completed preclinical trials for the treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

Taligen Therapeutics

Series B in 2010
Taligen Therapeutics is focused on the discovery and development of novel protein therapeutics that modulate the alternative pathway of the complement system to treat a wide range of inflammatory conditions and diseases. The company's lead therapeutic candidates are monoclonal antibodies and recombinant fusion proteins that target key factors in the alternative pathway, which Taligen's founders have validated as an important amplification loop in the inflammation process.

Astria Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2013
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts focused on the discovery and development of innovative drugs to treat inflammatory conditions. Their platform technology enables the discovery and development of small molecules that simultaneously and specifically target pathways in the inflammatory response. The Catabasis platform will lead to the development of a novel mechanism of action therapies to safely and effectively treat inflammatory diseases.

Avrobio

Series B in 2018
Avrobio is a clinical stage company developing step-change cell and gene therapies targeting cancer and rare disease. The catalyst for creating Avrobio is to accelerate scientific breakthroughs related to the convergence of cell and gene therapies. The patient’s own cells can be effectively modified to deliver novel genes to cure serious debilitating disease. Avrobio was founded by industry leaders with unmatched scientific, business, and manufacturing expertise in the field of cell and gene therapy.

SARcode Bioscience

Series B in 2011
SARcode Corporation is a private San Francisco based biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of a novel class of small molecule lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1; CD11a/CD18; αLβ2) antagonists as a topical agent for the treatment of significant unmet medical needs in ophthalmology, dermatology and other inflammatory diseases.

Pearl Therapeutics

Series C in 2010
Pearl Therapeutics is developing unique dual and triple combination products for the treatment of widely prevalent respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pearl's current focus is on making advanced inhaled therapies available to broad patient populations via familiar and accepted metered dose inhalers. Pearl is a privately held company led by a seasoned team of respiratory product development experts. Pearl aims to offer patients and healthcare providers alternatives that better meet their needs and improve upon the safety and efficacy of existing respiratory therapeutics to achieve better clinical outcomes.

SARcode Bioscience

Series A in 2007
SARcode Corporation is a private San Francisco based biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of a novel class of small molecule lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1; CD11a/CD18; αLβ2) antagonists as a topical agent for the treatment of significant unmet medical needs in ophthalmology, dermatology and other inflammatory diseases.

ESSA Pharma

Post in 2016
ESSA is a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer, with focus on advanced prostate cancer. ESSA is developing drugs that selectively block the N-terminal domain of the androgen receptor (AR). The AR is required for the growth and survival of most prostate cancer; therefore, the AR N-terminal domain is an ideal target for next-generation hormone therapy.

NanoString Technologies

Series C in 2009
NanoString Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTG) is a publicly held provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostics. The company's technology enables a wide variety of basic research, translational medicine and in vitro diagnostics applications. NanoString's products are based on a novel digital molecular barcoding technology invented at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle under direction of Dr. Leroy Hood. The company was founded in 2003 with an exclusive license to develop and market the technology. In 2008, NanoString launched its first commercial instrument system and began international sales operations with its first multiplexed assays for gene expression analysis. In 2010, the company launched new applications for the system to support microRNA analysis and copy number variation detection, and in 2013 launched Prosigna®, its first in vitro diagnostic product for prognosis of early stage breast cancer.

Sientra

Series C in 2012
Sientra, Inc., a medical device company, develops and markets products focusing on the plastic surgery and aesthetics market. The company is based in Santa Barbara, California. Sientra is committed to providing plastic surgeons with intuitive, elegant solutions—as reflected in its innovative round and shaped product lines. It offers breast implants, breast tissue expanders, silicone scar treatment, and additional tissue expanders.

TyRx

Venture Round in 2010
TyRx engages in the design, development, and commercialization of resorbable polymeric biomaterials. It offers PIVIT CRM, a mesh based pouch, which contains antibacterial agents to help provide protection from microbial colonization of the generator or defibrillator during and immediately after surgical implant. The company also provides AIGISRx Flat, an antibacterial product that provides protection against infections associated with implanted pacemakers and defibrillators. TyRx Pharma, Inc. was formerly known as Advanced Materials Design, LLC. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.
TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals is a privately held biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops small molecule drugs that modulate programmed cell death pathways to treat debilitating diseases and conditions. The company's Smac Mimetics neutralize critical blocks in the apoptosis pathway to selectively destroy cancer cells. Its Necrostatin drugs block critical steps in the process leading to necrosis, enabling cell survival in a wide range of diseases and injuries where necrosis is a critical component of pathology.

Aerovance

Series C in 2007
Aerovance is a privately held biopharmaceutical company exclusively focused on developing and commercializing breakthrough medicines for respiratory and allergic diseases. The company maintains a solid intellectual property position with its strong portfolio of novel therapeutic candidates now in clinical development and several pre-clinical programs. The two lead products are human recombinant proteins: Aerovantâ„¢, an IL-4 and -13 receptor antagonist which is in Phase IIa studies for asthma and Aerodermâ„¢, a PEGylated IL-4 and IL-13 receptor antagonist in pre-clinical studies for eczema.

Forty Seven

Series A in 2016
Forty Seven, Inc. is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company that is developing therapies targeting cancer immune evasion pathways based on technology licensed from Stanford University. Forty Seven's lead program, 5F9, is a monoclonal antibody against the CD47 receptor, a "don't eat me" signal that cancer cells commandeer to avoid being ingested by macrophages. This antibody is currently being evaluated in six clinical studies in patients with solid tumors, acute myeloid leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and colorectal carcinoma.

Astria Therapeutics

Series B in 2013
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts focused on the discovery and development of innovative drugs to treat inflammatory conditions. Their platform technology enables the discovery and development of small molecules that simultaneously and specifically target pathways in the inflammatory response. The Catabasis platform will lead to the development of a novel mechanism of action therapies to safely and effectively treat inflammatory diseases.

Zogenix

Venture Round in 2010
At Zogenix, our core strategy is to develop and commercialize differentiated central nervous system (CNS) and pain therapeutics that can address significant unmet medical needs or overcome limitations of existing products. We are a specialty pharmaceutical company with two proprietary product candidates in late-stage development for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and pain. Our lead product candidate, sumatriptan DoseProâ„¢, enables needle-free subcutaneous delivery of sumatriptan for the treatment of acute migraine. Our second product candidate, ZX002, is a novel controlled release formulation of hydrocodone for the treatment of chronic pain.

Cleave Therapeutics

Series A in 2011
Cleave Therapeutics develops oncology pharmaceuticals designed to target neurodengeneration and pathways used by cancer cells to grow. The company is engaged in the discovery of novel, small-molecule drugs that affect protein-degradation pathways, upon which cancer cells depend for survival, enabling patients to get cured from cancer.

Forty Seven

Series B in 2017
Forty Seven, Inc. is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company that is developing therapies targeting cancer immune evasion pathways based on technology licensed from Stanford University. Forty Seven's lead program, 5F9, is a monoclonal antibody against the CD47 receptor, a "don't eat me" signal that cancer cells commandeer to avoid being ingested by macrophages. This antibody is currently being evaluated in six clinical studies in patients with solid tumors, acute myeloid leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and colorectal carcinoma.

PATH

Venture Round in 2017
PATH is an international nonprofit organization that transforms global health through innovation. They take an entrepreneurial approach to developing and delivering high-impact, low-cost solutions, from lifesaving vaccines and devices to collaborative programs with communities. Through our work in more than 70 countries, PATH and our partners empower people to achieve their full potential.

Link Medicine

Venture Round in 2008
Link Medicine was launched in 2005 by three men with a shared vision: Peter Lansbury, Link's founder and a leading neuroscience researcher from Harvard University, Ed Rudman, a private investor and philanthropist who less than a decade before had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and Adam Rosenberg, an entrepreneur who years before saw his grandfather struggle with Parkinson's disease and his grandmother battle Alzheimer's disease.

Globus Medical

Series E in 2007
Globus Medical, Inc. is a leading musculoskeletal implant manufacturer and is driving significant technological advancements across a complete suite of spinal products. Founded in 2003, Globus’ single-minded focus on advancing spinal surgery has made it the fastest growing company in the history of orthopedics. Globus is driven to utilize superior engineering and technology to achieve pain free, active lives for all patients with spinal disorders.

SARcode Bioscience

Venture Round in 2006
SARcode Corporation is a private San Francisco based biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of a novel class of small molecule lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1; CD11a/CD18; αLβ2) antagonists as a topical agent for the treatment of significant unmet medical needs in ophthalmology, dermatology and other inflammatory diseases.

MacroGenics

Series D in 2008
MacroGenics, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of immunotherapeutics for autoimmune disorders, cancer, and infectious diseases. The company is developing immune-based products, including monoclonal antibodies; and vaccines to prevent infections in healthy individuals. The company's Fc engineering technology enables to improve antibody functions to eliminate cancer cells. It is also developing products around the Dual Activating ReTargeting technology. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

Sientra

Series B in 2007
Sientra, Inc., a medical device company, develops and markets products focusing on the plastic surgery and aesthetics market. The company is based in Santa Barbara, California. Sientra is committed to providing plastic surgeons with intuitive, elegant solutions—as reflected in its innovative round and shaped product lines. It offers breast implants, breast tissue expanders, silicone scar treatment, and additional tissue expanders.

IVERIC bio

Series B in 2009
Ophthotech Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, develops various therapeutics to treat diseases of the eye. It is developing Fovista, which has completed Phase IIb clinical trials for use in combination with anti-VEGF drugs for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD); and ARC1905, a potent and selective inhibitor of complement factor C5 that has completed Phase I/IIa clinical trials to treat wet AMD. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Taligen Therapeutics

Series B in 2008
Taligen Therapeutics is focused on the discovery and development of novel protein therapeutics that modulate the alternative pathway of the complement system to treat a wide range of inflammatory conditions and diseases. The company's lead therapeutic candidates are monoclonal antibodies and recombinant fusion proteins that target key factors in the alternative pathway, which Taligen's founders have validated as an important amplification loop in the inflammation process.

Astria Therapeutics

Series A in 2010
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts focused on the discovery and development of innovative drugs to treat inflammatory conditions. Their platform technology enables the discovery and development of small molecules that simultaneously and specifically target pathways in the inflammatory response. The Catabasis platform will lead to the development of a novel mechanism of action therapies to safely and effectively treat inflammatory diseases.

Pearl Therapeutics

Series A in 2008
Pearl Therapeutics is developing unique dual and triple combination products for the treatment of widely prevalent respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pearl's current focus is on making advanced inhaled therapies available to broad patient populations via familiar and accepted metered dose inhalers. Pearl is a privately held company led by a seasoned team of respiratory product development experts. Pearl aims to offer patients and healthcare providers alternatives that better meet their needs and improve upon the safety and efficacy of existing respiratory therapeutics to achieve better clinical outcomes.

Gritstone bio

Series B in 2017
Gritstone Oncology is a cancer immunotherapy company developing next-generation personalized cancer therapeutics. Gritstone brings together distinguished scientific founders, an experienced and diverse management team, a seasoned and successful board of directors, and very deep financial backing to tackle fundamental challenges at the intersection of cancer biology, immunology, and immunotherapy design. The company’s initial goal is to identify and deploy therapeutic neo-antigens from individual patients’ tumors to develop novel treatments for lung cancer.

NanoString Technologies

Series D in 2011
NanoString Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTG) is a publicly held provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostics. The company's technology enables a wide variety of basic research, translational medicine and in vitro diagnostics applications. NanoString's products are based on a novel digital molecular barcoding technology invented at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle under direction of Dr. Leroy Hood. The company was founded in 2003 with an exclusive license to develop and market the technology. In 2008, NanoString launched its first commercial instrument system and began international sales operations with its first multiplexed assays for gene expression analysis. In 2010, the company launched new applications for the system to support microRNA analysis and copy number variation detection, and in 2013 launched Prosigna®, its first in vitro diagnostic product for prognosis of early stage breast cancer.

Proacta

Series B in 2007
Proacta Inc. is a private, clinical-stage, biopharmaceutical company headquartered in San Diego, California. They are focused on addressing unmet needs in the field of cancer with the development of hypoxia-activated prodrugs that target cancer cells. Proacta was founded on intellectual property generated in New Zealand at the University of Auckland and in the United States at Stanford University. Proacta's patent family covers a series of hypoxia-activated prodrugs designed to treat cancer. Expansion of this portfolio is supported by ongoing research at The University of Auckland. PR610 is the lead compound from their pipeline of pro-drugs based on hypoxia-activated tyrosine-kinase inhibitors. These pro-drugs selectively release active tyrosine-kinase inhibitors within the low-oxygen (hypoxic) environment found in many solid tumors. By shifting the release of active drug away from normal tissues and into cancer tissues, these drugs are predicted to be more effective and less toxic than currently available therapies. To date, Proacta has raised $43 million in two private financings. Investors include Alta Partners, Clarus Ventures, Delphi Ventures, Endeavour Capital (New Zealand), GBS Venture Partners (Australia), Genentech, No 8 Ventures (New Zealand) and Roche.

FerroKin Biosciences

Venture Round in 2009
Ferrokin Biosciences Inc. develops and markets medical devices. The company offers iron chelator for the treatment of iron-overload in patients with transfusion-dependent hereditary and acquired refractory anemias. The company is based in San Carlos, California.

NanoString Technologies

Series E in 2012
NanoString Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTG) is a publicly held provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostics. The company's technology enables a wide variety of basic research, translational medicine and in vitro diagnostics applications. NanoString's products are based on a novel digital molecular barcoding technology invented at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle under direction of Dr. Leroy Hood. The company was founded in 2003 with an exclusive license to develop and market the technology. In 2008, NanoString launched its first commercial instrument system and began international sales operations with its first multiplexed assays for gene expression analysis. In 2010, the company launched new applications for the system to support microRNA analysis and copy number variation detection, and in 2013 launched Prosigna®, its first in vitro diagnostic product for prognosis of early stage breast cancer.

Biolex Therapeutics

Series D in 2008
Biolex is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that uses their patented LEX SystemSM to develop hard-to-make therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies that have been optimized to enhance their efficacy and potency. The LEX System is a technology that genetically transforms the aquatic plant Lemna to enable the production of biologic product candidates. Their main product aims at treating those afflicted with Hepatitis C.

Lycera

Series A in 2009
Lycera Corp., a biopharmaceutical company, develops small molecule immunomodulatory medicines for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer. It offers LYC-55716, a multiple anti-tumor mechanism into a single therapeutic by modulating gene expression to reprogram immune cells for improved function, as well as decrease immunosuppressive mechanisms; and ATPase Modulators, a therapy for autoimmune diseases. Lycera Corp. was founded in 2006 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan with additional offices in New York, New York; and Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.

Avillion

Venture Round in 2013
Avillion LLP, a drug development company, focuses on clinical development and approval of late stage pharmaceutical products and candidates. It offers opportunities to partner late phase therapeutic projects for approval, and to accelerate their availability to the market. The company also provides global clinical trial, global regulatory, and CRO management services. It serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Cleave Therapeutics

Series B in 2016
Cleave Therapeutics develops oncology pharmaceuticals designed to target neurodengeneration and pathways used by cancer cells to grow. The company is engaged in the discovery of novel, small-molecule drugs that affect protein-degradation pathways, upon which cancer cells depend for survival, enabling patients to get cured from cancer.

Pearl Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2013
Pearl Therapeutics is developing unique dual and triple combination products for the treatment of widely prevalent respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pearl's current focus is on making advanced inhaled therapies available to broad patient populations via familiar and accepted metered dose inhalers. Pearl is a privately held company led by a seasoned team of respiratory product development experts. Pearl aims to offer patients and healthcare providers alternatives that better meet their needs and improve upon the safety and efficacy of existing respiratory therapeutics to achieve better clinical outcomes.

Imago BioSciences

Series A in 2014
Imago BioSciences, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in developing medicines based on the science of genetics and epigenetics for the treatment of hematologic diseases. The company focuses on therapeutics that alter gene expression patterns. It develops medicines for hematologic diseases that result in bone marrow failure or leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, acute myelogenous leukemia, and other diseases. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Carlos, California.

CoMentis

Series B in 2006
CoMentis is a biotech company focused on the research and development of small molecule drugs to treat neurovascular diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other cognitive disorders. Originally founded in 2004 as Athenagen, Inc., the company was re-named CoMentis following its August 2006 merger with Zapaq, Inc., which created a leading neurovascular disease franchise.

NanoString Technologies

Venture Round in 2010
NanoString Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTG) is a publicly held provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostics. The company's technology enables a wide variety of basic research, translational medicine and in vitro diagnostics applications. NanoString's products are based on a novel digital molecular barcoding technology invented at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle under direction of Dr. Leroy Hood. The company was founded in 2003 with an exclusive license to develop and market the technology. In 2008, NanoString launched its first commercial instrument system and began international sales operations with its first multiplexed assays for gene expression analysis. In 2010, the company launched new applications for the system to support microRNA analysis and copy number variation detection, and in 2013 launched Prosigna®, its first in vitro diagnostic product for prognosis of early stage breast cancer.

CoMentis

Series D in 2008
CoMentis is a biotech company focused on the research and development of small molecule drugs to treat neurovascular diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other cognitive disorders. Originally founded in 2004 as Athenagen, Inc., the company was re-named CoMentis following its August 2006 merger with Zapaq, Inc., which created a leading neurovascular disease franchise.

Oxford Immunotec

Series C in 2007
Oxford Immunotec is a medical diagnostics company developing novel new tests for various diseases based on its innovative, patented T cell measurement technology. The company's first product is a TB test that diagnoses latent TB infection ( LTBI ) and TB disease. T-SPOT®.TB is an interferon gamma release assay ( IGRA ) which are designed to replace the century old Mantoux skin test ( TST ).

Gritstone bio

Series A in 2015
Gritstone Oncology is a cancer immunotherapy company developing next-generation personalized cancer therapeutics. Gritstone brings together distinguished scientific founders, an experienced and diverse management team, a seasoned and successful board of directors, and very deep financial backing to tackle fundamental challenges at the intersection of cancer biology, immunology, and immunotherapy design. The company’s initial goal is to identify and deploy therapeutic neo-antigens from individual patients’ tumors to develop novel treatments for lung cancer.

Flowonix

Debt Financing in 2016
Flowonix is a medical device company dedicated to helping those who suffer from chronic disorders. Their team has decades of experience developing unique and reliable medical devices to improve lifestyles. Using one of a kind technology, Flowonix has developed an implantable drug pump designed to deliver therapeutic drugs into the spine to relieve a variety of chronic disorders and help patients return to normal lives.

ESBATech

Series B in 2008
Founded in 1998 as a spin out of the University of Zurich, ESBATech is committed to becoming one of the leading developers of fully human antibody fragments for therapeutic applications. The company applies its proprietary, fully human single-chain antibody frameworks to generate product candidates against targets of clinical relevance. ESBATech is focused on delivering high concentrations of its therapeutic antibody fragments to the targeted sites, in combination with extremely low systemic load, in order to achieve low risk of systemic drug reactions using topical and local delivery.

Astria Therapeutics

Series A in 2011
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts focused on the discovery and development of innovative drugs to treat inflammatory conditions. Their platform technology enables the discovery and development of small molecules that simultaneously and specifically target pathways in the inflammatory response. The Catabasis platform will lead to the development of a novel mechanism of action therapies to safely and effectively treat inflammatory diseases.

Restoration Robotics

Series C in 2014
Restoration Robotics is a privately held medical device company, is dedicated to revolutionizing the field of hair transplantation by developing and commercializing a state-of-the-art image-guided system (ARTAS™ System) that enables follicular unit extraction.

Aerovance

Venture Round in 2009
Aerovance is a privately held biopharmaceutical company exclusively focused on developing and commercializing breakthrough medicines for respiratory and allergic diseases. The company maintains a solid intellectual property position with its strong portfolio of novel therapeutic candidates now in clinical development and several pre-clinical programs. The two lead products are human recombinant proteins: Aerovantâ„¢, an IL-4 and -13 receptor antagonist which is in Phase IIa studies for asthma and Aerodermâ„¢, a PEGylated IL-4 and IL-13 receptor antagonist in pre-clinical studies for eczema.

Zogenix

Series B in 2008
At Zogenix, our core strategy is to develop and commercialize differentiated central nervous system (CNS) and pain therapeutics that can address significant unmet medical needs or overcome limitations of existing products. We are a specialty pharmaceutical company with two proprietary product candidates in late-stage development for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and pain. Our lead product candidate, sumatriptan DoseProâ„¢, enables needle-free subcutaneous delivery of sumatriptan for the treatment of acute migraine. Our second product candidate, ZX002, is a novel controlled release formulation of hydrocodone for the treatment of chronic pain.

Zogenix

Series B in 2009
At Zogenix, our core strategy is to develop and commercialize differentiated central nervous system (CNS) and pain therapeutics that can address significant unmet medical needs or overcome limitations of existing products. We are a specialty pharmaceutical company with two proprietary product candidates in late-stage development for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and pain. Our lead product candidate, sumatriptan DoseProâ„¢, enables needle-free subcutaneous delivery of sumatriptan for the treatment of acute migraine. Our second product candidate, ZX002, is a novel controlled release formulation of hydrocodone for the treatment of chronic pain.
TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals is a privately held biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops small molecule drugs that modulate programmed cell death pathways to treat debilitating diseases and conditions. The company's Smac Mimetics neutralize critical blocks in the apoptosis pathway to selectively destroy cancer cells. Its Necrostatin drugs block critical steps in the process leading to necrosis, enabling cell survival in a wide range of diseases and injuries where necrosis is a critical component of pathology.

ESBATech

Series B in 2006
Founded in 1998 as a spin out of the University of Zurich, ESBATech is committed to becoming one of the leading developers of fully human antibody fragments for therapeutic applications. The company applies its proprietary, fully human single-chain antibody frameworks to generate product candidates against targets of clinical relevance. ESBATech is focused on delivering high concentrations of its therapeutic antibody fragments to the targeted sites, in combination with extremely low systemic load, in order to achieve low risk of systemic drug reactions using topical and local delivery.

Pearl Therapeutics

Private Equity Round in 2012
Pearl Therapeutics is developing unique dual and triple combination products for the treatment of widely prevalent respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pearl's current focus is on making advanced inhaled therapies available to broad patient populations via familiar and accepted metered dose inhalers. Pearl is a privately held company led by a seasoned team of respiratory product development experts. Pearl aims to offer patients and healthcare providers alternatives that better meet their needs and improve upon the safety and efficacy of existing respiratory therapeutics to achieve better clinical outcomes.

Heptares Therapeutics

Series B in 2013
Heptares Therapeutics is a drug discovery company focused on novel small-molecule drugs targeting G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest family of druggable targets. The Company has developed a unique, transformational and proprietary technology for making purified, stabilised and functional GPCRs (known as StaRs, Stabilised Receptors), overcoming a major limiting factor to the development of new drugs targeting this group.

Astria Therapeutics

Series A in 2010
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts focused on the discovery and development of innovative drugs to treat inflammatory conditions. Their platform technology enables the discovery and development of small molecules that simultaneously and specifically target pathways in the inflammatory response. The Catabasis platform will lead to the development of a novel mechanism of action therapies to safely and effectively treat inflammatory diseases.
TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals is a privately held biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops small molecule drugs that modulate programmed cell death pathways to treat debilitating diseases and conditions. The company's Smac Mimetics neutralize critical blocks in the apoptosis pathway to selectively destroy cancer cells. Its Necrostatin drugs block critical steps in the process leading to necrosis, enabling cell survival in a wide range of diseases and injuries where necrosis is a critical component of pathology.

Pelikan Technologies

Series F in 2007
Pelikan Technologies is dedicated to the development of innovative hand-held diagnostic and monitoring devices capable of significantly improving the screening and management of a variety of medical conditions.

Pearl Therapeutics

Series A in 2007
Pearl Therapeutics is developing unique dual and triple combination products for the treatment of widely prevalent respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pearl's current focus is on making advanced inhaled therapies available to broad patient populations via familiar and accepted metered dose inhalers. Pearl is a privately held company led by a seasoned team of respiratory product development experts. Pearl aims to offer patients and healthcare providers alternatives that better meet their needs and improve upon the safety and efficacy of existing respiratory therapeutics to achieve better clinical outcomes.

Oxford Immunotec

Series D in 2010
Oxford Immunotec is a medical diagnostics company developing novel new tests for various diseases based on its innovative, patented T cell measurement technology. The company's first product is a TB test that diagnoses latent TB infection ( LTBI ) and TB disease. T-SPOT®.TB is an interferon gamma release assay ( IGRA ) which are designed to replace the century old Mantoux skin test ( TST ).

Pearl Therapeutics

Series D in 2012
Pearl Therapeutics is developing unique dual and triple combination products for the treatment of widely prevalent respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pearl's current focus is on making advanced inhaled therapies available to broad patient populations via familiar and accepted metered dose inhalers. Pearl is a privately held company led by a seasoned team of respiratory product development experts. Pearl aims to offer patients and healthcare providers alternatives that better meet their needs and improve upon the safety and efficacy of existing respiratory therapeutics to achieve better clinical outcomes.

Lycera

Series A in 2010
Lycera Corp., a biopharmaceutical company, develops small molecule immunomodulatory medicines for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer. It offers LYC-55716, a multiple anti-tumor mechanism into a single therapeutic by modulating gene expression to reprogram immune cells for improved function, as well as decrease immunosuppressive mechanisms; and ATPase Modulators, a therapy for autoimmune diseases. Lycera Corp. was founded in 2006 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan with additional offices in New York, New York; and Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.

Flowonix

Venture Round in 2014
Flowonix is a medical device company dedicated to helping those who suffer from chronic disorders. Their team has decades of experience developing unique and reliable medical devices to improve lifestyles. Using one of a kind technology, Flowonix has developed an implantable drug pump designed to deliver therapeutic drugs into the spine to relieve a variety of chronic disorders and help patients return to normal lives.

Oxford Immunotec

Venture Round in 2012
Oxford Immunotec is a medical diagnostics company developing novel new tests for various diseases based on its innovative, patented T cell measurement technology. The company's first product is a TB test that diagnoses latent TB infection ( LTBI ) and TB disease. T-SPOT®.TB is an interferon gamma release assay ( IGRA ) which are designed to replace the century old Mantoux skin test ( TST ).

VBI Vaccines

Series A in 2007
VBI Vaccines is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel technologies that seek to expand vaccine protection in large underserved markets. VBI’s eVLP vaccine platform allows for the design of enveloped virus-like particle vaccines that closely mimic the target virus. VBI is headquartered in Cambridge, MA with research facilities in Ottawa, Canada.

Lumos Pharma

Series B in 2016
Lumos Pharma, based in Austin, Texas, is an early-stage biotechnology company created to develop and commercialize a novel treatment for the rare disease Creatine Transporter Deficiency. Lumos Pharma is the exclusive licensee of technology and discoveries made in laboratories at the University of Cincinnati and has partnered with Key Opinion Leaders in the field and the United States National Institutes of Health to ensure success in developing a treatment for Creatine Transporter Deficiency. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Nuvelution Pharma

Venture Round in 2015
Nuvelution leverages its extensive knowledge, experience and relationships in the Pharma and Biotech industries to deploy capital in risk-sharing collaborations with companies where product development can be facilitated by both capital and human resources with the goal of making this model an essential tool for pharma and biotech companies to bring products to the market.

Restoration Robotics

Series C in 2011
Restoration Robotics is a privately held medical device company, is dedicated to revolutionizing the field of hair transplantation by developing and commercializing a state-of-the-art image-guided system (ARTAS™ System) that enables follicular unit extraction.

Aerie Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2011
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of ophthalmic diseases. It focuses on the development of products for the pharmaceutical treatment of glaucoma. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey with research facilities in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a former subsidiary of Duke University Medical Center.

Annexon Biosciences

Series A in 2014
Annexon, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops therapeutics for autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases. It focuses on the treatment of body, brain, and eye disorders. The company’s C1q is an initiating molecule of the classical complement pathway that targets distinct disease processes, such as antibody-mediated autoimmune disease and complement-mediated neurodegeneration. Its product candidates include ANX005, which has completed Phase 1b clinical trials to treat patients with guillain- barré syndrome; and ANX007, which has completed Phase 1b clinical trials to treat patients with glaucoma. The company’s candidates also comprise ANX005 that has completed preclinical trials to treat patients with warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Huntington's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ANX007, which has completed preclinical trials for the treatment of geographic atrophy; and ANX009 that has completed preclinical trials for the treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

GrayBug

Series B in 2016
GrayBug is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing the next generation of products for the treatment of chronic vision-threatening diseases of the retina and optic nerve. The company is currently developing a continuum of proprietary micro – and nanoparticle controlled release technologies and implants for strategic partnership and its own therapeutic products for major ocular disease indications including wet AMD and Glaucoma. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.