Medical Excellence Capital

RA Capital Management is a multi-stage investment manager dedicated to company formation and evidence-based investing in healthcare and life science companies developing drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, services, and research tools. The firm’s portfolio of private and public companies spans the globe and most therapeutic areas across all stages from discovery through commercialization. We are committed to fostering diversity at RA, in our portfolio companies, and in the broader biotech community. Who We AreOur flexible strategy allows us to provide seed funding to startups and lead private, IPO, and follow-on financings for our portfolio companies, thereby driving value creation from idea inception through commercialization. At RA Capital’s core is its TechAtlas research division, a scientifically trained team that maps out competitive landscapes to put data into context, identify breakthroughs, and originate conviction in new ideas. TechAtlas provides market intelligence and, technical diligence, and other resources to both our internal Investment Team and our portfolio companies. The team’s understanding of industry best practices is derived from an extensive collection of case studies documenting the impact of clinical trial design, partnership structures, and public market dynamics. Beyond CapitalRA Capital offers its portfolio companies much more than capital to help them grow, make decisions, and succeed. We:Serve on boards of private and public companies and host board meetings at our offices Help recruit executives and board members Provide access to TechAtlas maps and expertise Prioritize indications and targets based on their feasibility and value given current scientific knowledge, unmet needs, and emerging competition Monitor for new applications and complementary technologies Create custom maps that lay out a company’s competition and unrealized opportunities Provide extra analytical bandwidth across our large team (e.g., analyze literature, provide insights from scientific and investor conferences) Assist with grant writing and preparation of scientific publications Interview clinicians and key opinion leaders (KOLs) Host advisory boards Facilitate partnership or acquisition discussions with larger companies Help design (or redesign) a corporate slide deck or website, leveraging in-house writing and graphics teams Make introductions to other investors Anchor subsequent financings and set the pace for closing Help select bankers for financings and M&A We also provide a growing suite of Innovator Resources to the broader ecosystem, with more hands-on support for our portfolio companies, management teams, and boards. These resources include: a comprehensive reference guide to conducting successful biotech board meetings; a data-driven guide to how to conduct a logical IPO based on first principles of price discovery and shareholder alignment; and a roadmap for how to convey your company’s unique Equity Value Proposition to employees (because they are also your investors). We’re available to coach you through a pitch, provide feedback on a deck, and partner with you to refine strategy or messaging at every stage. Additionally, we helped to found and continue to support No Patient Left Behind, a non-profit dedicated to promoting affordability of today’s medicines and the development of better ones. More specifically, NPLB advocates for insurance reforms that would allow all patients to afford the treatments they need, draws attention to the full societal value of all medicines and the merits of ensuring that all drugs go generic without delay, and educates lawmakers and the public about the workings of the biomedical ecosystem to protect it against misguided policies. Translation & HuntingRA Capital offers Executive-In-Residence (EIR) and venture partner programs for experienced professionals seeking thought partners. We welcome experienced drug hunters searching for technologies/candidates and looking to start new companies to collaborate with our team, explore the capabilities of our in-house incubator, and take advantage of the breadth and depth of our TechAtlas platform. RAVen, our in-house incubator, provides a collaborative platform for drug hunters and company builders to explore both the novel and the re-imagined. Discoveries and improvements in chemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and materials science create novel capabilities that may address unsolved challenges. Our understanding of fundamental biology is constantly evolving, revealing new applications for existing technologies and partially-developed drug candidates. Programs we consider worthwhile may form the basis for a new venture. We believe that when a business proposition is framed correctly, the capital markets have adequate resources and understanding to fund proper experimental design and solution development without forcing companies to cut corners. Furthermore, we have collaborated extensively with other funds that share our philosophy to enable ambitious and capital-intensive endeavors. Our ValuesWe at RA Capital are introspective and deliberate about the ways in which we engage with each other and those outside our firm. Our values represent a set of clear parameters by which we create working relationships founded on trust, collaboration, diligence, and integrity.We originate conviction. We do not borrow it from others. We expect and strive to inspire the best in everyone. We embrace the unfamiliar. We do not let convention stand in the way of what is right. We learn collaboratively. We have a bias for action. We are persistently curious and humbled by what is left to learn. We are data-driven and challenge assumptions. We preserve the ability to change our mind. We admit our mistakes and share lessons learned. We address the elephant in the room. We value our relationships and are positive, respectful, and open-minded. We take fun seriously.

Through our deep scientific and industry network we are able to identify transformative life science investments in under-ventured regions of the US and UK, building companies from scratch to create value and shared success. Our international management team has a track record of successfully partnering with scientists and entrepreneurs to develop highly innovative products for the global healthcare market. We leverage our extensive relationships, industry operating experience and a disciplined investment approach to add significant value to our portfolio companies and to generate strong returns on investment for our investors. We believe in working closely with the management of our portfolio companies to drive the translation of their research into world-class businesses. Our global network includes investment professionals, scientists, industry executives, health practitioners, policy experts, regulatory advisors and business development leaders. This strong network contributes significantly to the growth and development of our portfolio companies.

HealthCap is a European venture capital firm investing exclusively and globally in life sciences. The investment strategy focuses on diseases with high unmet medical needs and breakthrough therapies that have the potential to be transformative and change medical practice, and the lives of patients suffering these conditions. Having raised more than EUR 1.2 billion since 1996, HealthCap has backed and built more than 125 companies, taken more than 45 companies public and done numerous trade sales. Over the years, HealthCap companies have developed more than 25 pharmaceutical products to market approval, many of which are breakthrough therapies helping patients with life-threatening diseases. In addition, HealthCap companies have brought more than 50 innovative medical device products to market. These products have generated significant value to many stakeholders, including patients, physicians and society, and as a result also to HealthCap investors.

Our focus is on opportunities that are beyond proof of concept and poised for more significant development and growth in the Medical Device, Life Science Tool, Diagnostic and Digital Health sectors. Why Gilmartin Capital? The investing landscape is long on capital and short on insight. Our value extends beyond capital. We possess extensive domain expertise in areas such as strategy, market assessment, and capital markets advisory. Our passion is to avail our experience and network to help you solve problems, drive scientific discovery, help patients and grow. For over two decades, we have amassed a propriety expert network consisting of key opinion leaders across multiple therapeutic verticals and technical specialties, and best-in-class operators in various operational, scientific, and financial areas. In fact, the majority of our fund capital comes from operators like you. The founding partners have decades of experience analyzing and advising healthcare technology companies. We do the math! We want to help you advance your vision.

We’re a small team of investors, entrepreneurs, operators, clinicians, scientists and technologists, supported by our Board of healthcare and life sciences leaders and an Investment Committee of experienced venture investors and innovators. Together the partners represent one of the largest teaching hospital systems in the UK and Europe, serving a diverse local population. Their vision is to support world-leading healthcare ecosystem that drives new frontiers in modern medicine with synergistic integration of healthcare, academia, innovation and private capital.

Martlet Capital has invested in more than 65 start-ups, since its launch in 2011. In 2021, Martlet successfully raised additional capital to scale its investment activity. We provide patient capital for early-stage B2B deep technology and life science start-ups, with a primary focus on companies based in Cambridge. Our team is comprised of experienced investors and entrepreneurs. In addition to capital, we can offer support, experience and a network of contacts. We have achieved several exits from our portfolio, from trade sales to global technology companies and IPO’s.