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[Image omitted] - Alta Partners
Dollars: $53.02 million
Deals: 13 deals
Based: San Francisco, CA
Website: altapartners.com
Founded: 1996
Founded in 1996 by Dr. Jean Deleage--also a founder of the venture capital firms Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. and Sofinnova --Alta Partners has a solid track record of investing in biotech companies. Over the past decade, the firm has funded over 180 companies, including some leaders in the biopharmaceuticals industry including The Medicines Company and Onyx Pharmaceuticals ($ONXX). The firm's current life sciences portfolio includes Allakos, Applied Genetic Technologies , Bioventus, Lumena Pharmaceuticals, Zafgen and ZS Pharma.
Daniel Janney
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