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Longitude Capital

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Founded in 2006, Longitude Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in medical device and biotechnology companies developing products that address important unmet medical or economic needs in the life sciences industry.

Longitude’s investment team has more than 100 years of industry experience and has invested in over 100 life sciences companies. We are active, lead investors who work closely with portfolio companies to achieve corporate objectives and build value for our limited partners.

Our inaugural fund, the $325,000,000 Longitude Venture Partners, L.P., was closed in 2008. Our offices are in Menlo Park, California and Greenwich, Connecticut.

Recent Milestones

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  Longitude Capital invested in Esperion Therapeutics. (4/25/13)
  Posted 4/26/13 at 11:15pm via businesswire.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in Aptus Endosystems. (6/27/12)
  Posted 6/28/12 at 3:07am via yahoo.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in Collegium Pharmaceutical. (2/15/12)
  Posted 2/22/12 at 5:39am via masshightech.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in CardioDx. (5/11/11)
  Posted 5/11/11 at 7:38pm via finsmes.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in PixelOptics. (4/7/11)
  Posted 4/7/11 at 4:33am via pixeloptics.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in Civitas Therapeutics. (1/10/11)
  Posted 1/10/11 at 5:52pm via finsmes.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in Aptus Endosystems. (8/30/10)
  Posted 8/30/10 at 9:05pm via aptusendosystems.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in AqueSys. (6/2/10)
  Posted 7/4/10 at 6:04pm via onbiovc.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in Solta Medical. (3/5/10)
  Posted 3/9/10 at 7:25pm via venturebeat.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in Solta Medical. (1/11/10)
  Posted 1/12/10 at 5:39am via dowjones.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in Velomedix. (11/11/09)
  Posted 11/11/09 at 7:34pm via venturebeat.com
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  Longitude Capital invested in PixelOptics. (10/23/08)
  Posted 7/21/11 at 1:56am via pixeloptics.com

Investments

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1. Life-sciences fund Longitude Capital raises $95M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Longitude Capital Gathers $159M Toward New Health-Care Fund (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
3. Longitude Capital Closes Second Fund at $385M (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. Esperion Therapeutics Completes $33 Million Preferred Financing to Advance Its Novel Oral LDL-C Lowering Therapy to Later Stage Clinical Trials (businesswire.com) [edit]
5. Aptus Endosystems Completes $25 Million Series BB Financing (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
6. Collegium collects $22.5M in new fundraise (masshightech.com) [edit]
7. CardioDx Closes $60m Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
8. PixelOptics Closes $45 Million Financing (pixeloptics.com) [edit]
9. Civitas Therapeutics Raises $20M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
10. Aptus Endosystems Completes $15 Million Series AA Financing (aptusendosystems.com) [edit]
11. AqueSys, Inc.: Series C $35M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
12. Solta raises $4.7M to halt the aging process in its tracks (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
13. Great Point, Longitude Lead $17.2M PIPE For Solta Medical (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
14. Velomedix snags $3.5M to treat hypothermia (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
15. PixelOptics Closes on $30 Million Round of Financing (pixeloptics.com) [edit]