Where can I find information about Biotech "seed stage" and "early
stage" investors (Biotech Angel Investors,  Biotech Venture Capital
companies, etc).

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 24 Jun 2005 12:52 PDT

Hi!

What kind of information do you require? A list of investors or
articles about angel investors in the biotech industry?

Thanks!

http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041122/pf/bioent838_pf.html
18 November 2004
Angel investors shy away from biotech

Angel investors often avoid biotech startups because of long and
costly development times of biotech products, as well as a tendency
for venture capitalists (VCs) to set over-diluting terms when entering
in follow-on financing rounds. These trends are exacerbating an
early-stage funding gap in the biotech sector, which is unlikely to be
remedied unless angels return to a disciplined form of collaboration
with VCs when investing in seed-stage rounds.

There are definitely resources to reach Angel investors and Venture
Capital Funds that are looking to back biotech.

Two great sources are:  

http://www.nvca.com/
and 
http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org/

Both the National Association of Venture Capitalists and the Angel
Capital Association will help you aggregate targets for finding
biotech investors.

Also, you might want to try the FundingPost website and its two
publications, one on Angel Investing:  "How To Raise Your First
Million Dollars" http://www.fundingpost.com/products/Item.asp?item_id=486&refer=
and one on Venture Capital Investing:  "What VC's Really Want 2005."
http://www.fundingpost.com/products/Item.asp?refer=&item_id=487

Both books are conversations and interviews with investors and tell
you if these investors are putting money into biotech.  Between the
two books you will have information about 55 investors, and I can
assure you that a fair number of those, particularly the VCs, are
still making biotech investments.

Good luck to you.

There are definitely resources to reach Angel investors and Venture
Capital Funds that are looking to back biotech.

Two great sources are:  

<a href:"http://www.nvca.com/"></a>

and 
http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org/

Both the National Association of Venture Capitalists and the Angel
Capital Association will help you aggregate targets for finding
biotech investors.

Also, you might want to try the FundingPost website and its two
publications, one on Angel Investing:  "How To Raise Your First
Million Dollars" http://www.fundingpost.com/products/Item.asp?item_id=486&refer=
and one on Venture Capital Investing:  "What VC's Really Want 2005."
http://www.fundingpost.com/products/Item.asp?refer=&item_id=487

Both books are conversations and interviews with investors and tell
you if these investors are putting money into biotech.  Between the
two books you will have information about 55 investors, and I can
assure you that a fair number of those, particularly the VCs, are
still making biotech investments.

Good luck to you.