VC  Pacific 8 Ventures

https://www.pac8.com/





     Office Locations:

Menlo Park, CA

 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Life Sciences & Healthcare

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    Description:

    Pacific 8 Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests at the nexus of cutting-edge technology platforms and biology/medicine. Focusing on early-stage startups, the firm's investments consist of high-performing companies in the area of synthetic biology, gene therapy, CRISPR, machine learning/artificial intelligence, digital therapeutics, and more. Pacific 8 focuses at seed stage and prefer to be the first institutional investor, targeting disruptive technology platforms transforming therapeutics, diagnostics and broader health services.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Chris Shu Partner
    Jack Liang Partner
    Ser-Chen Fu Partner

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      12/14/2023


      Certainly Health


      NY


      $2,300,000


      


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      BillionToOne
        web link


      Bunkerhill


      Certainly Health
        web link


      Dorian Therapeutics


      Empirical Health


      Fauna Bio
        web link


      Health Harbor


      Interface Biosciences


      Laguna Bio


      Mammoth Biosciences


      Meliora Therapeutics


     

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