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Websitevivoventures.com
Phone(650) 688-0818
Email
Employees
Founded1996
Descriptionlife-science investments

Funds

Total$650M
BioAsia Investments, 5/07 $275M
Vivo Ventures VII, 1/12 $375M

Offices

Palo Alto, USA
575 High Street
Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA, 94301
USA

People

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Vivo Ventures

Vivo Ventures is a life-sciences focused venture capital firm formed in 1996 with over $650M under management. Vivo Ventures is currently making investments from its $275M sixth fund into promising biotechnology and life science companies.

With over 90 years of scientific and operational expertise in biotechnology, Vivo makes investment decisions for the Funds and helps its portfolio companies develop corporate strategy, arrange licensing agreements and strategic alliances, recruit key management personnel, and acquire new products and technology to accelerate growth. Its current portfolio includes more than 60 private and public biotechnology companies in the areas of biopharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceuticals, and medical devices.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
AirXpanders 1/12Series D$10M4
Medley Health 11/11Series A$20M3
Rempex Pharmaceuticals 11/11Series B$67.5M5
Yaupon Therapeutics 8/11Series D$14.4M4
Revance Therapeutics 6/11Venture Round$45M7
NextWave Pharmaceuticals 1/11Series C$45M7
TRIA Beauty 9/10Venture Round$15.6M4
Vicept Therapeutics 6/10Series A$16M3
Neomend 1/10Series D$30M5
Revance Therapeutics 1/10Series D$25M5
Sagent Pharmaceuticals 6/09Series A$30M1
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals 2/09Series A$7.1M2
APT Pharmaceuticals 9/08Series A$32M7
InteKrin 8/08Series C$18.5M7
CAPNIA 4/08Series C$19.2M3
Carbylan BioSurgery 11/07Series B$20M3
Transcept Pharmaceuticals 3/07Series D$40M8

Videos

Sources

  1. Vivo Ventures aims for Asia investment with $275M fund (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  2. Vivo Ventures Holds Final Close of Vivo Ventures VII at $375M (finsmes.com) [edit]
  3. AirXpanders Secures $10M in Series D Financing (airxpanders.com) [edit]
  4. Medley Health Raises $20M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  5. Rempex Announces Series B Financing of up to $67.5 Million (rempexpharma.com) [edit]
  6. Yaupon Therapeutics Raises $14.4M in Series D Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  7. Revance Therapeutics Closes $45M Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  8. NextWave Pharmaceuticals Raises $45m in a Series C Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  9. TRIA Beauty Raises $15.6M (finsmes.com) [edit]
  10. Vicept Therapeutics Secures $10 Million to Complete Series A Funding (vicepttx.com) [edit]
  11. Neomend Closes $30M Funding Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
  12. Revance Raises $25M in Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  13. Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series A $30M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  14. Eiger snaps up $7.1M to treat hepatitis (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  15. APT Pharmaceuticals Secures $32 Million in Series B Financing (aptbio.com) [edit]
  16. InteKrin raises $18.5M for continued work on diabetes drug (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  17. Capital Funding Report [edit]
  18. Carbylan Announces $20 Million Series B Financing (carbylan.com) [edit]
  19. Insomnia drug company, TransOral, raises $40M more (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
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