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We're a venture capital firm specializing in life sciences. Since our launch in 2001, we’ve supported more than 25 young companies. We invest in traditional healthcare opportunities as well as emerging areas — such as nutrition, wellness, and green technology — in which we’ve built one of the largest portfolios in the country.

Our firm was created by people with both investment know-how and direct experience in getting new ventures off the ground. We use this expertise to invest in what we know best: exceptional opportunities in their early stages.

Recent News Releases  
           
  04 20 12  > Health & wellness appointment booking service Zeel.com closes on new funding - Prolog leads round
10 04 11  > NxThera completes $21.6 million Series B financing
06 21 11  > Luminex acquires EraGen to expand molecular diagnostic and infectious disease capabilities
03 17 11  > Veran completes financing worth over $15 million
03 08 11  > Veniti secures $13.5 million in Series A financing
03 02 11  > AirXpanders raises $8 million through Series C financing and working capital line
           
 

Quick Notes

 

Recent Media Coverage

 
           


Prolog
Ilya Nykin will speak
on the corporate
venturing panel at
2012 Life Sciences &
Healthcare Venture
Summit in New York

 
Singulex
Will be featuring a
highly sensitive Cardiac
Troponin I immunoassay
kit at the Society of
Toxicology meeting in
San Francisco

 
IntelliCyt
Listed among major
players in the high
throughput screening
marketplace in a
report by Global
Industry Analysts, Inc.

 
Akermin
Is relocating to a new
state-of-the-art space
at the Bio-Research
and Development
Growth Park (BRDG)

 
Prolog
Ilya Nykin chaired
Health & Wellness
Showcase at the IBF
Consumer Health &
Wellness Innovation
Summit

 
Nest Collective
#1 on Fast 100,
a list of the fastest
growing Bay Area
companies by
San Francisco
Business Times

 
AirXpanders
Announces publication
of study results
supporting the use
of the AeroForm™
patient controlled
breast tissue expander
 
Veran
Strengthens strategic
alliance with GE
Healthcare through an
equity investment from
GE Healthymagination
Fund

 

 

cbs new york
 
Needle-free tissue expander from
AirXpanders on CBS
Watch Video >
 

fastcompany masthead
 
Nest Collective's CEO Neil Grimmer
profiled on Who's Next
Watch Video >
 

inc 500 cover
  Nest Collective
ranked No. 77
on the 30th annual
Inc. 500 list of
fastest-growing
private companies
Complete Article >
 

post masthead
 
With the sale of Divergence, we got a
success story worth talking about
Complete Article >
     

youitube
 
Nest co-founder Sheryl O’Loughlin, finalist
of Entrepreneur of the Year Award, on CBS
Watch Interview >
     

tonic
 
Thanks to Plum Organics, a Nest Collective brand, more babies are eating healthy foods each day
Complete Article >
     

wsj masthead
 
Prolog views nutrition and wellness as a
bright spot in the venture capital landscape:
“People still read food labels”
Article Excerpts >
     
 

medcity masthead
 
A promising Altheus drug for ulcerative colitis entering phase 2 efficacy trial
Complete Article >
 

medical device daily masthead
 
First patient treated in IDE trial of the
AirXpanders AeroForm device
Complete Article >
 


cnet

  ShopWell gives
food buyers new
tools for healthy
eating
Complete Article >
 

webmd masthead
 
If you eat tortilla chips, here’s a new brand you might really enjoy: Corazonas
Complete Article >
     

nytimes masthead
 
EndoStim is the epitome of the new kind of startups we need to propel our economy
Complete Article >
     

prevention magazine
  Attune Foods is
one of three
favorite products
within “The Newest Belly Flattener”
cover story
Article Excerpts >
     


  Prolog discusses the
merits of investing
in the health and
wellness space
Article Excerpts >
   

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