Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Inc

Contact Details

Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Inc
Other Office
21 Waterway Avenue, Suite 225
The Woodlands, Texas 77380
Phone: +1 (281) 364-1555
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Inc
Other Office
280 Park Avenue 27th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Phone: +1 (646) 429-1251
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Inc
Main Office
335 Bryant Street 3rd Floor
Palo Alto, California 94301
Phone: +1 (650) 543-1555
Fax: +1 (650) 327-9755

Corporate Profile

Registration country: 
United States
Overview 
Essex Woodlands was founded in 1985 with the establishment of Essex Venture Fund I LP. Since 1985, the Partnership has raised seven additional funds with nearly $2.5 billion under management, making Essex Woodlands one of the world’s largest and most established healthcare venture capital firms. The team is comprised of 24 professionals with principal offices in Palo Alto, Houston, New York and London. This team brings over 300 years of collective healthcare experience.

Investors

Funds managed / advised

Fund Curr Amount Fund type Year Status
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Fund V LP USD 245,000,000 2000 Final Closing

Investment Preferences

Investment stage: Early stage, mature venture, growth equity and PIPE investment opportunities
Geographic focus: United Kingdom and North America
Industry focus: Healthcare

Sample Investments

Company Profile Amount Industry Ctry Stage Date
Abiomed Produces the Impella product line, the world's smallest, minimally invasive, high performance micro blood pump with integrated motors and sensors. Medical Equipment US
Accumetrics Inc An innovative developer and manufacturer of diagnostic instrumentation and test kits. USD Medical Equipment US Series B Jul 2004
Accumetrics Inc An innovative developer and manufacturer of diagnostic instrumentation and test kits. USD Medical Equipment US Series D Feb 2008
Accumetrics Inc An innovative developer and manufacturer of diagnostic instrumentation and test kits. USD Medical Equipment US Series C Feb 2006
Accumetrics Inc An innovative developer and manufacturer of diagnostic instrumentation and test kits. USD Medical Equipment US Series E Jan 2010
Accumetrics Inc An innovative developer and manufacturer of diagnostic instrumentation and test kits. USD Medical Equipment US Other venture Sep 2010
Active Day Provider of adult day health services in the United States Health Care Providers US
Acura Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceutical company Pharmaceuticals
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc Software US
Arsenal Medical Biotechnology company focused on the development of therapeutic products based on its proprietary BioActive Composites platform. Biotechnology US
BENU Inc Health Care Providers US
BioForm Medical Inc Is a medical aesthetics company dedicated to bringing doctors and their patients safe and effective products. Pharmaceuticals US
Biotoscana A pharmaceutical multinational company with subsidiaries in Latin America. Pharmaceuticals
Bioventus LLC Leading orthopedic biologics company Health Care Providers US
BreatheAmerica Inc US
Care Guide Health Care Providers
Catalyst Biosciences Inc Developer of catalytic biopharmaceutical products based on engineered human proteases. USD Biotechnology US Series C Dec 2008
Cell Biosciences Inc Biotechnology US
Cell Therapeutics Inc Biotherapeutics for cancer treatment. Biotechnology US
China Cord Blood Corp Leads in the Chinese cord blood collection industry CN

Current employees

Name Job title Office
James L Currie Managing Director Palo Alto
Cynthia A Doerr Partner The Woodlands
Ron Eastman Partner Palo Alto
Gilbert Gonzales Partner Palo Alto
Jeff Himawan Managing Director Palo Alto
Karen Katen Senior Advisor Palo Alto
Guido Neels Partner Palo Alto
Martin P Sutter Managing Director The Woodlands
Immanuel Thangaraj Managing Director Palo Alto
Petri Vainio Managing Director Palo Alto
Frank Young Partner Palo Alto

Past employees

Name Job title Employer Office Responsibilities
Mark L Pacala Senior Advisor Oak Hill Capital Partners

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