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Websiteversantventures.com
Phone(650) 233-7877
Employees12
Founded1999
DescriptionVenture capital Firm

Funds

Versant Ventures, 8/08 $500M

Offices

Menlo Park, USA
3000 Sand Hill Road, Bldg 4
Suite 210
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
USA
Newport Beach, USA
450 Newport Center Drive
Suite 600
Newport Beach, CA, 92660
USA
San Francisco, USA
1700 Owens Street
Suite 541
San Francisco, CA, 94158
USA

People

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Founder & Managing Director
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Former People

sales representative
Lead Architect – VDS GUI tools , Technical Manager - Versant Israe

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Versant Ventures

Versant Ventures is a leading healthcare-focused venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in medical devices, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, healthcare services, and healthcare information technology. The firm, founded in 1999, consists of a seasoned team of twelve managing directors with more than 130 years of venture capital investing experience and more than 150 years of operating experience.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
GenSight Biologics 4/13Series A€32M4
Theraclone Sciences 3/13Series B$8M8
Novira Therapeutics 3/13Series A$7.5M1
Holaira 2/13Series C$10M4
Glaukos 2/13Series F$30M7
Ocular Therapeutix 1/13Series D$23.8M4
Ceterix Orthopaedics 1/13Series B$19.5M3
Flexion Therapeutics 12/12Series B$20M5
CardiAQ Valve Technologies 11/12Series B$37.3M2
Cerephex 10/12Series A3
Innovative Pulmonary Solutions 9/12Venture Round$10.6M4
ROX Medical 9/12Venture Round$6M2
Alter-G 8/12Series C$10M1
Benvenue Medical 6/12Series D$25M4
Zyga Technology 5/12Series C$25M4
OpGen 3/12Venture Round$17M6
Sequent Medical 3/12Series C$26M4
Groove Biopharma 12/11Series B$6M4
Advanced ICU Care 11/11Series D$8M4
AcuFocus 11/11Series F$65M5
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals 9/11Series D$37.4M7
Intuity Medical 8/11Series D$12M5
WaveTec Vision 5/11Series D$15.9M4
Benvenue Medical 4/11Series C$35.5M3
Augmenix 1/11Debt$3M3
Synosia Therapeutics 10/10Series C$30M7
OpGen 9/10Series B$17M5
Okairos 9/10Series B$20.5M2
Immune Design 7/10Series B$32M4
Veracyte 6/10Series B$28M4
Sequent Medical 5/10Series B$15.6M3
Mirina 4/10Series A$3.9M5
Intuity Medical 1/10Series D$64M6
Fluidigm 11/09Venture Round$7.5M8
Metabolex 11/09Venture Round$8.6M12
Augmenix 10/09Series B$6.1M4
Flexion Therapeutics 10/09Series A$33M3
Ocular Therapeutix 6/09Series C$15M3
Transcend Medical 6/09Series A$9.4M3
Anaphore 6/09Series A$13M5
Clovis Oncology 5/09Series A$145M7
Ambrx 4/09Series D$10M7
RedBrick Health 4/09Series C$15M4
LensX Lasers 3/09Series B$22.4M3
Rennovia 3/09Series A$12.3M2
Alter-G 1/09Series B$8M1
Synosia Therapeutics 1/09Series B$29M7
Cardiac Concepts 10/08Series B$21M6
APT Pharmaceuticals 9/08Series A$32M7
Microfabrica 9/08Series B$22.5M6
Glaukos 8/08Series D$35M7
Immune Design 7/08Series A$18M3
Vaccsys 6/08Venture Round$9M3
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals 5/08Series C$30M9
NovaSys 5/08Venture Round$49.5M10
Anaphore 4/08Venture Round$8M2
Cameron Health 3/08Series E$14M4
PhaseRx 2/08Series A$19M3
Benvenue Medical 1/08Series B$15M3
OpGen 9/07Series A$23.6M4
Metabolex 4/07Series D$32M16
Fluidigm 1/07Series E$17M10
Synosia Therapeutics 1/07Venture Round$32.5M4
NeoVista 12/06Series C$41M6
Impedance Cardiology Systems 11/06Series B$5M2
Neurotech 11/06Series B$35M12
Achaogen 10/06Series B$26M5
NeoVista 9/06Series B$26M4
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals 7/06Series B$30M6
Pathwork Diagnostics 7/06Venture Round$11M5
MedManage Systems 4/06Series D$10.8M4
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals 9/05Venture Round$1M1
Oxonica 7/05Venture Round$2.5M1
Five Prime Therapeutics 2/05Venture Round$45M10
Glaukos 9/02Series A$10M3

Videos

Sources

  1. Versant Ventures raises $500M for life sciences investing (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  2. GenSight Biologics Raises €32m in a Series A Financing for Ophthalmic Gene Therapy (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  3. Theraclone Sciences Closes $14M in Series B and Debt Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  4. Versant adds $7.5M to upstart biotech's A round (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  5. Holaira Raises $10M in Series C Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  6. Glaukos Spots $30M for Eyeball Stent, Doesn't Blink in Ivantis Rivalry (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  7. Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. Closes on $23.8 Million Series D Extension (businesswire.com) [edit]
  8. Ceterix Orthopaedics Raises $19.5M in Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  9. Flexion Therapeutics Secures $20 Million in Series B Financing (reuters.com) [edit]
  10. CardiAQ Raises $37.3M Series B Led by OrbiMed (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  11. Neurostim Device Maker Cerephex Raises Series A Tranche for Trials (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  12. Innovative Pulmonary Raises $10.6M for COPD Therapy Trials, Names New CEO (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  13. ROX Medical Grabs Another $6M for Hypertension Therapy (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  14. Versant Ventures Puts Another $10M Into High-Tech Treadmill Maker Alter-G (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  15. Benvenue Medical Secures $25 Million Series D Financing (sacbee.com) [edit]
  16. Zyga Stacks Up $25M Series C To Test, Sell Joint Devices (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  17. OpGen to Receive up to $17M in Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  18. Sequent Medical Announces Closing of $26.0 Million Venture Financing (marketwatch.com) [edit]
  19. Groove Biopharma Raises $6M in Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  20. Trident Capital, Inc. Invests in Advanced ICU Care® and Its ICU Performance Solutions (icumedicine.com) [edit]
  21. AcuFocus Closes $65M Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  22. KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals Closed $37.4M Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  23. Intuity Medical Closes $12M Second Tranche of Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  24. WaveTec Vision Closes $15.9M Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  25. Benvenue Medical raises $35.5M (bizjournals.com) [edit]
  26. Medical device startup Augmenix infused with $3M financing (masshightech.com) [edit]
  27. Synosia Therapeutics Raises $30M in Series C Financing (synosia.com) [edit]
  28. OpGen Completes $17 Million Series B Financing (opgen.com) [edit]
  29. Italy's Okairos raises $20.5M for vaccine work (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  30. Immune Design Nabs $32M for Targeted Vaccines (xconomy.com) [edit]
  31. Veracyte, Inc.: Series B $28M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  32. Sequent Medical, Inc.: Series B $15.6M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  33. Mirina Nabs $3.9M (xconomy.com) [edit]
  34. Intuity Medical Secures $64M in Series D Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
  35. Fluidigm raises another $7.5M for stem-cell analysis chips (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  36. Metabolex (Metabolex.com) [edit]
  37. Xconomy Boston (xconomy.com) [edit]
  38. Flexion garners $33M in Series A (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  39. I-Therapeutix, Inc.: Series C $15M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  40. Transcend Medical sees $20M for glaucoma device (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  41. Anaphore, Inc.: Series A $13M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  42. Clovis Oncology (Boulder, CO) an entity focused on licensing or acquiring rights to oncology compounds in all stages of clinical development (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  43. Ambrx, Inc.: Series D $10M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  44. CVCA (cvca.com.cn) [edit]
  45. LensX Lasers nabs $22M for eye surgery lasers (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  46. Rennovia Grabs $12M for Renewable Chemicals (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  47. Alter‐G secures $8 million in series B financing from Versant Ventures (alter-g.com) [edit]
  48. Synosia raises $29M for Phase II testing (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  49. Cardiac Concepts Raises $21 Million (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
  50. APT Pharmaceuticals Secures $32 Million in Series B Financing (aptbio.com) [edit]
  51. Microfabrica Secures $22.5 Million Funding to Grow its Medical Device Business (microfabrica.com) [edit]
  52. Glaukos Adds $35 Million (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
  53. Immune Design Aiming To Make Vaccines That Work Better in a Single Shot (xconomy.com) [edit]
  54. Vaccsys raises $9 million for vaccine research (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  55. Capital Funding Report [edit]
  56. Novasys Medical takes $49.5M for women’s medical device (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  57. April 15, 2008 - Anaphore Receives $8M In Financing (anaphoreinc.com) [edit]
  58. Defibrillator maker Cameron Health takes in $14M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  59. Biotech Startup PhaseRx Wins $19M Pledge (biospace.com) [edit]
  60. Benvenue Medical Closes $15 Million Series B Financing (benvenuemedical.com) [edit]
  61. OpGen Announces $23.6 Million Series A Financing (opgen.com) [edit]
  62. Metabolex (Metabolex.com) [edit]
  63. Life science fluid control company, Fluidigm, raises $17M more (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  64. Neurological co. Synosis raises $32.5M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  65. NeoVista, a co. targeting age-related macular degeneration, raises $41M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  66. Impedance Cardiology raises $5 million (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  67. Neurotechâ„¢, Inc. Completes $35 Million Private Equity Financing (neurotechusa.com) [edit]
  68. Achaogen Closes Series B Financing (achaogen.com) [edit]
  69. NeoVista, a radiation treatment device maker, to raise $26M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  70. KYTHERA Raises $30 Million In Series B Financing (kytherabiopharma.com) [edit]
  71. EDGAR [edit]
  72. MedManage Systems, Inc. Closes $10.75 Million Series D (biospacejobs.com) [edit]
  73. EDGAR [edit]
  74. EDGAR [edit]
  75. Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. Raises $45MM in Private Financing (fiveprime.com) [edit]
  76. Glaukos Receives Series A Investment From Domain Associates, LLC, Versant Ventures, And Frazier Healthcare Ventures (privco.com) [edit]
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