Versant Ventures

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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.

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  Versant Ventures invested in Fluidigm. (11/19/09)
  Posted 11/20/09 at 9:18pm
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  Versant Ventures invested in Metabolex. (11/5/09)
  Posted 11/9/09 at 3:52pm
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  Versant Ventures invested in Augmenix. (10/16/09)
  Posted 11/12/09 at 3:52pm
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  Versant Ventures invested in Flexion Therapeutics. (10/09)
  Posted 10/19/09 at 5:56pm
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  Versant Ventures invested in Rennovia. (9/18/09)
  Posted 9/30/09 at 11:21am
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  Versant Ventures invested in Ocular Therapeutix. (6/24/09)
  Posted 6/24/09 at 8:17am
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  Versant Ventures invested in Transcend Medical. (6/22/09)
  Posted 6/22/09 at 10:17am
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  Versant Ventures invested in Anaphore. (6/9/09)
  Posted 6/16/09 at 10:25am
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  Versant Ventures invested in Clovis Oncology. (5/26/09)
  Posted 6/17/09 at 11:15am
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  Versant Ventures invested in RedBrick Health. (4/1/09)
  Posted 5/13/09 at 1:35am
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  Versant Ventures invested in Ambrx. (4/1/09)
  Posted 4/13/09 at 1:07pm
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  Versant Ventures invested in LensX Lasers. (3/09)
  Posted 4/13/09 at 1:56pm
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  Versant Ventures invested in Synosia Therapeutics. (1/09)
  Posted 5/20/09 at 2:28pm
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  Versant Ventures invested in Cardiac Concepts. (10/17/08)
  Posted 6/18/09 at 3:20am
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  Versant Ventures invested in APT Pharmaceuticals. (9/30/08)
  Posted 7/15/09 at 8:30pm
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  Versant Ventures invested in Microfabrica. (9/4/08)
  Posted 6/22/09 at 5:25pm

Investments

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1. Versant Ventures raises $500M for life sciences investing (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Fluidigm raises another $7.5M for stem-cell analysis chips (venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. Metabolex (Metabolex.com) [edit]
4. Xconomy Boston (xconomy.com) [edit]
5. Flexion garners $33M in Series A (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
6. Rennovia Grabs $12M for Renewable Chemicals (earth2tech.com) [edit]
7. I-Therapeutix, Inc.: Series C $15M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
8. Transcend Medical sees $20M for glaucoma device (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
9. Anaphore, Inc.: Series A $13M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
10. Clovis Oncology (Boulder, CO) an entity focused on licensing or acquiring rights to oncology compounds in all stages of clinical development (onbiovc.com) [edit]
11. CVCA (cvca.com.cn) [edit]
12. Ambrx, Inc.: Series D $10M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
13. LensX Lasers nabs $22M for eye surgery lasers (venturebeat.com) [edit]
14. Synosia raises $29M for Phase II testing (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
15. Cardiac Concepts Raises $21 Million (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
16. APT Pharmaceuticals Secures $32 Million in Series B Financing (aptbio.com) [edit]
17. Microfabrica Secures $22.5 Million Funding to Grow its Medical Device Business (microfabrica.com) [edit]
18. Glaukos Adds $35 Million (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
19. Vaccsys raises $9 million for vaccine research (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
20. Capital Funding Report [edit]
21. Novasys Medical takes $49.5M for women’s medical device (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
22. April 15, 2008 - Anaphore Receives $8M In Financing (anaphoreinc.com) [edit]
23. Defibrillator maker Cameron Health takes in $14M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
24. Benvenue Medical Closes $15 Million Series B Financing (benvenuemedical.com) [edit]
25. Metabolex (Metabolex.com) [edit]
26. Life science fluid control company, Fluidigm, raises $17M more (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
27. Neurological co. Synosis raises $32.5M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
28. NeoVista, a co. targeting age-related macular degeneration, raises $41M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
29. Impedance Cardiology raises $5 million (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
30. NeoVista, a radiation treatment device maker, to raise $26M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]