HealthCare Ventures LLC (FKA: Healthcare Investments)

Healthcare Ventures LLC (FKA: Healthcare Investments)

Founded: 1985
Number of deals: 29
Number of companies: 18

Scoop: Over the past 24 years, HealthCare Ventures has raised $1.6 billion in eight funds. The firm's investment strategy, which is focused primarily on early-stage companies, supports those with a broad array of technology platforms and late-stage products or novel innovations. HCV's main areas of investment include target-focused cancer, infectious disease, cardiovascular disease, CNS disorders, immunomodulation and immunotherapy, novel manufacturing technologies, and novel lab scale instruments and reagents.

Portfolio Company News:
VaxInnate - 2009 Fierce 15
VaxInnate nabs $30M in fourth venture round
Cadence Pharma pockets $86M in placement
Tengion raises $21M for second close of Series C
InfaCare Pharmaceutical Raises $28M in Series B
Radius Health - Top 20 VC deals of 2008