Apjohn Ventures Fund
Apjohn Ventures Fund, founded in 2003, is a venture capital firm based in Kalamazoo, Michigan established to invest primarily in early stage life sciences companies across the emerging market of the Midwest and through relationships around the country. The goal of the fund is to provide investors with superior financial returns by making equity investments in innovative medical companies with sustainable and outstanding growth potential. Apjohn Ventures is managed by Mina Patel Sooch and Donald R. Parfet who collectively have over 40 years of pharmaceutical and healthcare experience in management, strategy, finance, operations, M&A, and venture capital. Apjohn Ventures has nine portfolio companies across the biotech and medical device sectors, and actively works with management teams through its participation on all portfolio company boards. www.apjohnventures.com
CNF Investments
The private equity investing affiliate of Clark Enterprises, CNF is an active investor in life sciences, oil and gas, and technology. CNF's goal is to support dynamic management teams through all phases of company development, providing strategic advice along with financial support. www.clark.com
Norwich Ventures LP
Norwich Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm committed to helping entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals and inventors build innovative medical technology companies. The firm specializes in the field of medical technologies and is uniquely positioned to work collaboratively with emerging companies. The Norwich team is made up of former industry executives and entrepreneurs based in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. www.norwichventures.com
Robert, David and Tim Fischell
Dr.’s Robert, David and Tim Fischell founded Svelte in 2007 with the mission to address key clinical issues in the cardiovascular stent market by improving stent deliverability, reducing procedural time and costs and improving safety. The Fischells bring their tremendous knowledge of stent design and incredible entrepreneurial experience to the company. Collectively, they have over 200 patents associated with medical devices and have created over 14 medical related companies in the past twenty years.
