VP Venture Partners

VP Venture Partners is a Zurich-based VC firm focused on supporting early-stage life science companies in Europe. They aim to significantly impact the European life science ecosystem by providing not only financing but also hands-on support through building, coaching, and assisting startups from the pre-seed or seed stage to exit. Their investment philosophy revolves around a hands-on approach, offering deep due diligence, relationship building, and intensive coaching even before investment. The firm prioritizes deep tech life science companies, specifically within human life science ventures, including medical devices, digital health, and diagnostics. They explicitly exclude therapeutics and drug development from their investment scope. Their investment decisions are driven by areas of unmet need with a high potential patient impact, coupled with the presence of dedicated, motivated, and skilled teams with a passion for bringing their product to market. VP Venture Partners emphasizes collaborative, data-informed decision-making grounded in scientific evidence. They are willing to take interim C-level positions and board positions to provide operational, entrepreneurial, financial, and scientific experience. Their due diligence involves challenge retreats to build strong relationships and provide actionable feedback, indicative of their commitment to working closely with their portfolio companies. Ultimately, VP Venture Partners seeks to generate a big impact for both patients and founders by offering comprehensive support and strategic guidance throughout the startup's journey, thereby fostering growth and success within the European life science sector.

Medical devices, digital health, diagnostics

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