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Avoro Capital Advisors

Crossover fund

New York · Series A–Late Stage · 22 people tracked

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Avoro Capital Advisors seeks scientific breakthroughs with the potential to address unmet medical needs, driven by intellectual curiosity. The firm aims to identify unique or mispriced investment opportunities, analyzing complex situations and supporting companies with both financial and intellectual resources across the lifecycle of an investment. It emphasizes disciplined risk management, evaluating macro and company-specific risks, and may employ tactical and fundamental hedges within its portfolio construction while carefully weighing position sizing and liquidity considerations.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Series A–Late Stage
HQ
New York, New York, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2010
Last 12 months
1 investment
AUM
$13.6B
Tracked investments
80
Unicorns
7
IPOs
17
Acquisitions
9

Team · 22 people

from the firm's website & public directories

What they invest in

from 63 of 80 portfolio companies

Biotech ×61Healthtech ×47Medical Devices ×23Deep Tech ×10Digital Health ×5AI & Machine Learning ×3Longevity ×2Cloud Computing ×1

HQs:United States×44Switzerland×1Denmark×1United Kingdom×1Netherlands×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 30 portfolio companies
50%
solo founders
15 of 30 mapped founding teams
38%
repeat founders
of 24 founders with career history
~4 yrs
old at investment
median across 13 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×152 founders×83 founders×34+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data

University of California, Berkeley ×4Harvard University ×3Princeton University ×3Brown University ×2Columbia University ×2Harvard Medical School ×2Imperial College London ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with field-of-study data

Life Sciences ×11Chemistry ×8Engineering ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Medicine ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 24 founders with career history

Atlas Venture ×4GNF ×2

13 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 22 with degree data)

Investments · 80 tracked

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By year:2026 · 12025 · 22022 · 12021 · 42020 · 12019 · 12018 · 22017 · 52015 · 42014 · 32012 · 22010 · 127 dated

Adaptimmuneadaptimmune.comin𝕏OTC: ADAPYSep 2014

Adaptimmune Therapeutics is a biotechnology company, though the specific focus of their therapeutic work is not detailed on this investors and media page.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesAbingdon, Oxfordshire, US

James Noble(Chief Executive Officer)Adrian Rawcliffe(Chief Executive Officer and Director)inGavin Wood(Chief Financial Officer)inWilliam Bertrand(Chief Operating Officer)inJohn Lunger(Chief Patient Supply Officer)inElliot Norry(Chief Medical Officer)in

Co-investorsEight Roads VenturesF-Prime CapitalForesite CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Ridgeback Capital

Allogene Therapeuticsallogene.comin𝕏NASDAQ: ALLOApr 2018

Allogene Therapeutics develops allogeneic CAR T cell therapies (AlloCAR T) for blood cancers, solid tumors, and autoimmune diseases, using off-the-shelf manufactured cell products rather than patient-derived autologous approaches.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US

Arie Belldegrun, M.D.(Executive Chairman and Co-Founder)inDavid Chang, M.D., Ph.D.(Co-Founder, Allogene)Christine Cassiano(Executive Vice President, Chief Corporate Affairs and Brand Strategy Officer and one of the founders)inZachary Roberts, M.D., Ph.D.(President and Chief Executive Officer)ROBERT ABRAHAM(Director)JOSHUA A. KAZAM(Co-Founder and Director of Allogene)

Co-investorsForesite CapitalTPGVida VenturesGilead SciencesVVAG Special

Amylyxamylyx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: AMLX

Amylyx is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for diseases with high unmet medical needs.

BiotechHealthtechCambridge, US

Justin Klee(Director)inJoshua Cohen(Founder)in

BoardStephen D. Chubb(Director)George M. Milne, PH.D.(Director)

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalALS Investment FundBain Capital Life Sciences

Designtxdesigntx.cominNASDAQ: DSGNJan 2021

Design Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing small molecule therapeutic candidates for serious genetic diseases through its GeneTAC (Gene Targeted Chimera) platform.

BiotechMedical DevicesSolana Beach, US

Pratik Shah, Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)Aseem Z. Ansari, Ph.D.(Director)Sean Jeffries, Ph.D.(Executive Officer)

BoardSimeon George, M.D.(Director)Stella Xu, Ph.D.(Director)Rodney Lappe, Ph.D.(Director)

Co-investorsQuan CapitalRA CapitalSR One Capital ManagementWellington ManagementWestRiver GroupQuan Venture

Hemab Therapeuticshemab.comin𝕏NASDAQ: COAG

Hemab develops targeted therapies for bleeding and clotting disorders such as Glanzmann thrombasthenia, Factor VII deficiency, Von Willebrand Disease, and heavy menstrual bleeding.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsAccess BiotechnologyHealthCapNovo HoldingsSofinnova PartnersAvoro VenturesRA Capital

Intellia Therapeuticsintelliatx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: NTLAAug 2015

Intellia Therapeutics develops in vivo and ex vivo CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing therapies aimed at treating the root causes of severe genetic diseases, with lead candidates for hereditary angioedema and ATTR amyloidosis.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechCambridge, US

Nessan Bermingham(Executive Officer, Director)inJennifer Doudna(Co-founder)Jose Rivera(Executive Officer)inJohn Leonard(President and Chief Executive Officer)inJames Basta(Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary)inEdward Dulac(Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer)in

Co-investorsage1Atlas VentureEcoR1 CapitalForesite CapitalOrbiMedRidgeback Capital+2 more

Kura Oncologykuraoncology.cominNASDAQ: KURA

Kura Oncology is a company in the oncology/medtech sector that provides grant support for independent medical education programs designed to enhance healthcare professionals' ability to diagnose and treat patients in Kura Oncology's therapeutic areas of interest.

BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesLa Jolla, US

PINGDA REN(Executive Officer)inYI LIU(Executive Officer)inTroy Wilson(Founder)inTroy Wilson, Ph.D., J.D.(Co-founder; President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board)Kevan M. Shokat, Ph.D.(Founding team member)HEIDI HENSON(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersEcoR1 CapitalForesite CapitalNextech InvestOUP (Osage University Partners)Avoro Ventures

Kymera Therapeuticskymeratx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: KYMR

Kymera is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel medicines using targeted protein degradation technology to treat diseases caused by previously "undrugged" proteins.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtech

Nello Mainolfi(Founder)inBruce Booth(Chair)in

Co-investorsAtlas VentureBain Capital Life SciencesBessemer Venture PartnersHatteras Venture PartnersMRL Ventures FundNextech Invest+7 more

Madrigalmadrigalpharma.comin𝕏NASDAQ: MDGL

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesConshohocken, US

Rebecca Taub(Founder and Director)inMarc R. Schneebaum(Executive Officer)inPaul A. Friedman(Executive Officer, Director)inBill Sibold(President and Chief Executive Officer)inMardi Dier(Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer)inCarole Huntsman(Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer)in

Co-investorsBay City CapitalForesite Capital

Monte Rosa Therapeuticsmonterosatx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: GLUE

Monte Rosa develops molecular glue degrader (MGD) therapeutics using MGD chemistry, artificial intelligence, structural biology, and proteomics to target previously undruggable or inadequately drugged disease targets.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechBoston, US

Markus Warmuth(M.D., Chief Executive Officer)inSharon Townson(Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer)inJohn Castle(Ph.D., Chief Data and Information Officer)inFilip Janku(M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer)inPhil Nickson(Ph.D., J.D., Chief Business and Legal Officer)inMagnus Walter(DPhil, Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsAisling CapitalHBM PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Versant VenturesAmzak HealthGV (Google Ventures)+4 more

Olema Pharmaceuticalsolema.comin𝕏NASDAQ: OLMA

Olema is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for metastatic breast cancer and other endocrine-driven cancers, targeting nuclear receptors and mechanisms of acquired resistance.

BiotechHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Cyrus L. Harmon, Ph.D.(Director)Cyrus L. Harmon(Director)inDavid C. Myles, Ph.D.(Executive Officer)Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)Naseem Zojwalla, M.D.(Executive Officer)inShane Kovacs(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesForesite CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersRA CapitalWellington ManagementAvoro Ventures+3 more

Outlook Therapeuticsoutlooktherapeutics.comin𝕏NASDAQ: OTLK

Outlook Therapeutics develops ophthalmic therapies for retinal diseases, including anti-VEGF treatments for conditions such as neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, and branch retinal vein occlusion.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesIselin, US

Pankaj Mohan(Executive Officer, Director)Lawrence A. Kenyon(Executive Officer, Director)inJeff Evanson(Executive Officer)in

BoardFaisal G. Sukhtian(Director)Yezan Haddadin(Director)Andong Huang(Director)

Praxispraxismedicines.comin𝕏NASDAQ: PRAX

Praxis Precision Medicines is a central nervous system precision neuroscience biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for CNS disorders characterized by neuronal excitation-inhibition imbalance, with a pipeline spanning movement disorders and epilepsy.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechBoston, US

Steve Petrou(Co-Founder, President of Research & Development)inKiran Reddy(Executive Officer, Director)inMarcio Souza(President & Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardNicholas G. Galakatos(Director)in

Co-investorsCapria VenturesOCV PartnersAlameda ResearchAPOLLO PROJECTSBlackstoneClarus Ventures+6 more

Scribe Therapeuticsscribetx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: SCTXMar 2021

Scribe is a molecular engineering company developing CRISPR-based genetic therapies to treat cardiometabolic disease and other conditions.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesBerkeley, US

Benjamin Oakes(Founder & CEO)inJennifer A. Doudna, PhD(Co-founder, Scientific Advisor)Benjamin L. Oakes, PhD(Co-founder, President and CEO)David F. Savage, PhD(Co-founder, Scientific Advisor)Brett Staahl, PhD(Co-founder, VP of External Innovation)

BoardVijay Pande(Director)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzOrbiMedMenlo VenturesRA CapitalWellington ManagementAvoro Ventures

Syndax Pharmaceuticalssyndax.cominNASDAQ: SNDX

Syndax Pharmaceuticals is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes small-molecule and antibody cancer therapies, including two FDA-approved medicines: revumenib (a menin inhibitor for acute leukemias) and axatilimab (a CSF-1R blocking antibody for graft-versus-host disease and fibrotic diseases), along with clinical-stage programs exploring expanded uses and combinations in oncology.

BiotechWaltham, US

John Pallies(Executive Officer)inArlene Morris(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael A. Metzger(Chief Executive Officer)inKeith A. Goldan(Chief Financial Officer)in

BoardDennis Podlesak(Director)inIvor Royston(Director)

Co-investorsAisling CapitalATEM Capital FundBioBritDelos CapitalEcoR1 CapitalForesite Capital+6 more

Viking Therapeuticsvikingtherapeutics.cominNASDAQ: VKTXJun 2017

Viking Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies in areas such as metabolic and endocrine disorders.

BiotechHealthtechLongevitySan Diego, US

Brian Lian(President, CEO & Director (Founder))inMichael Morneau(Chief Financial Officer)Dr. Lian(President & Chief Executive Officer, Director)Stephen W. Webster(Director)Matthew W. Foehr(Director)

BoardJ. Matthew Singleton(Director)

Co-investorsLigand Pharmaceuticals

Xenon Pharmaceuticalsxenon-pharma.comin𝕏NASDAQ: XENE

Xenon is a neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops ion channel modulators as therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric disorders.

BiotechHealthtech

Ian Mortimer(President and Chief Executive Officer)inDarren Cline(Chief Commercial Officer)inAndrea DiFabio(Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary)inJames Empfield(Executive Vice President, Drug Discovery)inTucker Kelly(Chief Financial Officer)inChris Kenney(Chief Medical Officer)in

Co-investorsArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture CapitalForesite CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Ethyrealbioethyrealbio.comin✓ verified

Ethyreal Bio is a biopharmaceutical company developing medicines for people with Thyroid Eye Disease and Graves' Disease.

BiotechHealthtechCambridge, US

Niranjan Kameswaran(Chief Executive Officer)inJessica Stromme(Chief Development Officer)inKelly Foster(Chief Scientific Officer)inStephen Huang(Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical Development)in

BoardSimon Read(Chairman of the Board and Independent Board Member)in

Co-investorsAtlas VentureMedicxi

Acerta Pharmaacerta-pharma.com

Develops novel therapeutics in oncology and autoimmune diseases.

Co-investorsBioGeneration VenturesBOMFrazier Life Sciences

Adverum Biotechnologiesadverum.com𝕏

Adverum is a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing Ixo-vec, an investigational single-administration intravitreal treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration and other ocular diseases, based on a proprietary adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector platform.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechRedwood City, US

Thomas W. Chalberg(Executive Officer, Director)Steven D. Schwartz(Director)Mark S. Blumenkranz(Director)Linda Rubinstein(Executive Officer)Setareh Seyedkazemi(Executive Officer)Kishor Peter Soparkar(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsFrazier Life Sciences5AM VenturesSamsara BioCapitalVenrock Healthcare Capital PartnersVivo Capital

Aerie Pharmaceuticalsaeriepharma.cominSep 2014

Aerie Pharmaceuticals develops ophthalmic pharmaceutical products including Rocklatan and Rhopressa for glaucoma and ocular hypertension, and AR-15512 for dry eye disease.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesBedminster, US

CASEY KOPCZYNSKI(Executive Officer)inVICENTE ANIDO(Executive Officer, Director)BRIAN LEVY(Executive Officer)RICHARD RUBINO(Executive Officer)THOMAS MITRO(Executive Officer)David Endicott(CEO of Alcon)in

Co-investorsAlta PartnersForesite CapitalOUP (Osage University Partners)Sofinnova Ventures

Amarinamarincorp.comin𝕏

Amarin Corporation is a cardiovascular health pharmaceutical company developing treatments to prevent cardiovascular disease.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsFountain Healthcare PartnersLongitude CapitalSignet Healthcare PartnersSofinnova Ventures

Amicus Therapeuticsamicusrx.comin

Amicus is a rare disease biotechnology company developing medicines for people with genetically defined conditions.

BiotechHealthtechCranbury, US

Daphne Quimi(Executive Officer)John Crowley(Executive Officer, Director)William D. Baird, III(Executive Officer)

BoardCraig A. Wheeler(Director)Ted W. Love(Director)inMargaret G. McGlynn(Director)

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersFrazier Life SciencesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Prospect Venture PartnersAvoro Ventures

Apellis Pharmaceuticalsapellis.comin𝕏acquired by Biogen · May 2026 · $5.6B

NASDAQ-listed company developing therapies for complement cascade-driven diseases in haematology, ophthalmology, and nephrology.

BiotechCrestwood, US

Pascal Deschatelets(Executive Officer)Cedric Francois(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardGerald Chan(Director)Stephanie O'Brien(Director)Alec Machiels(Director)A. Sinclair Dunlop(Director)

Co-investorsEMBL VenturesEpidarex CapitalF-Prime CapitalKeyhorse CapitalSofinnova VenturesSolasta Ventures+2 more

arGEN-Xargenx.com

The company develops therapies for people with severe autoimmune diseases.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsBioGeneration VenturesHBM Healthcare InvestmentsMPM BioImpactPMVSeventure PartnersForbion

Ascendis Pharmaascendispharma.comin𝕏Nov 2014

Ascendis Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for hormone-related disorders and rare diseases.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesDenmark, DK

Jan Møller Mikkelsen(Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer)inGrethe Rasmussen(Executive Officer)inHarald Rau(Executive Officer)Martin Olin(Director)Lotte S?nderbjerg(Executive Officer)Martin Auster(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsVivo CapitalAisling CapitalForesite CapitalRA CapitalSofinnova PartnersSofinnova Ventures

Assembly Biosciencesassemblybio.comin

Assembly Bio is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutic candidates for viral and liver diseases, including programs targeting herpesviruses, hepatitis delta virus, hepatitis B virus, and cholestatic liver diseases.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Jason Okazaki(Chief Executive Officer & President)inWilliam Delaney, PhD(Chief Scientific Officer)Anuj Gaggar, MD, PhD(Chief Medical Officer)

Co-investorsLongitude Capital

Athenexathenex.cominMay 2019 · $100M

BiotechBuffalo, US

Flint Besecker(Executive Officer, Director)inLi Shen(Executive Officer)inSimon Pedder(Executive Officer)inJohnson Lau(Executive Officer, Director)inWilliam Zuo(Executive Officer)Rudolf Kwan(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsSalica InvestmentsOrbiMed

Aviceda Therapeuticsavicedarx.comin𝕏Series C · Jan 2025 · $210M

Biotechnology company developing immunomodulators using a HALOS nanotechnology platform for chronic inflammation.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesCambridge, US

Michael Tolentino(Executive Officer, Director)inMohamed A. Genead(Chairman & CEO)inDavid Callanan(Executive Officer)inDerek Kunimoto(Executive Officer)inJeffrey Nau(Chief Executive Officer)inTarek S. Hassan(Chief Development Officer)in

Co-investorsJeito CapitalLongitude CapitalCatalio Capital Management, LPOrbiMedDigitalis VenturesOmega Funds

Avidity Biosciencesaviditybiosciences.comin

Avidity Biosciences develops Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs) that combine monoclonal antibody specificity with oligonucleotide precision for targeted delivery of RNA therapeutics to treat rare genetic muscle diseases.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesLa Jolla, US

Troy Wilson PhD., JD(Executive Officer, Director)P. Kent Hawryluk(Executive Officer)inMark E. Davis(Director)Troy Wilson(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardTodd Brady(Director)Michael Martin PhD.(Director)

Co-investorsBrace PharmaF-Prime CapitalFrazier Life SciencesMoore Venture Partners

Centrexion Therapeuticscentrexion.comin𝕏Jan 2018 · $67M

Centrexion develops therapies for the treatment of pain, focusing on the design and execution of clinical trials for pain drug development.

BiotechHealthtechBaltimore, US

James N. Campbell(President, Chief Scientific Officer)inKerrie L. Brady(Executive Officer)inGregg Beloff(Executive Officer)Jeffrey B. Kindler(Chief Executive Officer)inCharles Oh(Chief Medical Officer)inSmital Shah(Acting CBO)in

Co-investorsCatalio Capital Management, LPEFung CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Quan Capital6 Dimensions CapitalExome Asset Management

Constellation Pharmaconstellationpharma.comin𝕏acquired by Novartis

Developing therapeutics targeting epigenetic regulators to modulate gene expression; acquired by MorphoSys in June 2021 for $1.7B.

BiotechHealthtechCambridge, US

Michael R. Cooper(Executive Officer)inJames E. Audia(Executive Officer)Keith Dionne(Executive Officer, Director)Matthias Jaffe(Executive Officer)Mark A. Goldsmith(Director)inTom Maniatis(Director)

Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesThe Column GroupVenrockThird Rock Ventures

Corvus Pharmaceuticalscorvuspharma.comin

Corvus Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company developing immunology-focused medicines that target cellular components of the immune system, with therapeutic focus on immune diseases and cancer.

BiotechHealthtechBurlingame, US

Richard A. Miller(President & CEO, Co-Founder)inLeiv Lea(Executive Officer)in

BoardElisha (Terry) P. Gould(Director)Peter Moldt(Director)Peter Thompson(Co-Founder)inTerry G. Gould(Director)

Co-investorsForesite CapitalOrbiMed

CRISPRcrisprtx.comin𝕏

CRISPR Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing gene-based medicines using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechZug, CH

Emmanuelle Charpentier(Co-founder)Samarth Kulkarni(Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board)inJames R. Kasinger(General Counsel and Secretary)inStephen Kennedy(Head of Technical Operations)inMegan Wherry Menner(Head of Human Resources)inNaimish Patel(Chief Medical Officer)in

Co-investorsCLI VenturesKhosla VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)SR One Capital ManagementVersant VenturesWellington Management+3 more

Cymabaycymabay.comin𝕏Aug 2015

Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Foster City, California that discovers, develops, and delivers medicines across virology, oncology, and inflammation.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesNewark, US

Harold Van Wart, Ph. D.(Executive Officer, Director)Pol Boudes(Executive Officer)Charles A. McWherter, Ph. D.(Executive Officer)Sujal Shah(Executive Officer)

BoardCarl Goldfischer, M.D.(Director)Kurt von Emster(Director)in

Co-investorsBay City CapitalForesite CapitalVantagePoint Capital PartnersAbingworth

Fennec Pharmaceuticalsfennecpharma.comin𝕏Jun 2017

Fennec Pharmaceuticals develops treatments for cisplatin-induced hearing loss, a side effect of cancer chemotherapy.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesResearch Triangle Park, US

Krysia Lynes(Executive Officer)Rostislav Raykov(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAdrian Haigh(Director)Steven Skolsky(Director)Chris Rallis(Director)Khalid Islam(Director)

Global Blood Therapeuticsgbt.cominacquired by Pfizer · Aug 2022 · $5.4B

Global Blood Therapeutics was a South San Francisco biopharmaceutical company founded in 2011 focused on treatments for sickle cell disease.

South San Francisco, US

John Schembri(Executive Officer)inTed W. Love(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardKevin Starr(Director)inCharles Homcy, M.D.(Director)

Co-investorsAisling CapitalRA CapitalRidgeback CapitalThird Rock Ventures

HedgeServhedgeserv.comin

HedgeServ provides a cloud-based investor services platform for investment managers that automates fund administration tasks including investor onboarding, capital calls, distributions, and reporting.

Cloud ComputingFintechSaaS

Co-investorsAquiline Technology GrowthGolub Growth

Horizon Therapeuticshorizontherapeutics.comin𝕏acquired by Amgen

Amgen is a pioneer in biologic medicine development using living cells to create treatments for serious illnesses with limited existing options.

BiotechHealthtech

Co-investorsAtlas VentureNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Intec Pharmaintecpharma.comMay 2020

BiotechJerusalem

JOHN W. KOZARICH(Director)NIR SASSI(Executive Officer)HILA KARAH(Director)WILLIAM B. HAYES(Director)NADAV NAVON(Executive Officer)WALT A LINSCOTT(Executive Officer)

IO Biotechiobiotech.comin

IOBiotech appears to be a biotech company focused on oncology, with a founder who has extensive experience in cancer drug development and clinical advancement from roles at Roche, Eli Lilly, and leading academic cancer centers.

BiotechMedical Devices

Dr. Dhingra

Co-investorsEIR VenturesKurma PartnersPivotal Life SciencesRA CapitalSamsara BioCapitalSunstone Capital+4 more

Iovance Biotherapeuticsiovance.comin𝕏

Iovance develops TIL (tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte) therapy, a personalized cancer treatment that isolates immune cells from a patient's tumor, expands them in a centralized facility using proprietary manufacturing processes, and returns them for infusion back into the patient.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesPhiladelphia, US

Co-investorsFrazier Life Sciences

Karyopharm Therapeuticskaryopharm.comin𝕏Dec 2022

Karyopharm is a pharmaceutical company developing drugs based on its SINE (Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export) technology, with medicines targeting cancers including multiple myeloma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

BiotechHealthtechNewton, US

Stuart Poulton(Executive Officer)inMichael Mano(Executive Officer)inReshma Rangwala(Executive Officer)inRichard Paulson(CEO)inStephen Mitchener(Executive Officer)inMichael Mason(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsForesite CapitalHEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERSRA Capital

Krystal Biotechkrystalbio.comin𝕏Aug 2017

Krystal Biotech discovers, develops, and commercializes genetic medicines, including gene therapy programs for rare diseases such as dermatological conditions.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesPittsburgh, US

Suma Krishnan(President, Research & Development)inKrish Krishnan(Chairman & CEO)inDoug Norby(Director)Dino Rossi(Director)

BoardDan Janney(Director)

Co-investorsFrazier Life SciencesAlta PartnersAvoro Ventures

Marinus Pharmaceuticalsmarinuspharma.com

BiotechRadnor, US

Scott Braunstein, MD(Executive Officer, Director)Edward F. Smith(Executive Officer)Joe Hulihan, MD(Executive Officer)

BoardNicole Vitullo(Director)Enrique J. Carrazana, MD(Director)Michael R. Dougherty(Director)

Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesCanaan PartnersConnecticut InnovationsSofinnova VenturesDomain AssociatesFlare Capital Partners+1 more

Mersana Therapeuticsmersana.com𝕏Series A · Jul 2012 · $27MAcquired

Day One (part of Servier) is a biopharmaceutical company developing targeted oncology medicines, with a focus on cancers affecting patients of all ages, including pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG).

BiotechHealthtechCambridge, US

MICHAEL J. KAUFMAN(Executive Officer)inDonald Bergstrom(Executive Officer)inANNA PROTOPAPAS(Executive Officer, Director)Timothy Lowinger(Executive Officer)Eva Jack(Executive Officer)Wayne Foster(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesF-Prime CapitalLightstone VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Nextech InvestPfizer Venture Investments+3 more

Merusmerus.nlin

Merus develops multispecific antibodies (Biclonics and Triclonics) that bind multiple cancer antigens to treat oncology indications.

BiotechMedical DevicesUtrecht, NL

Ton Logtenberg(Executive Officer, Director)inMark Throsby(Executive Officer)inHui Liu(Executive Officer)inJohn Crowley(Executive Officer)inL. Andres Sirulnik(Executive Officer)inLex Bakker(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsPfizer Venture InvestmentsRA CapitalSofinnova Ventures

Mirati Therapeuticsmirati.comin𝕏

Mirati develops investigational medicines and treatments for patients with multiple myeloma and other oncology indications.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsBioBritBoxer Capital, LLCNextech InvestPappas Capital

Normunitynormunity.comin𝕏Series B · Jan 2025 · $75M

Normunity develops biologic anti-cancer therapies that act at the interface of the immune system and tumors, targeting mechanisms tumors use to evade immune surveillance.

BiotechHealthtech

Rachel Humphrey(Founding Chief Executive Officer)inLieping Chen(Scientific Founder)Mitchell Keegan(Chief Development Officer)inWilliam LaRochelle(Chief Scientific Officer)inStacy M. Plum(Chief Technology Officer)

Co-investorsSanofi VenturesTaiho Ventures, LLCPfizer VenturesSamsara BioCapitalCanaan PartnersConnecticut Innovations+5 more

Nuvalentnuvalent.comin𝕏Apr 2021

Nuvalent is a biopharmaceutical company that uses chemistry and structure-based drug discovery to design small-molecule kinase inhibitors as precisely targeted cancer therapies.

BiotechHealthtechCambridge, US

Matthew Shair(Director)inHenry Pelish, PhD(Chief Scientific Officer)R. Porter James(Executive Officer, Director)inJames Porter, PhD(Chief Executive Officer)Alex Balcom(Chief Financial Officer)inChristopher Turner, MD(Chief Medical Officer)

Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesWellington ManagementDeerfield Management Company

Ottimo Pharmaottimopharma.comin

Ottimo is a biotech company developing oncology and immuno-oncology therapeutics, including antibody-based cancer treatments.

BiotechHealthtech

Jonny Finlay(Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor)David Epstein(Chair & Chief Executive Officer)inMehdi Shahidi(Head of Development & Chief Medical Officer)Ling Zeng(General Counsel and EVP of Execution)inSpencer Fisk(Chief Technical and Quality Officer)

Co-investorsOrbiMedAvoro VenturesMedicxiSamsara BioCapitalJMI Equity

PMV Pharmapmvpharma.comFeb 2017

PMV Pharma develops precision oncology therapies that target and structurally correct mutated p53 proteins to restore their tumor-suppressing function.

BiotechHealthtechCranbury, US

David H. Mack, Ph.D.(Founder)inDavid Mack(Executive Officer, Director)Arnold Levine(Director)

BoardPeter Thompson(Director)inSteve Winick(Director)Arnold Oronsky(Director)

Co-investorsNextech InvestOUP (Osage University Partners)RA CapitalViking GlobalWellington ManagementOrbiMed+1 more

Proteostasis Therapeuticsproteostasis.comacquired by Yumanity Therapeutics · Dec 2020 · $150M

Developing disease-modifying therapeutics for diseases of protein processing, with a lead program in cystic fibrosis.

Co-investorsF-Prime CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Sanofi VenturesSofinnova Ventures

Rocket Pharmarocketpharma.comin𝕏Dec 2015

Rocket Pharmaceuticals develops gene therapies to treat patients with rare genetic diseases, focusing on cardiovascular and hematologic disorders.

BiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices

Gaurav Shah(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardRoderick Wong(Director)inNaveen Yalamanchi(Director)in

Co-investorsBroadview VenturesCivilization Ventures Management, LlcFrazier Life SciencesLifeSci Venture PartnersRTW Investments L.P.

Sarepta Therapeuticssarepta.comin𝕏

Sarepta develops precision genetic medicines for people with rare diseases, with a focus on rare neuromuscular conditions.

BiotechHealthtechCambridge, US

WILLIAM CIAMBRONE(Executive Officer)DOUGLAS S. INGRAM(Executive Officer, Director)inDAVID TYRONNE HOWTON(Executive Officer)SANDESH MAHATME(Executive Officer)GILMORE O'NEILL(Executive Officer)ALEXANDER CUMBO(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsRoche Venture FundAvoro Ventures

Scorpion Therapeuticsscorpiontx.com

BiotechBoston, US

Adam Friedman(Executive Officer, Director)inGary Glick(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrew Fedder(Executive Officer)inDarrin Stuart(Executive Officer)inErica Jackson(Executive Officer)inAmanda Valentino(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAtlas VentureEcoR1 CapitalFrazier Life SciencesNextech InvestVida VenturesAbingworth+4 more

Stemline Therapeuticsstemline.comJan 2012

Stemline is an oncology-focused pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing cancer therapies, including ELZONRIS (tagraxofusp-erzs) for blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm and ORSERDU (elacestrant) for ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR-1 mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

BiotechHealthtechNew York, US

Ivan Bergstein, M.D.(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRonald Bentsur(Director)

Tesarogsk.comin𝕏Series A · May 2010 · $60M

GSK is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and delivers medicines and vaccines for patients.

BiotechHealthtechLondon, GB

Mary Lynne Hedley(Executive Officer, Director)Leon O. Moulder, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)Jeffrey Hanke(Executive Officer)Joseph L. Farmer(Executive Officer)inGrant C. Bogle(Executive Officer)Martin H. Huber(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsKleiner PerkinsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Pappas CapitalRidgeback Capital

Tourmaline Biotourmalinebio.com

Biotechnology company developing cellular therapies for organ transplantation and autoimmune disorders.

Co-investorsAnjostLongitude CapitalScion Life SciencesTCG CrossoverVivo CapitalAvoro Ventures

Tricidatricida.com

BiotechSouth San Francisco, US

Gerrit Klaerner(Executive Officer, Director)Melissa Miksch(Executive Officer)

BoardSandra Coufal(Director)David Bonita(Director)inKlaus Veitinger(Director)inRobert Alpern(Director)

Co-investorsLongitude CapitalWellington ManagementFrazier Life SciencesHercules Capital, Inc.OrbiMed

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Avadel PharmaceuticalsBellicumCatalystbiosciencesDesign TherapeuticsDiceEndocyteGlobal BloodImmunomedicsIVERIC BioMyokardiaNantkwestTherachonZealand PharmaZogenix

Exits · 26

17 IPOs · 9 acquisitions · showing 25

AdaptimmuneOTC: ADAPYAllogene TherapeuticsNASDAQ: ALLOAmylyxNASDAQ: AMLXDesigntxNASDAQ: DSGNHemab TherapeuticsNASDAQ: COAGIntellia TherapeuticsNASDAQ: NTLAKura OncologyNASDAQ: KURAKymera TherapeuticsNASDAQ: KYMRMadrigalNASDAQ: MDGLMonte Rosa TherapeuticsNASDAQ: GLUEOlema PharmaceuticalsNASDAQ: OLMAOutlook TherapeuticsNASDAQ: OTLKPraxisNASDAQ: PRAXScribe TherapeuticsNASDAQ: SCTXSyndax PharmaceuticalsNASDAQ: SNDXViking TherapeuticsNASDAQ: VKTXXenon PharmaceuticalsNASDAQ: XENEApellis Pharmaceuticalsacq. by BiogenConstellation Pharmaacq. by NovartisGlobal Blood Therapeuticsacq. by PfizerHorizon Therapeuticsacq. by AmgenMyokardiaacq. by Bristol Myers SquibbProteostasis Therapeuticsacq. by Yumanity TherapeuticsVicebioacq. by SanofiVividion Therapeuticsacq. by Bayer

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How many investments has Avoro Capital Advisors made?
Avoro Capital Advisors has 80 tracked investments, 26 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Avoro Capital Advisors invest at?
Avoro Capital Advisors invests at the Series A, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Avoro Capital Advisors focus on?
Avoro Capital Advisors focuses on Biotech, Healthtech, Medical Devices.
Where is Avoro Capital Advisors located?
Avoro Capital Advisors is headquartered in New York, US.
Who does Avoro Capital Advisors co-invest with?
Avoro Capital Advisors most often shares deals with Foresite Capital, RA Capital, Sofinnova Ventures, among 104 tracked co-investors.

Co-investors · 10

OrbiMed

OrbiMed is a healthcare-focused investment firm providing tailored financing solutions and global resources to build world-class healthcare companies across biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, digital health, diagnostics, and healthcare services.

$1M – $75M
Pfizer Venture Investments

Pfizer Venture Investments is a strategic venture fund that doesn't require product or technology rights as a condition of investing, giving founders independence while still aiming for future collaboration with Pfizer, and its team blends venture investing with business development and drug discovery expertise to back frontier scientific bets—such as neuroscience, in-vivo cell engineering, dark-genome target discovery, and the blockchain-based longevity accelerator VitaDAO—that many biotech investors avoid. The fund also runs an active China strategy through a locally based venture vehicle and direct investments like OTR Therapeutics, and it has become a channel for strategic deals, with portfolio companies acquired by AbbVie, Ipsen, and Gilead/Kite.

$5M – $20M
Canaan Partners

Canaan Partners is a venture capital firm with over 30 years of history, backing companies across technology and healthcare sectors through close, hands-on partnerships with founders.

$500K – $20M
Versant Ventures

Versant Ventures operates in-house Discovery Engines staffed by multidisciplinary scientists in dedicated laboratory facilities to help launch new biotechnology companies alongside academic founders.

$250K – $5M
Omega Funds

Omega Funds invests in venture capital and growth equity opportunities across the life sciences sector.

Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that backs founders across technology and life sciences, from early stage through growth.

Both backed · 1
$500K – $15M
Polaris Partners

Polaris Partners is a venture capital firm that partners with biotech and healthcare entrepreneurs to build transformational companies.

$500K – $5M
Innovation Works

Innovation Works is a nonprofit early-stage investor supporting the growth of Southwestern Pennsylvania's tech economy through venture funding, accelerator programs, and ecosystem support.

$100K – $300K
Riverfront Ventures, LLC

Riverfront Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Pittsburgh that invests in early-growth stage technology companies, serving as the venture capital arm of Innovation Works.

$250K – $1M
Pappas Capital

Pappas Capital is a life science-focused investment firm that invests in and helps build companies developing next-generation life science products and technologies.

$100K – $6M

Firms observed investing alongside Avoro Capital Advisors, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Avoro Capital Advisors's recorded portfolio.

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