OrbiMed

OrbiMed is a healthcare-focused investment firm with approximately $5 billion in assets under management. Founded in 1989, the firm aims to invest across a diverse range of healthcare companies, from private startups to large multinational corporations. OrbiMed manages various investment vehicles, including venture capital funds under the Caduceus Private Investments series, as well as public equity funds. The firm specializes in a broad array of sectors within the healthcare industry, such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and healthcare services. With a global investment strategy, OrbiMed seeks to make significant investments, typically ranging from $3 million to $150 million, with a preference for taking majority stakes in its portfolio companies. The firm operates offices in major financial centers, including New York, San Francisco, Mumbai, Herzliya, Shanghai, and Luxembourg.

Roy Amariglio

Principal

Mona Ashiya

Partner

David Bonita

General Partner

Sven H. Borho

Managing Partner

Vince Burgess

Venture Partner

Evan Caplan

Principal

Erez Chimovits

Partner

Nissim Darvish

Senior Managing Director

Ronny Ginor

Venture Partner

Carl L. Gordon

Managing Partner

Rishi Gupta

Partner

Geoffrey Hsu

General Partner

Samuel D. Isaly

Managing Partner

Mark Jelley

Partner

Chau Khuong

Partner

Kevin Koch

Venture Partner

Anat Naschitz

Managing Director

Carter Neild

Managing Partner

Trevor Polischuk

Partner

Matthew Rizzo

General Partner

William F. Sawyer

Partner

Sunny Sharma

Partner

Michael B. Sheffery

Partner & Co-Founder

Jonathan Silverstein

Partner

Stephen Squinto Ph.D

Partner

C. Scotland Stevens

General Partner

Kerrie Swingle

Director of Investor Services

Peter Thompson

General Partner

Jonathan Wang Ph.D

Senior Managing Director

Steven D. Wang

Partner

David G. Wang

Partner

Tal Zaks

Partner

788 past transactions

VectivBio

Private Placement in 2020
VectivBio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company bringing transformational medicines to patients with serious rare diseases. They are committed to pursuing rare diseases with well-defined biology that can be targeted with best-in-disease therapies that have the potential to meaningfully transform and improve the lives of patients and their families, not just provide an incremental improvement or benefit over the standard-of-care. It was founded as a spinout from Therachon, a biotechnology company acquired by Pfizer for its program in achondroplasia. VectivBio was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Basel, Switzerland.

Cyrus Biotechnology

Series B in 2021
Cyrus Biotechnology builds software tools to accelerate basic research in biotech, pharma, and industrial biotechnology. Cyrus Bench delivers an enterprise version of the Rosetta molecular modeling and design toolkit, with the associated array of bio-molecular computation tools. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

ORIC Pharmaceuticals

Series D in 2019
ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops therapies for treatment of cancers. Its lead product candidate is ORIC-101, a small molecule antagonist of the glucocorticoid receptor, which has been linked to resistance to multiple classes of cancer therapeutics across various solid tumors. The company’s second product candidate is ORIC-533, an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of CD73 being developed for resistance to chemotherapy- and immunotherapy-based treatment regimens. It is also developing multiple precision medicines targeting other cancer resistance mechanisms. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

Imara

Series B in 2019
Imara, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes therapeutics for patients with rare genetic disorders of hemoglobin. It develops IMR-687, which is an oral, once-a-day therapeutic for the treatment of sickle cell disease and b-thalassemia. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

SI-BONE

Venture Round in 2014
SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company, develops implantable devices used in the surgical treatment of the sacropelvic anatomy in the United States and Internationally. The company offers iFuse, a minimally invasive surgical implant system, which is intended to fuse the sacroiliac joint to treat sacroiliac joint dysfunction that causes lower back pain. SI-BONE, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Predix Pharmaceuticals

Venture Round in 2001
Predix is a drug discovery and development company that uses a novel 3D Discovery and Optimization Engine for GPCR drug candidates and is taking its novel compounds into the clinic. The discovery engine uses a sophisticated proprietary algorithm, PREDICT(TM), for computer modeling the 3D structure of any GPCR target; advanced technologies HYPERION(TM) and RISS(TM) for rapid high-throughput in silico screening of millions of compounds against the 3D in silico model of the target; and an integrated medicinal/computational platform for lead optimization based on the receptor's structure (ICELR-3D(TM)) and predictive algorithms for important drug properties. In August, Predix and Physiome Sciences Inc. combined companies and expanded the expertise into ion channel drug discovery.

Vivimed Labs

Post in 2018
Vivimed Labs has metamorphosed from a domestic small, entrepreneurial family-operated business to a globally renowned supplier of niche molecules and formulations across Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Specialty Chemicals consumers in nearly 50 countries.Driven by our philosophy of using chemistry as a base to create ingredients which touch human life on a day to day basis, Vivimed Labs delivers world-class products across the various segments They serve.

Insulet

Series E in 2006
Insulet Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells insulin delivery systems for people with insulin-dependent diabetes. Its Omnipod System comprise two devices: a self-adhesive disposable tubeless Omnipod device that is worn on the body for up to three days at a time, and its wireless companion, the handheld personal diabetes manager. The company sells its products primarily through independent distributors and pharmacy channels, as well as directly in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. Insulet Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts.

LifeCell International

Venture Round in 2021
LifeCell is a private stem cell bank that brings the concept of umbilical cord stem cell banking to India. Set up in the year 2004, LifeCell started out as an umbilical cord stem cell banking company and has now grown to become a comprehensive stem cells solutions provider with a complete spectrum of services including multi-service stem cell banking, R&D, stem cell clinical trials, and stem cell therapy. Based in Chennai, LifeCell has a spread over 100 service centers in India and the GCC countries.

ReCode Therapeutics

Private Placement in 2020
Recode Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops precision medicines for pulmonary diseases. Its pipeline includes programs for primary ciliary dyskinesia and nonsense mutations in cystic fibrosis. The company’s non-viral lipid nanoparticle platform enables the delivery of various payloads, and precise organ targeting of nucleic acid and protein payloads via both systemic and local delivery. Recode Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Ambit Biosciences

Venture Round in 2012
Ambit Biosciences is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of small molecule kinase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disease, and other indications. Ambit's lead compound, AC220, is a novel, potent, highly selective, orally bioavailable FMS-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) inhibitor, and is currently under clinical investigation in patients with relapsed or refractory AML. Ambit is developing AC220 in collaboration with Astellas Pharma Inc. as part of a worldwide agreement to jointly develop and commercialize FLT3 kinase inhibitors in oncology and non-oncology indications. In addition to AC220, Ambit's clinical pipeline includes AC480, a pan-HER inhibitor, and AC430, an oral JAK2 inhibitor. Ambit also has a pipeline of preclinical candidates which includes CEP-32496, a BRAF inhibitor licensed to Cephalon.

Caris Life Sciences

Private Equity Round in 2021
Caris Molecular Intelligence revolutionizes precision medicine to provide physicians and patients with information about their health. They develop Caris Molecular Intelligence Services that does panomic molecular profiling for oncology. Caris Life Sciences was founded with a very simple but powerful purpose – to help improve the lives of as many people as possible. Through tireless efforts, breakthrough molecular science, and a passionate commitment to quality, they remain steadfastly focused on the most important part of their work – the patient. It was founded in 1996 and is based in Irving, Texas.

Aspen Neuroscience

Private Placement in 2020
Aspen Neuroscience, Inc. develops induced pluripotent stem cells to treat neurological conditions. Its products pipeline includes ANPD001, an autologous neuron replacement therapy in sporadic Parkinson disease; and ANPD002, a gene-edited autologous neuron replacement therapy for familial forms of Parkinson disease. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Diego, California.

Passage Bio

Private Placement in 2019
Passage Bio, Inc., a genetic medicines company, focuses on developing transformative therapies for rare monogenic central nervous system (CNS) diseases. It has research, collaboration, and license agreement with the University of Pennsylvania and its gene therapy program; and The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for research and development collaborations, and exclusive license rights to patents for certain products and technologies. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Prelude Therapeutics

Series B in 2019
Prelude Therapeutics is a developer of novel therapies intended to target key drivers of cancer cell growth, survival, and resistance. The company's offerings include developing a pipeline of novel, orally bioavailable, small-molecule therapies to target critical intervention points in pathways of resistance to overcome treatment failure in cancer, enabling healthcare providers to discover potential treatments that offer hope to people with cancer. Prelude Therapeutics was founded in 2016 by Krishna Vaddi and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

PierianDx

Venture Round in 2021
PierianDx is catalyzing global adoption of genomic sequencing in healthcare by empowering physicians in the laboratory and clinic to more effectively diagnose and treat patients with cancer and other complex diseases. PierianDx’s industry-leading genomic SaaS solutions, CAP and CLIA accredited laboratory, and shared knowledgebase are used by health systems, cancer centers and commercial laboratories worldwide driving the most integrated approach across the clinical care spectrum. From genomic sequencing and biomedical informatics in the laboratory to reporting and decision support at the patient’s bedside, PierianDx has rapidly become the trusted source of ‘wisdom’ in every advanced genomic report.

Prothelia

Venture Round in 2020
Prothelia is a US based private biotech company founded in 2007. Prothelia’s lead program is a novel protein therapy for the treatment of congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A, a rare disease affecting approximately 4,000 patients.

UNUM Therapeutics

Post in 2020
Unum Therapeutics uses proprietary T-cell engineering technology in combination with tumor-targeting antibodies to activate the body’s own immune system to fight cancer. Unum’s lead program, based on its Antibody-Coupled T-cell Receptor (ACTR) technology, is expected to enter Phase I clinical testing in the coming months to assess safety and efficacy. Unum is seeking partners interested in using the ACTR technology to arm proprietary tumor-specific antibodies with a T-cell to improve their therapeutic potential. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

GentiBio

Private Placement in 2020
GentiBio, Inc. develops engineered regulatory T cells (EngTregs) for the treatment of autoimmune, alloimmune, autoinflammatory, and allergic diseases. Its proprietary autologous and allogeneic EngTregs platform integrates key complementary technologies needed to restore immune tolerance and overcome major limitations in existing regulatory T-cell therapeutics. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. It has additional locations in Israel and Seattle, Washington.

Invitae

Series F in 2014
Invitae is a genetic information company whose mission is to bring genetic information into routine medical practice to improve the quality of healthcare for billions of people. Specializing in genetic diagnostics for hereditary disorders, Invitae is aggregating the world’s genetic tests into a single service with better quality, faster turnaround time, and a lower price than most single-gene diagnostic tests today. What’s our plan? It takes three steps: --Make genetic testing more affordable and accessible than ever before. --Build a secure and trusted genome management infrastructure. --Design a new global community for sharing genetic information to advance science and medicine. Today, we are reinventing genetic testing by lowering the barriers for clinicians and patients to obtain diagnostic genetic information. Together we can improve healthcare for billions of people.

Laxmi Dental

Venture Round in 2015
Laxmi Dental Export Private Limited operates a dental laboratory that specializes in providing dental products and services. The company manufactures prosthodontics and dental cosmetic products, such as porcelain fused to metals, restoration dental materials, ceramic restorations, implant systems, composites, and cast partial dentures. It serves laboratories and dentists worldwide. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Mumbai, India.

Owlet Baby Care

Post in 2021
Owlet Baby Care Inc. develops and manufactures a monitor that tracks babies breathing and heart rate. It offers Owlet Smart Sock, a monitoring product that sends alerts to the base station when babies stop breathing while sleeping. The company’s monitor is compatible with iOS and Android devices. It sells its products online. Owlet Baby Care Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Lehi, Utah.

Cleave Therapeutics

Private Placement in 2019
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.

Adaptimmune

Series A in 2014
Adaptimmune develops T cell therapies to treat cancer, human immunodeficiency virus, and infectious diseases. It utilizes the T cell to target and destroys cancerous or infected cells by using affinity T cell receptor proteins as a means of strengthening patient T cell responses. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Abingdon, United Kingdom.

BlossomHill Therapeutics

Series A in 2021
BlossomHill Therapeutics, Inc. is a small molecule drug discovery and development company focused on unmet medical needs in oncology and autoimmune disorders.

Alpine Immune Sciences

Series A in 2016
Alpine Immune Sciences is an immunotherapy startup focused on developing recombinant, protein-based therapeutic solutions. It was founded on January 23, 2015, and is based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Century Therapeutics

Series C in 2021
Century Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of induced pluripotent stem cell- (iPSC) based drugs for the treatment of hematologic and solid malignancies. The use of iPSC enables multiple rounds of cellular engineering to produce master cell banks of modified cells that can be expanded and differentiated into immune effector cells to supply allogeneic, homogeneous therapeutic products. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sublimity Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2018
Sublimity Therapeutics (formerly Sigmoid Pharma), is a specialty pharma company with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Solana Beach, California. Sublimity’s goal is to identify and create meaningful new therapies for unmet clinical needs in gastrointestinal and immunological diseases. Sublimity’s priority focus is on its lead product, STI-0529, for treatment of moderate to severe ulcerative colitis.
Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in designing and developing novel small molecule targeted oncology therapies. It develops a pipeline of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) that targets genetic drivers of cancer in TKI-naïve and TKI-pretreated patients. The company’s lead drug candidate repotrectinib is being evaluated in an ongoing Phase I/II trial called TRIDENT-1 for the treatment of patients with ROS1+ advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and patients with ROS1+, NTRK+, or ALK+ advanced solid tumors. Its pipeline also includes multi-targeted drug candidates TPX-0046, a RET/SRC inhibitor; TPX-0022, a MET/CSF1R/SRC inhibitor; and TPX-0131, a preclinical ALK inhibitor. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Arsanis

Series A in 2011
As of March 13, 2019, Arsanis, Inc. was acquired by X4 Pharmaceuticals Inc., in a reverse merger transaction. Arsanis, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on applying monoclonal antibody (mAb) immunotherapies to address infectious diseases in the United States. The company engages in the development of ASN500, a mAb that is in preclinical development targeting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a virus that can cause respiratory tract infections in young children and elderly, and immunocompromised patients. Its pipeline also comprises mAbs targeting various serious bacterial and viral pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus and RSV. In addition, the company’s preclinical stage Gram-negative mAb programs include ASN300 for Klebsiella pneumoniae and ASN200 for Escherichia coli. Arsanis, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

AnchorDx

Series C in 2021
Guangzhou Baseline Medical is committed to building a world-class clinical application of high-throughput sequencing and R & D platform to become the leading global provider of precision medical solutions. The company's core team has more than 20 years of senior industry experience, involved in cancer genomics, genetics and bioinformatics and other fields. Based on its core technical advantages, the Company aims at precision medicine, establishes a cooperative relationship with middle and downstream enterprises in the industry, and forms a complete industrial chain from academic research to clinical product transformation. It has also established close cooperation with many large-scale third-party inspection agencies including Illumina, Well-known domestic and foreign hospitals and research institutes to establish cooperative relations, the development of a series of independent intellectual property rights and international competitiveness of clinical testing products for patients, doctors and medical institutions to provide accurate, convenient and comprehensive services.

ACELYRIN

Series B in 2021
ACELYRIN is a biopharma company focused on providing patients life-changing new treatment options by identifying, acquiring, and accelerating the development and commercialization of promising drug candidates and by leveraging its expertise to rapidly advance these medicines to patients.

Emphasys Medical

Series D in 2004
Emphasys Medical develops therapeutic devices for the treatment of patients with emphysema and other breathing disorders. It offers Zephyr Endobronchial Valve system, which is designed to block air from passing through the opening in the lung and into the chest cavity, resulting in the reduction or elimination of airflow through the leak to allow the tissue to heal. Emphasys Medical was founded in 2000 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Alpheus Medical

Series A in 2021
Alpheus Medical provides a novel sonodynamic therapy platform targeting solid body cancers. Alpheus Medical also provides a non-invasive drug-device combination for outpatient treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (rGBM).

Disc Medicine

Series B in 2021
Disc Medicine is led by an experienced team of scientists and industry experts, and supported by a panel of advisors with a strong track record of discovering and developing new and innovative therapies. Disc Medicine was founded by Atlas Venture and Brian MacDonald, with Novo Ventures and Access Biotechnology joining as additional investors.

Splisense

Series B in 2021
Splisense is develops antisense oligonucleotide based therapies to target genetic diseases caused by splicing mutations. The company has developed a compound to cure the lung disease in cystic fibrosis patients carrying a specific splicing mutation. It is also developing a targeted modulation approach to correct the splicing pattern of CFTR transcripts according to the specific mutation carried.

Edgewise Therapeutics

Series B in 2019
Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops small molecule therapies for musculoskeletal diseases. It offers a precision medicine muscle platform that generates programs to address various muscle disorders, such as Duchenne, Becker, and limb girdle muscular dystrophies. The company develops a pipeline of precision medicine product candidates that target key muscle proteins and modulators to address genetically defined muscle disorders. Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Achilles Therapeutics

Series C in 2020
Achilles Therapeutics is a developer of immunotherapies intended to offer next-generation, patient-specific therapies to treat cancer. The company's immunotherapies harness the immune system to destroy cancer cells that target truncal tumor neo-antigens and flags to the immune system present on the surface of every cancer cell, enabling scientists to target and destroy tumors without harming healthy tissues.

Biodel

Post in 2011
Biodel Inc. (Biodel) is a development-stage company. The Company is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of treatments for diabetes. It develops its product candidates by applying its formulation technologies to existing drugs. Its product candidate is Linjeta. It has formulated Linjeta as rapid-acting mealtime insulin for the treatment of patients with Type I and Type II diabetes. Earlier stage product candidates include follow-on and second generation rapid-acting mealtime insulins or insulin analogs, VIAtab, a sublingual tablet formulation of insulin, a line of basal insulins, and a formulation of glucagon.

Enobia Pharma

Series B in 2007
Enobia develops therapies to treat serious genetic bone disorders for which there are no approved treatments.

Nutrinia

Series C in 2014
Nutrinia is a neonatology company developing pharmaceuticals to treat rare conditions of the gastrointestinal tract. Our current products in development are oral formulations of insulin shown to enhance adaptation and rehabilitation of the gut in infants. We at Nutrinia live by the belief that science is best used to make life better for people, especially the most vulnerable populations.

Guardant Health

Series E in 2017
Guardant Health is committed to positively and significantly impacting patient health through technology breakthroughs that pointedly address long-standing unmet needs in oncology. Guardant is backed by Sequoia Capital, led by a seasoned management team comprising thought leaders and successful serial entrepreneurs in next-generation sequencing and rare-cell diagnostics and is closely advised by an oncologist-led medical steering committee from leading cancer centers across North America and abroad.

Kinnate Biopharma

Private Placement in 2019
Kinnate Biopharma develops precision oncology therapeutics to treat patients with genomically-defined cancers. Its mission is to expand the reach of targeted therapeutics by developing products for underserved populations. The company utilizes its deep expertise in structure-based drug discovery, translational research, and patient-driven precision medicine. Its programs include candidates in preclinical development for cancers that are driven by specific oncogenic alterations in either the BRAF kinase gene or in the FGFR2 and FGFR3 kinase genes.

Alector

Series C in 2015
Alector, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops therapies for the treatment of neurodegeneration diseases. Its products include AL001, a humanized recombinant monoclonal antibody, which is in phase II clinical trial for the treatment of frontotemporal dementia disease; and AL101 that is in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. The company also offers AL002 and AL003, which are in phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, it has 10 programs under research and development stage. The company has a collaboration agreement with Adimab, LLC for the research and development of antibodies. Alector, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

InspireMD

Post in 2023
InspireMD is an innovative medical device company focusing on the development and commercialization of its proprietary stent system technology, MGuard. The company intends to apply its technology to develop products used in interventional cardiology and other vascular procedures. InspireMD’s mission is to utilize its proprietary technology to make its products the industry standard for stents and to provide a superior solution to the key clinical issues of current stenting: embolic showers, restenosis, and late stent thrombosis. InspireMD intends to pursue applications of its innovative technology both for bare metal and drug eluting stents in coronary, carotid and peripheral artery procedures.

New Horizon Health

Series E in 2020
Nuohui Health is an innovative bio-tech company focusing on early screening and genetic testing services for high-incidence cancer homes. Nuohui Health is committed to reducing the morbidity and mortality of cancer through biotechnological means. It first proposed the slogan of early cancer screening and is committed to promoting early cancer screening into thousands of households so that the public can enjoy convenient and efficient health services .

Aduro BioTech

Series D in 2015
Aduro Biotech is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies that are designed to harness the body's natural immune system for the treatment of patients with challenging diseases. It was founded in 2000 and headquartered in Berkeley, California.

Third Harmonic Bio

Series A in 2019
Third Harmonic Bio is a clinical-stage company developing a first-in-class, highly selective, oral KIT inhibitor for treatment of severe allergy and inflammation. KIT is a cell surface receptor that acts as the master survival and functional regulator of mast cells, which are immune cells concentrated at the body’s interfaces with the external environment and that act as the key mediator of the inflammation associated with allergic diseases.

Silverback Therapeutics

Series B in 2020
Silverback Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that develops ImmunoTAC therapies targeting previously inaccessible disease pathways. They developing a new generation of systemically delivered, locally active therapies that potently modulate fundamental disease pathways once deemed inaccessible. Silverback Therapeutics is building a platform technology capable of unlocking potent immuno-modulatory pathways using an established antibody-guided approach for targeting disease sites. The company's proprietary ImmunoTAC technology and integrated R&D approach enables the design of product candidates that can be administered systemically, but that act only at the sites of disease.

NeurAxon

Series B in 2007
NeurAxon, Inc. discovers and develops pain therapeutics targeting neuronal nitric oxide synthase. It has oral products in pipeline addressing acute migraine, neuropathic pain chronic daily headache, inflammatory pain, migraine prophylaxis, and severe pain. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

GentiBio

Seed Round in 2020
GentiBio, Inc. develops engineered regulatory T cells (EngTregs) for the treatment of autoimmune, alloimmune, autoinflammatory, and allergic diseases. Its proprietary autologous and allogeneic EngTregs platform integrates key complementary technologies needed to restore immune tolerance and overcome major limitations in existing regulatory T-cell therapeutics. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. It has additional locations in Israel and Seattle, Washington.

Janux Therapeutics

Series B in 2021
Janux Therapeutics develops immunotherapies that generate immune responses to prevent tumors and not affecting a patient’s healthy tissue. Janux technology targets all three stages of the anti-tumor immune response. Janux Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2017 by David Campbell and is based in La Jolla, California.

Neurogastrx

Series A in 2018
Neurogastrx, Inc. manufactures biopharmaceutical products for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. The company develops product such as NG101 that increases gastric motility and contains antiemetic properties. Neurogastrx, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Campbell, California.

Verona Pharma

Post in 2020
Verona Pharma is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering new drugs for the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cough.

Audentes Therapeutics

Series A in 2013
Audentes Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to the development and commercialization of innovative new gene therapy treatments for people with serious rare diseases. We are a focused, experienced and passionate team driven by the goal of improving the lives of patients.

Modis Therapeutics

Series A in 2018
Modis Therapeutics, Inc. develops disease modifying therapies for rare genetic diseases. The company designs and develops a therapy MT1621, which restores mitochondrial DNA replication fidelity. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Oakland, California. As of September 6, 2019, Modis Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Zogenix, Inc..

SuperDimension

Debt Financing in 2010
SuperDimension is a privately-held medical device company that develops and markets minimally-invasive pulmonology devices that enable the diagnosis and potentially the treatment of distal lung disease. Our product line, the i·LogicTM System, includes both capital equipment and disposables, addressing a total available market of more than 8 million patients. Driven by our mission, "To be the world leader in the diagnosis and treatment of distal lung disease," we are focused on extending the capabilities of traditional bronchoscopy tools to help diagnose previously inaccessible lung lesions at an earlier stage when they may be easier to treat.

ADARx Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2021
ADARx Pharmaceuticals is a genetic medicine company focusing on the base editing of mRNA transcripts. It discovers and develops innovative therapeutics that can utilize a family of endogenous enzymes called adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR) to precise target and correct single point mutations on an mRNA, thus the production of desired and functional protein is restored. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Relypsa

Series B in 2011
Relypsa, Inc. is a privately-held, development stage biopharmaceutical company leading the discovery and development of novel non-absorbed polymeric drugs for important applications in cardiovascular and renal disease. Relypsa's lead product candidate is RLY5016, a non-absorbed potassium binder for the management of hyperkalemia. Relypsa is dedicated to discover additional product candidates through use of its proprietary polymer platform.

Cleave Therapeutics

Series C in 2019
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.

MiroBio

Series B in 2022
MiroBio Ltd develops and manufactures antibody modulators of immune cell receptors for auto-immune diseases. The company is developing antibodies and variants to stimulate specific immune cell signals to harness the natural control mechanisms of the immune system. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom.

ReViral

Private Placement in 2018
ReViral is a developer of antiviral drugs designed to help patients and enlarge the antiviral market by developing novel first-in-class compounds. The company's antiviral drugs is a fusion inhibitor of RSV which is a highly potent, novel small molecule and is being developed to treat RSV in patients with severe disease including neonates, enabling patients to be treated who are infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) by developing novel compounds.

Acceleron Pharma

Series B in 2006
Biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and commercializing novel biotherapeutics

Alector

Private Placement in 2018
Alector, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops therapies for the treatment of neurodegeneration diseases. Its products include AL001, a humanized recombinant monoclonal antibody, which is in phase II clinical trial for the treatment of frontotemporal dementia disease; and AL101 that is in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. The company also offers AL002 and AL003, which are in phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, it has 10 programs under research and development stage. The company has a collaboration agreement with Adimab, LLC for the research and development of antibodies. Alector, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

Selecta Biosciences

Series C in 2010
Selecta Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company developing the first generation of nanoparticle immunomodulatory drugs for the treatment and prevention of human diseases. Their proprietary product platform technology combines recent advances in immunobiology with cutting-edge nanotechnology to develop targeted immunomodulatory nanoparticles. It was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.

EUSA Pharma

Venture Round in 2006
Founded in March 2015, EUSA Pharma is a newly-established, profitable specialty pharmaceutical company with global reach from its headquarters in the UK and its commercial operations across Europe and the USA. Currently, EUSA Pharma has a portfolio of five approved as well as several named-patient specialty hospital products, including: Caphosol®, Xenazine®, Collatamp®, Custodiol® and Fomepizole® EUSA submitted the MAA for FOTIVDA (tivozanib HCL) as first line therapy for RCC in Q1 of 2016. EUSA Pharma has ambitious plans to expand its portfolio through acquisition and in-licensing and is led by an experienced management team with a strong record of building successful specialty pharmaceutical companies. The EUSA Pharma business is supported by significant funding raised from leading life science investor Essex Woodlands. In addition to direct commercial operations across the EU and US, EUSA Pharma also has a wide distribution network of commercial partners in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America and makes products available in approximately 40 countries across the world through this broad international platform.

Fusion Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2019
Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage oncology company, focuses on developing radiopharmaceuticals as precision medicines. The company has developed Targeted Alpha Therapies platform together with its proprietary Fast-Clear linker technology to enable us to connect alpha particle emitting isotopes to antibodies and other targeting molecules in order to selectively deliver the alpha particle payloads to tumors. Its lead product candidate is FPI-1434 that is in Phase 1 clinical trials as a monotherapy in patients with solid tumors expressing insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor. The company is also conducting additional preclinical studies of FPI-1434 in combination with approved checkpoint inhibitors and DNA damage response inhibitors to further assess the anti-tumor activity, and dosing schedule and pharmacodynamics of the combinations. In addition, it is progressing its earlier-stage product candidate, FPI-1966 into clinical development for the treatment of head and neck, and bladder cancers expressing fibroblast growth factor receptor. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Canada.

Valneva

Post in 2022
Valneva is a biotech company developing and commercializing vaccines for infectious diseases with major unmet needs. The Company has a growing commercial business with two successful vaccines for travelers and multiple vaccines in development. This includes the only developmental stage vaccine candidate to prevent Lyme disease, a tick-transmitted illness with a growing global footprint.

Agensys

Series C in 2002
Agensys a biotechnology company, engages in the research and development of therapeutic human monoclonal antibodies and antibody drug conjugates for the treatment of cancer. It offers products to treat various tumors, as well as prostate, pancreatic, and bladder cancers. The company, formerly known as UroGenesys, was founded in 1997 and is based in Santa Monica, California. As of December 18, 2007, Agensys, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

Sparrow Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2021
Sparrow Pharmaceuticals develops therapies for conditions of corticosteroid excess. The company was founded in 2013 by David A. Katz and is based in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Harvest Integrated Research Organization is a China-based, globally-oriented clinical research organization.

Akeso, Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Akeso, Inc. (HKEX Code: 9926.HK) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to in-house discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class and best-in-class therapies. The Company dedicated to addressing global unmet medical needs in oncology, immunology and other therapeutic areas. Akeso’s vision is to become a global leader in developing, manufacturing and commercializing innovative, next-generation and affordable therapeutic antibodies for patients worldwide.

Azura Ophthalmics

Series B in 2017
Azura Ophthalmics is a clinical-stage company that develops an innovative portfolio of compounds to advance treatments for MGD, the leading cause of DED. By targeting the root cause of MGD, Azura brings the promise of improved health and well-being to millions of people worldwide who suffer from MGD and other ocular surface diseases where treatment options are currently lacking. Azura is underpinned by an experienced management team with an established track record of successfully developing and commercializing novel treatments for ocular surface diseases. The company headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel with operations in Australia and the U.S.

ReViral

Series B in 2018
ReViral is a developer of antiviral drugs designed to help patients and enlarge the antiviral market by developing novel first-in-class compounds. The company's antiviral drugs is a fusion inhibitor of RSV which is a highly potent, novel small molecule and is being developed to treat RSV in patients with severe disease including neonates, enabling patients to be treated who are infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) by developing novel compounds.

Otonomy

Series D in 2014
Otonomy was founded in 2008 by Avalon Ventures and experts in the otology field in order to build the premier company dedicated to the treatment of otic disorders via localized drug delivery. This approach has already been widely adopted for the delivery of short-acting antibiotics to treat otitis media through a tympanostomy tube. In addition, otolaryngologists have demonstrated that the injection of steroids into the middle ear cavity can provide a therapeutic effect for patients with acute inner ear disorders such as Ménière’s disease and sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Expansion of this effort holds great promise for the treatment of chronic hearing loss, severe vertigo, and even tinnitus. The key to Otonomy's leading position in this nascent field is the development of a proprietary formulation platform that provides sustained drug exposure from a single administration. Broad application of this technology has already been established across a number of therapeutic classes and from these, three product candidates have been advanced into development.

Decibel Therapeutics

Series D in 2020
Decibel Therapeutics is a developer of hearing disorder therapeutics intended to protect, repair and restore hearing. The company's therapeutics have provided insights into the link between hearing dysfunction and inner ear pathology and it has capabilities to encompass animal models, drug delivery to the inner ear, imaging, inner ear PK/PD modeling and measurement, bioinformatics, genetics and target identification, enabling patients to experience hearing loss therapies with different forms of hearing disorders for their recovery.

Passage Bio

Series B in 2019
Passage Bio, Inc., a genetic medicines company, focuses on developing transformative therapies for rare monogenic central nervous system (CNS) diseases. It has research, collaboration, and license agreement with the University of Pennsylvania and its gene therapy program; and The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for research and development collaborations, and exclusive license rights to patents for certain products and technologies. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

X4 Pharmaceuticals

Post in 2022
X4 Pharmaceuticals a clinical-stage oncology company developing best-in-class oral small molecule CXCR4 antagonists for the treatment. The company is developing two unique programs such as drug candidate, X4P-001, has clinical experience in over 70 subjects, and is advancing into Phase 1/2 trials in refractory clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and refractory epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), the second program, X4P-002, is a unique series of late lead molecules that penetrate the blood-brain barrier. They will pursue early clinical development in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a rare form of lethal brain cancer, for the X4P-002 program. X4 Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2014 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Tricida

Series C in 2016
Tricida, Inc. is a late-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of its lead product candidate, TRC101, a non-absorbed, orally-administered polymer drug designed to treat metabolic acidosis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Metabolic acidosis is a condition commonly caused by CKD that is believed to accelerate the progression of kidney deterioration. Metabolic acidosis has been associated with increased muscle wasting, loss of bone density and death.

GrayBug

Series C in 2019
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.

MabPlex International

Series B in 2020
MabPlex International Ltd provides contract development and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals including, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), recombinant proteins, Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) and bispecifics. It offers customized mammalian cell medium, cell banking, monoclonal antibodiy active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing, and biologics and ADC fill and finish manufacturing. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Yantai, China with an additional office in Fremont, California.

Bonovo Orthopedics

Series C in 2010
Bonovo Orthopedics, Inc. provides the latest orthopedic products to the Chinese healthcare community. Bonovo has over 15 years of experience manufacturing and distributing orthopedic products throughout China. Bonovo's unique relationships with leading clinicians and hospitals makes Bonovo an ideal partner for access to the Chinese orthopedic market.

MID Labs

Venture Round in 2014
MID Labs was founded by Dr. Carl Wang in 1981 and has been associated with vitreoretinal surgery from its infancy. Not only has MID Labs invented the tools for modern vitrectomy, but as a company, it has been instrumental in revolutionizing the ophthalmic field through its products. MID Labs continues to innovate with the MID Labs branded product line which is supplied to more than 30 countries around the world. These products set the standard for precision, performance, and quality.

DarioHealth

Post in 2022
DarioHealth Corp is a digital health company. It is engaged in the development and commercialization of patented and proprietary technology that provides consumers with laboratory-testing capabilities using smartphones and other mobile devices. The company's product, Dario Blood sugar monitor is a mobile, real-time, cloud-based, diabetes management solution based on a multi-featured software application combined with a blood glucose monitoring device. The group operates internationally and derives revenues from the sale of its Dario smart meter and related device-specific disposables test strip cartridges and lancets. The company generates the majority of the revenue.

ImmPACT Bio USA Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
ImmPACT Bio USA Inc. develops novel cell therapies for treating cancer. It develops potent and selective engineered T-cells for the treatment of solid tumors. The Company's technology enables targeting loss-of-gene features of solid tumor cells, sparing normal, and healthy tissues. ImmPACT Bio USA Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Camarillo, California.

Zentera Therapeutics

Series B in 2021
Zentera Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company.

Agensys

Series D in 2007
Agensys a biotechnology company, engages in the research and development of therapeutic human monoclonal antibodies and antibody drug conjugates for the treatment of cancer. It offers products to treat various tumors, as well as prostate, pancreatic, and bladder cancers. The company, formerly known as UroGenesys, was founded in 1997 and is based in Santa Monica, California. As of December 18, 2007, Agensys, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

HanBio Therapeutics

Series A in 2022
HanBio Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to researching and developing next generation transformative medicines.

MacroGenics

Series A in 2001
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.
Magenta is focused on improving the patient experience in transplant medicine, with the goal of bringing this lifesaving procedure to more patients. Over the past 50 years, stem cell transplantation has been used in more than 1M patients worldwide. It is currently the only treatment with the potential to cure some of the most devastating hematologic cancers and autoimmune diseases. Despite the increased use and clinical advancements over the past several decades, stem cell transplant remains a high-risk last-resort therapeutic option due to the toxicity and potential long-term side effects.

GC-Rise Pharmaceutical

Series B in 2014
GC-Rise Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is a solely-foreign-owned enterprise invested by INVENTAGES, a famous European investment group engaged in healthcare industry. Taking “Devoted to human healthcare and a better life” as our mission, the company makes full use of the business networks of our strategic cooperation partner in America, Europe and Japan, their affluent experiences in clinical development, clinical trials and registration in China, and their abundant strength in commercial distribution, hospital sale, marketing, so as to provide novel, safe, and highly efficient medical products and treatment ideas for Chinese patients.

Response Biomedical

Acquisition in 2016
Response Biomedical Corp. ("Response") (TSX: RBM, OTCBB: RPBIF) develops, manufactures and markets rapid on-site diagnostic tests at its world class manufacturing facility in Vancouver, Canada, for use on the RAMP® Platform. The RAMP® Platform is sold worldwide and includes a variety of testing applications in the clinical, infectious disease, biodefense and environmental arenas. The RAMP® Platform provides laboratory quality results with the speed, precision and accuracy that many hospitals expect of their central lab systems. It is ideally suited for both point of care testing and laboratory use.

Realm Therapeutics

Post in 2017
Realm Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company passionately committed to leveraging its proprietary technologies to protect and improve the health of adults and children. The Company's drug development focus, utilizing its immunomodulatory formulations, is targeted initially on developing small molecule therapies in inflammatory diseases with potential application in dermatology and ophthalmology, and the potential for broad applicability across a number of other diseases.

Aspen Neuroscience

Series B in 2022
Aspen Neuroscience, Inc. develops induced pluripotent stem cells to treat neurological conditions. Its products pipeline includes ANPD001, an autologous neuron replacement therapy in sporadic Parkinson disease; and ANPD002, a gene-edited autologous neuron replacement therapy for familial forms of Parkinson disease. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Diego, California.

argenx

Series B in 2011
argenx SE, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on developing antibody-based therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, hematology, and cancer. It is developing its lead product candidate, efgartigimod, for the treatment of patients with myasthenia gravis in Phase 3; immune thrombocytopenia in Phase 3; pemphigus vulgaris in Phase 2; chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in Phase 2; and ENHANZE SC in pre-clinical stages. The company is also developing cusatuzumab in Phase 2 clinical stage in hematological cancer indications; and preclinical products, including ARGX-117 with therapeutic potential in both orphan and large autoimmune inflammatory diseases in and ARGX-118 for airway inflammation. Its partnered product candidates include ARGX-112 for treating skin inflammation and ARGX-115 for cancer immunotherapy, which are in Phase 1 clinical stages; and ARGX-116 for the treatment of dyslipidemia and ARGX-114 for treating fibrosis, which are in preclinical stage. The company has strategic partnership with AbbVie S.À.R.L. and LEO Pharma A/S; and collaboration agreement with Cilag GmbH International, Staten Biotechnology B.V., and Shire International GmbH. argenx SE was founded in 2008 and is based in Breda, the Netherlands.