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Forward Ventures

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Forward Ventures, founded in 1993, has a team of five investment professionals with extensive experience in venture capital and operations. Forward has invested in over 50 companies since it was founded in 1993 and currently has approximately $500 million in capital under management. The most recent fund, Forward V, continues Forward Ventures’ program of life sciences and health care venture investing in companies of all stages. The firm is headquartered in a 40,000 square-foot research building that also serves as an incubator for its portfolio companies.

Recent Milestones

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  Forward Ventures invested in Ambit Biosciences. (11/6/12)
  Posted 11/7/12 at 3:16am via yahoo.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals. (3/12/12)
  Posted 3/12/12 at 7:53pm via hemaquest.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in Affinium Pharmaceuticals. (8/29/11)
  Posted 8/29/11 at 7:25pm via afnm.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in Ambit Biosciences. (6/10/11)
  Posted 6/10/11 at 6:24pm via ambitbio.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in Nereus Pharmaceuticals. (6/25/10)
  Posted 6/23/10 at 5:27pm via onbiovc.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals. (4/21/10)
  Posted 4/21/10 at 6:35pm via fiercebiotech.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in Syndax Pharmaceuticals. (3/16/10)
  Posted 3/15/10 at 11:10pm via onbiovc.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in Tioga Pharmaceuticals. (2/17/10)
  Posted 2/19/10 at 5:02am via tiogapharma.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in Altair Therapeutics. (2/2/10)
  Posted 11/11/09 at 4:18pm via onbiovc.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals. (4/1/08)
  Posted 6/18/09 at 7:20pm
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  Forward Ventures invested in Asteres. (11/1/07)
  Posted 5/21/09 at 12:33pm via venturedeal.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in Sanarus Medical. (2/20/07)
  Posted 9/15/09 at 7:25am via venturebeat.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in Concurrent Thinking. (10/25/06)
  Posted 4/22/10 at 7:06pm
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  Forward Ventures invested in Tioga Pharmaceuticals. (1/9/06)
  Posted 4/12/12 at 6:06pm via tiogapharma.com
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  Forward Ventures invested in Adiana. (8/25/05)
  Posted 7/2/10 at 3:16am via allbusiness.com

Investments

Videos

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1. Ambit Biosciences Completes $50 Million Financing to Advance Lead Drug Candidate in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
2. HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals Raises $13 Million in Series B Extension Financing (hemaquest.com) [edit]
3. Affinium Pharmaceuticals Announces the Closing of $15 Million Financing (afnm.com) [edit]
4. AMBIT BIOSCIENCES COMPLETES $30 MILLION SERIES D-2 FINANCING (ambitbio.com) [edit]
5. Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series E $20M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
6. HemaQuest books $12M Series B to advance mid-stage programs (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
7. Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series A $9M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
8. Tioga Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Raises $18 Million to Fund Phase 3 Clinical Trial in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (tiogapharma.com) [edit]
9. Altair Therapeutics, Inc.: Series B $17M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
10. Capital Funding Report [edit]
11. Asteres Receives $4 Million Additional Financing (venturedeal.com) [edit]
12. Sanuras, breat tumor device company raises $15M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
13. EDGAR [edit]
14. Tioga’s Series A Round: $24M For Phase IIb Trial Of IBS Drug (tiogapharma.com) [edit]
15. Adiana, Inc. Reports Completion of $23 Million Financing. (allbusiness.com) [edit]