What You Should Know: - AlleyCorp, a NYC firm dedicated to founding, funding, and building transformative companies across industries today announced the launch of the AlleyCorp Healthcare Fund, an $100M early-stage venture capital healthcare fund and incubator. The physician-led healthcare fund builds on AlleyCorp’s momentum in digital health and responds to the growing need and opportunity, made all the more urgent by the pandemic, to enable higher-quality, lower-cost healthcare for
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7WireVentures Launches $150M Connected Consumer Health Fund
What You Should Know: - Digital health venture capital firm 7WireVentures today announced it has closed a $150M Connected Consumer Health Fund to invest in early-stage digital health businesses that empower an Informed Connected Healthcare Consumer. - In addition to the fund, 7WireVentures announced the addition of new healthcare organizations to the Connected Consumer Health Coalition, a partnership of top health plans, health systems, employers, and life science organizations. Select
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Peregrine Ventures Launches $300M VC Fund for Late-Stage Life Science Companies
What You Should Know: - Israeli-based Peregrine Ventures launches a new $300 million venture capital fund named Peregrine Growth to focus on late-stage life science companies. - Peregrine Growth will invest $20 to $30 million per funding round, with a strong emphasis on companies that are on the verge of an IPO or M&A. Peregrine Ventures, one of Israel’s premier venture capital firms focused on the life sciences, today announced the launch of a new growth fund, Peregrine
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Tampa General to Launch Healthcare Innovation Venture Fund in Q1 2021
What You Should Know: - Tampa General Hospital announces its plan to launch a new
healthcare innovation venture fund to improve the quality and access to care
across the Tampa/St. Pete metro area in Q1 2021. - Through TGH InnoVentures, Tampa General will partner
with Embarc Collective, Tampa Bay's innovation hub and education nonprofit
dedicated to helping startups grow into scalable, thriving businesses. Today, Tampa General Hospital
President and Chief Executive Officer John
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Intuitive Launches $100M Venture Fund to Accelerate Future of Minimally Invasive Care
What You Should Know: - Technology leader Intuitive forms $100M
inaugural fund to invest in the future leaders of minimally invasive care. - The venture fund will invest in innovative early-stage companies across digital, medical device, therapeutic, and diagnostic domains. that will support independent initiatives in the direct and adjacent fields of minimally invasive care. Intuitive,
a Sunnyvale, CA-based technology leader in minimally invasive care and the
pioneer of
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Healthcare VC Firm Longitude Capital Closes $585M Fund
What You Should Know: - Healthcare venture capital firm Longitude Capital announces the close of its $585M Longitude Venture Partners IV, L.P. (“LVP4”) fund to invest in transformative healthcare companies. - LVP4 will invest opportunistically across all stages of
a company’s development through a variety of approaches that include
traditional venture capital investing and special situations such as spin-outs,
equity-linked transactions, and private investments in public
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OurCrowd Launches $100M Pandemic Innovation Fund to Invest in Companies on Front Lines of COVID-19
What You Should Know: - Israeli venture capital platform OurCrowd launches $100M Pandemic Fund to invest in companies on the front lines of COVID-19. - The fund plans to raise $100M to invest in 15-20 companies focused on prevention & containment, treatment & healing, and community & disruption mitigation technology solutions to combat current and future pandemic. OurCrowd,
a Jerusalem, Israel-based crowdfunded-venture investment platform, today
announced the launch of
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SV Health Investors Forms $90M Medtech Convergence Fund
What You Should Know: - SV Health Investors forms $90M Medtech Convergence Fund (MCF) focused on the increasing convergence of medical technology with software, telecommunications, and new service models to create solutions to some of the most significant health challenges. - MCF will focus on early-stage, novel device and technology solutions that are differentiated in usability and outcomes with meaningful barriers to entry through IP, design, and clinical data. SV Health
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Former FDA Commissioner Returns to Venture Capital Firm As Special Partner
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. is returning to global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) as a Special Partner on the firm’s healthcare investment team. Dr. Gottlieb was a Venture Partner at NEA from 2007 to 2017 before being appointed the 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where he served from 2017 to 2019.Dr. Gottlieb is a physician, policy expert, and advocate for healthcare entrepreneurship, innovation, and access. He is focused
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HealthQuest Capital Closes $440M Fund to Invest in Innovative Growth-Stage Companies
HealthQuest Capital, a Silicon Valley-based growth capital firm has closed a $440 million fund to invest growth-stage companies delivering innovation across all sectors of the healthcare industry to improve patient outcomes, enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Fund III was oversubscribed and closed at a hard cap. Target markets for Fund III include growth- and commercial-stage companies focusing on medical technologies, diagnostics, digital health, and innovative services.HealthQuest Capital
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