Oxford Bioscience Partners - Boston, MA

Oxford Bioscience Partners (OBP), established in 1992, is a venture capital firm that provides equity financing and management assistance to emerging, entrepreneurial-driven companies within the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Experienced partners, who bring together deep domain knowledge in life sciences, have established a proven track record of identifying, validating and backing emerging trends and technologies. While willing to consider an investment in a company at almost any stage, OBP brings unique value and expertise to early-stage situations. With approximately $1B of committed capital under management, OBP has invested in over 140 life science companies worldwide, and has successfully leveraged the extensive research, operating, and financial expertise and experience of its team of investment professionals.

Oxford's team of investment professionals has a history of backing leading life science companies, including: SIRNA (acquired by Merck); SOLEXA (acquired by Illumina); ALANTOS (acquired by Amgen); TRUBION (NASDAQ: TRBN); HYPNION (acquired by Eli Lilly); HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES (NASDAQ: HGSI); POWDERMED (acquired by Pfizer); ACADIA (NASDAQ; ACAD); PVT (acquired by Edwards); EXELIXIS (NASDAQ: EXEL); SOSEI (Nikkei: 4565); COHESIVE (acquired by Thermo Fisher); IMPELLA (acquired by Abiomed); STRATAGENE (acquired by Agilent); SANTHERA (SWX:SANN); EXONHIT (EURONEXT: ALEHT); INVERNESS MEDICAL (NYSE: IMA)



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