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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  
           
  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
02 22 11  > Monsanto acquires agricultural technology leader Divergence
01 18 11  > GE Healthcare and Veran join forces to provide comprehensive interventional oncology solution
           
 

Quick Notes

 

Recent Media Coverage

 
           


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
 
Nest Collective
Voted as one of the
top 5 promising
social enterprises
by readers of
Businessweek.com

 

AirXpanders
Won the 2011 TiE50
award recognizing
the world's 50 most
enterprising
technology startups

 

Singulex
JAMA study bolsters
case for adoption of
high-sensitivity
troponin assays like
those pioneered by
Singulex

 

Corazonas
hungry-girl.com has
Oatmeal Squares at #1
on its Girls Bite Out
“finds to add to
your market list”

 

IntelliCyt
Announced distribution
agreements and launch
of HTFC screening
system in Switzerland,
Benelux, Scandinavia,
and Israel


 

 

fastcompany masthead
 
Nest Collective's CEO Neil Grimmer
profiled on Who's Next
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inc 500 cover
  Nest Collective
ranked No. 77
on the 30th annual
Inc. 500 list of
fastest-growing
private companies
Complete Article >
 

qvc corazozas
  Heart-healthy
Corazonas Oatmeal
Squares sold out
within 5 minutes
in debut appearance
on QVC
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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 >
     
 

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 >
 

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 >
   

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