Asset Management Ventures works with early-stage startups in digital health, technology, and life sciences and assists founders in tackling typical early-stage challenges around hiring, strategic focus, technical development, sales channels, and business partnerships. When their companies raise later-stage capital, Asset Management Ventures partners with other top-tier venture firms . The firm began as Draper & Johnson and was founded in 1965 by Pitch Johnson, one of the earliest venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. In 1980, Pitch Johnson and Bill Bowes from USVP founded and invested in Applied Molecular Genetics, known today as Amgen.
Timeline
Funded Companies
A DNA synthesis company using a next-generation silicon-based technology platform.
Proteus Digital Health is a company that creates digital medicines.
Mozio is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2011 by David Litwak, Joseph Metzinger and Emre Mangir.
Freenome is a San Francisco-based company which uses genetic analysis for early cancer detection and risk assessment.
HealthTap is a Palo Alto-based telemedicine company which connects people to doctors via a mobile application.
Reify Health is a company building healthcare system
Decent is an Austin, Texas-based insurance company founded by Nick Soman, Richard Luck and Michael Lapinski Ph.D..
Unnatural Products is a Santa Cruz, California-based drug discovery company founded in 2017 by Cameron Pye and Joshua Schwochert.
A cardiovascular genomic diagnostics company that provides clinicians information to improve patient care
A company developing tissue-integrated sensors and biosensors to aid in diabetes management
Lark Health is a company founded in 2010.
Esperion Therapeutics is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company.
Genomic data analysis company
Ooma is a Palo Alto, California-based company.
People
Jialu Chen
Employee
Lynn Chang
Employee
Skip Fleshman
Employee