HealthCare Ventures is a Massachusetts based life science venture capital firm founded in 1985. The firm prefers to invest in pre-clinical or early clinical-stage companies. HealthCare Ventures has raised $1.6 billion in nine funds and invested in 107 companies, 68 as startup ventures.
The notable investment portfolio of HealthCare Ventures includes Catalyst Biosciences, DecImmune Therapeutics, GITR, Mosaic Biosciences, Pathogenetix, Promedior, Proteostasis Therapeutics, Radius Health, Senseonics, and Theraclone Sciences.
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Funded Companies
A company developing tools for the prevention, diagnosis and management of HPV, HIV, heart failure, diabetes, fertility and blood coagulation
Biotechnology company developing synthetic materials for native tissue regeneration and tissue engineering platforms
A pharmaceutical company developing products to address hemophilia
A company ofering analytical, biomanufacturing and consumable labware products for biological research and drug discovery applications
A company developing drug therapies for osteoporosis and women’s health
A biotechnology company that develops therapeutic antibodies for treating infectious diseases and inflammation
A biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against threats of biological and chemical weapons
A biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies for medical needs such as analgesic to treat moderate-to-severe acute pain
A medical diagnostic device company for recovery of rare cells from blood
PathoGenetiX is a company for identification of pathogenic bacterial strains
A biotechnology company developing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of fibrosis and other diseases
A company developing vaccines for flu, malaria, dengue, papillomavirus and respiratory syncytial virus
A clinical laboratory and cardiovascular disease management company
A company developing pepducin technology to produce therapeutics for regenerative medicine, diabetes, inflammation and cancer.
A pharmaceutical company focused developing products for pain management and women’s healthcare
A biotechnology company developing peptides and antibodies for inflammation and autoimmunity
A company developing antiviral medicines focused on ffighting drug-resistant viruses
A company that develops disease modifying drug therapies
A pharmaceutical company specializing on women’s health products
Associated investment funds
People
Douglas Onsi
Employee
Geoff Thompson
Employee
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Catalyst Biosciences
DecImmune Therapeutics
GITR
Mosaic Biosciences
Pathogenetix
Promedior
Proteostasis Therapeutics
Radius Health
Senseonics
Theraclone Sciences