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Founded in 1990, Forward Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Diego, California. The firm seeks to invest in the life science, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical device sectors.
Forward Ventures has a team of investment professionals with extensive experience in entrepreneurship, venture capital and operations. They have invested in over 50 companies since they were founded in 1990 and currently have more than $500 million in capital under management. The most recent fund, Forward V, continues Forward Ventures' program of life sciences and health care venture investing in companies of all stages of development. Forward invests throughout the United States and will consider select European opportunities.
Forward Ventures' investments include Adiana, Ambit Biosciences, Acorda Therapeutics, Kemia, Hypnion, Gryphon Therapeutics, Mircomet, AGY Therapeutics, Ambit Biosciences and TargeGen.
Their exited investments include Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Ambit Biosciences, Affinium Pharmaceuticals, LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals, Acorda Therapeutics, Morphotek, TargeGen, Mircomet and Adiana.
