1/ I’m thrilled to announce our fourth Bio Fund, bringing $1.5B of new capital to invest in the intersection of technology, life sciences & healthcare.
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2/ In 2015, when we launched our first Bio Fund, I wrote about the industrialization of bio, especially the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the application of tech-like engineering principles to life sciences and healthcare.
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3/ Since then, we have seen AI transform many areas of bio pharma and healthcare, with numerous startups and incumbents embracing the technology, many seeing it as the latest industrial revolution in human history.
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4/ Healthcare and biotechnology has been heavily dominated by services provided from expertly trained scientists, doctors, & others, for which algorithms certainly could not replace. This is now changing, driven by new applications of tech and engineering.
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5/ We are at the very beginning of this revolution, with early gains seen in drug design, diagnostics, healthcare delivery, and even healthcare back office.
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6/ On top of this, Covid has been a brutal shock to the global system, akin to our generation’s World War II. But more than ever, the world sees both the need of engineering healthcare as well as its huge promise.
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7/ With our bio funds, we’re looking to invest into these combined megatrends, helping a new breed of founder and startups to bring needed innovation to patients, and (beyond medicine and healthcare) people, broadly.
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8/ Is that you? If so, we want to build with you. Please reach out to the bio + health team:
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