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Deerfield Management Company

Venture capital

New York · Growth–Late Stage · 90 people tracked

Also known as DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P.

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Investment thesis

Deerfield advances healthcare through the combination of investment, information, and philanthropy. It provides flexible funding models to companies spanning the healthcare ecosystem and applies AI, data, and market research to drive healthcare technology and innovation. The firm builds companies independently and alongside strategic partners, forming alliances with research institutions and technology companies. Its New York City-based not-for-profit foundation supports innovative healthcare initiatives, reflecting a broad approach that blends capital, information services, and charitable activity across the sector.

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Stage
Growth–Late Stage
HQ
New York, NY, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1994
Last 12 months
4 investments
AUM
$19.1B
Tracked investments
80
IPOs
11

Team · 90 people

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Abraham Kometz· Partnerin𝕏
Elise Wang· Partnerin
Jason Fuller· Partnerin𝕏
Terence Karnal· Partner
Vincent Mellet· Partnerin
Katherine Lazar· Principal, Investment Strategy
Gilan Megeed· Principalin
Veranika Razhkova· Principalin𝕏
Wenxi Chen· Principalin
Abdul Khan· Senior Director, Biologicsin
Alex Lachapelle· Director, Product and Strategy
Brandon Gaitan· Director, Product & Strategy
Christopher Jean-Pierre· Systems Engineer
Daniel Glass· Managing Director, Global Market Researchin
Dharan Kadiyala· Associate Director, Market Researchin
Emma Gigerenich· Senior Director, Applied Epidemiology
Gopal Kotecha· Director, Quantitative Research
Helena Howard· Compliance Associatein
Hsueh-Cheng Huang· Senior Director, Preclinical Pharmacology
Jennifer Hsieh· Director, Compliancein
Jessica Sagers· Communications Inquiries contactin

Contact for communications inquiries at Deerfield.

Karen Heidelberger· Partnership Inquiries contactin

Contact for partnership inquiries at Deerfield.

Kevin Goncalves· Senior Director, Preclinical Pharmacology
Maria Guglielmo· Manager, Recruiting and Employee Experiencein
Mellissa Gray· Senior Scientist, Protein Sciencesin
Michael Hurley· Managing Director
Nicolas Jbeyli· Head of Strategy and Operations
Nicole Layton· Senior Associate, Investor Relationship Managementin
Oleg Laptenko· Principal Scientist, Preclinical Pharmacologyin
Raheleh Hatami· Senior Director, Portfolio Strategy and Innovation
Roberto Herrera· Associate Director, Solutions and Support Managerin
Sabrina Khanum· Desktop Support Engineer
Sam Galindo· Director, Innovation Alliances
Susanna Hall· Senior Director of Data Integrity and Operations
Tatsuya Kano· Senior Project Manager, IT
Victoria Gaddy· VP, Portfolio Company Operations HR & Strategy
Nicholas Lane· Director
Peter Young· Director
Alison Stamas· Associatein
Crystal Wright· Associatein
Eddie Yang· Analystin
James Flynn· Managing Partnerin

What they invest in

from 67 of 80 portfolio companies

Healthtech ×42Biotech ×35Medical Devices ×21Digital Health ×17AI & Machine Learning ×12Deep Tech ×6SaaS ×5Enterprise Software ×3

HQs:United States×62

Investments · 80 tracked

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Black Diamond Therapeutics, Incblackdiamondtherapeutics.comNASDAQ: BDTX

Black Diamond Therapeutics develops small-molecule kinase inhibitors targeting families of oncogenic mutations across cancer types, including its lead candidate silevertinib for EGFR-mutant lung cancer and glioblastoma.

Elizabeth Buck(Chief Scientific Officer)inBrent Hatzis-Schoch(Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel)inSergey Yurasov(Chief Medical Officer)inMelanie Morrison(Chief Development Officer)

Co-investorsLAVLilly Asia VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Nextech InvestNSG VenturesRA Capital+3 more

Cabaletta Biocabalettabio.comin𝕏NASDAQ: CABA

Cabaletta Bio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing engineered T cell therapies for patients with autoimmune diseases.

BiotechHealthtechRadnor, US

Steven Nichtberger(Executive Officer, Director)inSteven Nichtberger, MD(Founder)inDan Geffken(Executive Officer)inAnup Marda(Chief Financial Officer)inMark Simon(Director)

BoardBrian Daniels(Director)in

Co-investors5AM VenturesBain Capital Life Sciences

Edgewise Therapeuticsedgewisetx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: EWTX

Edgewise Therapeutics discovers and develops small molecule medicines targeting muscle proteins to treat neuromuscular and cardiac diseases, including sevasemten for muscular dystrophies and EDG-7500 for cardiomyopathy, leveraging a proprietary drug discovery platform based on muscle physiology and high-throughput functional assays.

BiotechDigital HealthBoulder, US

Kevin Koch(Executive Officer, Director)inAlan Russell(Director)inBadreddin Edris(Director and Co-Founder)inKenneth Harrison(Director)

BoardPeter Thompson(Director)inJonathan Root(Director)in

Co-investorsBoulder VenturesForesite CapitalOrbiMedUS Venture PartnersNovo Holdings

Editas Medicineeditasmedicine.comin𝕏NASDAQ: EDITAug 2015

Editas Medicine develops gene editing medicines using CRISPR/Cas9 and CRISPR/Cas12a technology to treat serious diseases including blood disorders, cardiovascular conditions, and cancer.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesCambridge, US

Feng Zhang(Scientific Founder, Core Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)inGeorge Church(Scientific Founder, Professor of Genetics, Harvard University and MIT)inKeith Joung(Scientific Founder, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School)inDavid Liu(Scientific Founder, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University)inKatrine Bosley(Executive Officer, Director)inVic Myer(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsEcoR1 CapitalSofinnova VenturesFlagship VenturesPolaris Partners

Foghorn Therapeuticsfoghorntx.comNASDAQ: FHTXMay 2024

Foghorn Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech developing chromatin-targeted cancer drugs via its Gene Traffic Control platform, including a candidate co-developed with Eli Lilly.

Adrian Gottschalk(President and Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investorsFlagship PioneeringBiotechnology Value Fund

Genedxgenedx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: WGSSeries C · Jul 2020 · $120M

GeneDx provides advanced genetic testing and clinical interpretation services to help clinicians diagnose rare and inherited genetic disorders, with AI-driven genomic intelligence that supports patient care decisions and accelerates research and drug discovery.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtech

Katherine Stueland(CEO)in

Co-investorsOak HC/FT

Kiniksakiniksa.comin𝕏NASDAQ: KNSA

Kiniksa is a global biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops novel therapies for patients with unmet medical needs, with a focus on cardiovascular diseases and related conditions.

BiotechMedical DevicesHamilton

THOMAS W BEETHAM(Executive Officer)inSanj K. Patel(Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board)

BoardSTEPHEN R BIGGAR(Director)FELIX J BAKER(Director)G. BRADLY COLE(Director)RICHARD S LEVY(Director)

Co-investorsSofinnova VenturesSofinnova Venture Partners

Pacific Biosciences of Californiapacificbiosciences.comin𝕏NASDAQ: PACB

Pacific Biosciences develops long-read DNA and RNA sequencing platforms and kits for genomics research, including whole genome, targeted, epigenetic, and RNA sequencing applications.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesMenlo Park, US

Christian O. Henry(Executive Officer, Director)inJeff Eidel(Executive Officer)inSusan G. Kim(Executive Officer)inMark Van Oene(Executive Officer)

BoardWilliam W. Ericson(Director)Hannah A. Valantine(Director)

Co-investorsDag VenturesKleiner PerkinsMaverick CapitalMohr Davidow VenturesThe Blackstone Group

Scynexisscynexis.comin𝕏NASDAQ: SCYX

SCYNEXIS develops fungerp-based antifungal therapies, including SCY-247, for treating and preventing severe, progressive, and often fatal fungal diseases and antimicrobial-resistant infections.

BiotechDurham, US

Yves J. Ribeill(Executive Officer, Director)inCharles F. Osborne, Jr.(Executive Officer)Brian Schwab(Executive Officer)inDavid Angulo(Chief Executive Officer, President and Director)in

BoardLaurent Arthaud(Director)Mounia Chaoui(Director)

Co-investorsDecheng CapitalForesite CapitalRA Capital

Xilio Therapeuticsxiliotx.cominNASDAQ: XLO

Xilio Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing masked immuno-oncology therapies that use protein engineering to remain inactive until activated by tumor-specific proteases within the tumor microenvironment.

BiotechHealthtechWaltham, US

René Russo(Executive Officer, Director)inJoseph Farmer(Executive Officer)Timothy Clackson(Executive Officer)Christopher Frankenfield(Chief Financial and Operating Officer)inKatarina Luptakova(Chief Medical Officer)inPaul Clancy(Director)

Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesBay City CapitalF-Prime CapitalM VenturesMRL Ventures FundRA Capital+9 more

Medical Micro Instrumentsmmimicro.comin𝕏Mar 2024✓ verified

MMI develops miniaturized robotic surgical instruments and platforms to enable surgeons to perform complex microsurgery and supermicrosurgery on delicate anatomical structures with greater precision.

HealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsJacksonville, US

Mark Toland(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrew Cleeland(Director)Justin Lynch(Director)inTheresa Jean Cameron(Director)Caleb Moore(Executive Officer)Augusto Vianna Castello(Director)

Board seatAndrew ElBardissi· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAndera PartnersBioStar CapitalFidelity InvestmentsRA CapitalCorewell Health VenturesFountain Healthcare Partners

NXT Biomedicalnxtbiomedical.comMay 2021✓ verified

NXT Biomedical is a medical device incubator that develops and spins out startups building clinical medical technologies aimed at addressing unmet needs and reducing healthcare costs.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesIrvine, US

Stanton Rowe(CEO)inDon Bobo(Director)

BoardKadhiresan V Kadir(Director)Steven Hochberg(Director)Andrew Cleeland(Director)

Board seatAndrew ElBardissi· per SEC Form D

Aloalosolutions.comin✓ verified

Alo Solutions provides capital investment and practice transition support services for independent physicians seeking to expand their practices, plan for succession, or transition their patient panels.

Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSaaSRaleigh, US

Matt Eirich(CEO)inAngie Cain(Chief Administrative Officer)inLynn Gordon(Chief Legal & Compliance Officer)in

Pleno Inc.plenoinc.comin✓ verified

Pleno develops a genomic testing instrument platform designed to make multiomics testing faster, lower-cost, and higher-plex than existing methods like NGS, PCR, and microarrays.

BiotechHardwareHealthtech

Co-investorsForesite CapitalMedical Excellence Capital

Spectrawavespectrawave.comin𝕏May 2019✓ verified

SpectraWAVE develops optical and computational imaging technologies to diagnose and guide treatment decisions for patients with coronary artery disease and cardiovascular disease.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesBedford, US

Eman Namati(President & CEO)inGuillermo Tearney(Founder; Professor of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital)Gregg Stone(Founder; Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai Heart Health System)James Muller(Founder; Cardiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital)inJeffrey O'Donnell(Founder; Managing General Partner, Runway Healthcare)Vivek Walimbe(Chief Operating Officer)in

Co-investorsLumira VenturesS3 VenturesSV Health InvestorsJohnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC

Acutus Medicalacutusmedical.comJul 2022

HealthtechCarlsbad, US

Christoph Scharf(Director)inRandy Werneth(Executive Officer, Director)Graydon Beatty(Executive Officer)inVince Burgess(Director)inJohn Dahldorf(Executive Officer)

BoardAditya Puri(Director)

Board seatAndrew ElBardissi· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAdvent Life SciencesOrbiMedFormation GroupGE VenturesIndex Ventures

Adelaadelabio.comin𝕏Jul 2025

Adela develops blood-based tests for cancer detection using epigenetics and liquid biopsy technology, aimed at helping patients and clinicians detect and act on cancer earlier.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesFoster City, US

Daniel Diniz De Carvalho(Executive Officer, Promoter)Scott Bratman(Executive Officer, Director)inAnne-Renee Hartman(Founder)inAlan Williams(Executive Officer)inLisa Alderson(Executive Officer, Director)inPriscilla Huang(Executive Officer)in

Board seatAndrew ElBardissi· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsDecheng CapitalF-Prime CapitalOrbiMedMenlo Ventures

Appello Pharmaceuticalsappellopharma.comJan 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

Appello Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company focused on drug discovery and development for neurological and metabolic diseases.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesNashville, US

Dr. Laden(Co-founder)Christopher Rand(Executive Officer)Vaughn Bryson(Director)Jeff P. Conn(Director)

BoardWilliam Slattery(Director)Howie Furst(Director)in

Board seatHoward Furst· per SEC Form D · $13.5M raise · filed Jan 2022

Co-investorsMountain Group CapitalRelevance Ventures

Audentes Therapeuticsastellasgenetherapies.cominAug 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

BiotechSan Francisco, US

Matthew Patterson(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardJonathan Silverstein(Director)inSteve Squinto(Director)inKush Parmar(Director)inThomas Woiwode(Director)

Board seatJonathan Leff· per SEC Form D · filed Sep 2015

Co-investorsAsset Management CompanyRA CapitalvenBio Partners5AM VenturesOrbiMedVenrock

Aurion Biotechaurionbiotech.cominApr 2022 · $120M

Aurion Biotech develops regenerative cell therapies for ophthalmology, focused on treating blindness and vision loss from corneal endothelial disease.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSeattle, US

DAVID ROSTOV(Executive Officer)inGREG KUNST(Executive Officer, Director)PATRICK LALLY(Director)JEANNETTE BANKES(Director)CHRISTINE MCCAULEY(Director)ARNAUD LACOSTE(Executive Officer)

Board seatAndrew ElBardissi· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsVisionary VenturesFlying L Partners

Axon Therapiesaxontherapies.comJan 2019SEC filingmedium confidence

Axon Therapies develops the SAVM procedure, an implant-free catheter-based ablation therapy that targets the right greater splanchnic nerve to reduce overactive sympathetic nerve activity in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

HealthtechMedical DevicesNew York, US

Howard R. Levin(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Gelfand(Executive Officer)

BoardPaul LaViolette(Director)in

Board seatAndrew ElBardissi· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Feb 2019

Co-investorsEarlybird Venture CapitalSV Health Investors

Dracenpharmadracenpharma.comJan 2018SEC filingmedium confidence

Dracen Pharmaceuticals is a private drug developer working at the intersection of cancer metabolism and immuno-oncology, developing glutamine antagonists that inhibit tumor glutamine metabolism and remodel the tumor microenvironment.

BiotechHealthtechBaltimore, US

Robert Wild(Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer)Thomas M. Estok(Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer)Drew Pardoll, M.D., Ph.D.(Director)

BoardRobert Jackson(Director)

Board seatJonathan Leff· per SEC Form D · $40.5M raise · filed Jan 2018

Co-investorsBiotech Investments S.R.OOUP (Osage University Partners)

Element Sciencemyjewel.cominMar 2020SEC filingmedium confidence

Jewel is a wearable patch cardioverter defibrillator designed to provide continuous protection from sudden cardiac arrest, using machine learning to minimize false alarms while requiring no daily maintenance for up to a week.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US

Uday N. Kumar(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardRussell Hirsch(Director)Neil Exter(Director)inKrishna Yeshwant(Director)inWilliam H. Kucheman(Director)

Board seatAndrew ElBardissi· per SEC Form D · $145.6M raise · filed Mar 2020

Co-investorsThird Rock VenturesGV (Google Ventures)

Elion Therapeuticseliontx.cominJun 2024 · $81M

Clinical-stage biotech developing next-generation polyene antifungals for life-threatening invasive fungal infections.

BiotechNew York, US

Kieren Marr(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJim Flynn(Director)Martin Heidecker(Director)in

Board seatJonathan Leff· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAMR Action FundIllinois Ventures

InCarda Therapeuticsincardatherapeutics.cominOct 2020 · $30M

Incardatherapeutics develops drug therapies for treating atrial fibrillation using synergistic combinations of anti-arrhythmic agents, with delivery platforms designed for both hospital and at-home settings.

BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesBrisbane, US

Carlos A. Schuler(Executive Officer, Director)inJohn S. Patton(Executive Officer, Director)inRangachari Narasimhan(Executive Officer, Director)Grace Colon(Executive Officer, Director)inMiller Samantha(Executive Officer)

BoardMcCarthy Reenie(Director)

Board seatAndrew ElBardissi· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAsset Management CompanyHealthCapSofinnova Ventures

InnervaceinAug 2022 · $40M

BiotechNew York, US

Nader Halim(Executive Officer, Director)Althea Stillman(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDavid Greenwald(Director)in

Board seatJonathan Leff· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBioAdvance

Neochordneochord.comin𝕏Nov 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

NeoChord develops a medical device system for beating heart mitral valve repair in patients with mitral valve regurgitation.

Advanced ManufacturingHealthtechMedical DevicesMaple Grove, US

Todd Berg(Executive Officer, Director)inDavid H. Chung(Executive Officer, Director)inRon Nelson(Executive Officer)in

BoardCasey Tansey(Director)Mudit K. Jain(Director)

Board seatAndrew ElBardissi· per SEC Form D · $6M raise · filed Nov 2022

Co-investorsTreo Ventures, LlcUS Venture Partners

Reprieve Cardiovascularreprievecardio.comAug 2020

Reprieve Cardiovascular develops a decongestion management system that uses real-time patient data to guide and personalize diuretic therapy for fluid removal in heart failure patients.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMilford, US

Tony Fields(Executive Officer)Adam Bartnik(Executive Officer)inMark Pacyna(Executive Officer, Director)inJim Dillon(Executive Officer, Director)Hanson S. Gifford III(Director)Gregory W Mann(Executive Officer)

Board seatAndrew ElBardissi· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsArboretum VenturesLightstone VenturesRex Health VenturesGenesis Venture CapitalSante Ventures

About Neomorphneomorph.comin𝕏

Neomorph develops a molecular glue discovery platform to identify small-molecule medicines that degrade disease-causing proteins through targeted protein degradation.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSan Diego, US

Co-investorsLongwood Fund

Actio Biosciencesactiobio.comin𝕏

Actio is a precision medicine company developing therapeutics by leveraging genetic insights to treat rare diseases and common conditions at their molecular root.

AI & Machine LearningBiotech

Co-investorsDroia VenturesCanaan Partners

Ascertainascertain.comSeries A · Apr 2025 · $10M

Ascertain provides an agentic AI platform that automates healthcare administrative work such as prior authorizations, referrals, eligibility checks, and care coordination by integrating with existing systems and embedding human review.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechNew York, US

Mark Michalski(Executive Officer, Director)inMarc Berger(Executive Officer)Gregg Fergus(Executive Officer, Director)Laurence Kraemer(Executive Officer)

BoardMoses Adubi(Director)Konstantine Costalas(Director)

Co-investorsAegis Ventures

Cohere Healthcoherehealth.cominFeb 2024 · $50M

Cohere Health provides a platform aimed at aligning the interests of patients, physicians, and health plans to support care decisions and improve member outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSBoston, US

Siva Namasivayam(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Shepardson(Executive Officer)inKristen Carucci(Executive Officer)inDuncan Reese(Executive Officer)

BoardDavid Barrett(Director)Amir Debourou(Director)

Co-investorsCota CapitalFlare Capital PartnersLongitude CapitalDefine VenturesFlare Capital StrategiesPolaris Partners+1 more

ConcertoCareconcertocare.comin𝕏Feb 2022 · $105M

ConcertoCare provides coordinated in-home and center-based medical, behavioral, and social care for seniors and adults with complex care needs who have Medicare, Medicare Advantage, or Medicare+Medicaid coverage.

Digital HealthHealthtechLongevity

Co-investorsAtento CapitalObvious VenturesSteelSky VenturesAddeparArboretum VenturesVast Ventures+1 more

Corticacorticacare.cominApr 2023 · $75M

Cortica provides in-home, in-clinic, and telehealth neurological therapies for children with autism and developmental differences, integrating neurological, biomedical, behavioral, speech-language, and sensorimotor treatments.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Diego, US

Dr. Suzanne Goh(Founder)Neil Hattangadi(Executive Officer, Director)inBriana Elvaiah(Executive Officer)in

BoardRyan Drant(Director)inStephen Anastos(Director)Justin Brock(Director)in

Co-investors.406 VenturesAIFAPERTURE Venture PartnersCVS Health VenturesEcho Health VenturesLongitude Capital+5 more

cystetic Medicinescysteticmedicines.comNov 2020

cystetic Medicines is a drug development company creating an inhaled dry-powder therapy based on an FDA-approved antifungal compound to treat cystic fibrosis, targeting the roughly 10% of patients not helped by existing modulators.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesChampaign, US

MARTIN BURKE, MD., PH.D.(Director)Dr. Martin D. Burke(Co-founder)Dr. Michael J. Welsh(Co-founder)Dr. Jeffry Weers(Chief Technology Officer)PETER W STEELMAN(Director)inJONATHAN RAMOS(Director)

Co-investorsIllinois Ventures

Deerfield Catalystdfcatalyst.comin

Deerfield Catalyst is a medtech incubator that develops medical technology solutions aimed at improving patient outcomes and care delivery.

HealthtechMedical Devices

Howard Levin(CEO & CMO)inMark Gelfand(Chief Technology Officer)inZoar Engelman(Chief Science Officer)inAdam Rosenwach(Chief Business Officer)inMaybelle Jordan(Chief Strategy Officer)in

Encodiaencodia.comSeries C · Jan 2021 · $75MDefunct

San Diego protein-sequencing company behind the ProteoCode platform; ceased operations in late 2025.

Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersDecheng CapitalAlexandriaGV (Google Ventures)Nan Fung Life SciencesNorthpond Ventures

Excelsior Sciencesexcelsiorsci.cominDec 2025 · $95M

Excelsior Sciences develops automated chemistry technology for small-molecule discovery and manufacturing, targeting pharmaceutical and materials development.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Marty BurkeBartosz GrzybowskiMichael Foley(CEO)inJana Jensen(COO)in

Co-investorsKhosla VenturesSofinnova PartnersCornucopian Capital ManagementIllinois Ventures

Frontier Medicinesfrontiermeds.comin𝕏Aug 2025 · $80M

Frontier is a drug discovery company developing small-molecule covalent drugs aimed at previously undruggable protein targets across the proteome.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechSouth San Francisco, US

Chris Varma, Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Varma(Co-founder, Chairman and CEO)inJim Winkler(Executive Officer)Johannes Hermann, Ph.D.(Executive Officer)Kevin Webster(Executive Officer)inGregory Chow(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBerkeley CatalystDCVC (Data Collective)Droia VenturesMPM BioImpactRA CapitalDCVC Bio

Halluxhalluxinc.cominDec 2015

Hallux Inc. develops Hallux Subungual Gel (HSG), a physician-administered terbinafine treatment applied directly to the nail bed to treat onychomycosis (fungal nail infection).

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesLaguna Hills, US

Hendrik Arend Kroon(Executive Officer)Mark Taylor(Executive Officer, Director)inJay Birnbaum(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPeter Steelman(Director)inZheng Su(Director)Bryan Sendrowski(Director)

Homology Medicineshomologymedicines.cominJul 2017

Clinical-stage genetic medicines company using human-derived AAV vectors and nuclease-free gene editing for rare diseases.

BiotechBedford, US

Siyamak Rasty(Executive Officer)Albert Seymour(Executive Officer)

BoardSteven Gillis(Director)Arthur Tzianabos(Executive Officer, Director)Kush Parmar(Director)inRichard Gregory(Director)

Co-investors5AM VenturesARCH Venture PartnersOUP (Osage University Partners)AlexandriaHBM Healthcare InvestmentsMaverick Ventures+4 more

Humanityhumanity.healthin𝕏Jul 2022 · $6M

Humanity offers an enterprise employee wellness platform that uses biological age monitoring to help teams improve health and productivity.

Digital HealthHealthtechHR TechLongevityWellness & Fitness

Peter Ward(Founder)in

Co-investorsOne Way VenturesScientia VenturesAndreessen HorowitzJump CryptoJumpstart NovaPantera Capital+1 more

Humanityhumanity.cominMar 2020

Humanity provides AI-powered employee scheduling and shift-planning software for frontline and enterprise workforces, automating schedule building, demand forecasting, and labor-cost control.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaSBoston, US

Peter Ward(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Geer(Director)

Co-investorsPoint NineSaaS CapitalJumpstart Nova

Jaguar Gene Therapyjaguargenetherapy.cominApr 2021 · $139M

Jaguar Gene Therapy develops gene therapy treatments for severe genetic diseases, focusing on AAV-based platform therapies designed to deliver one-time, long-lasting treatments.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Joseph Nolanin

Co-investorsAIFARCH Venture PartnersJDRF T1D FundGoldman SachsSamsung Ventures

Larkgetlark.aiin𝕏Oct 2021

Lark provides AI-powered testing infrastructure for engineering teams that can test UIs, APIs, SDKs, and async workflows through natural language tests.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Vijit Dhingra(Founder)inJack Brown(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorBridge BankFranklin TempletonKing River CapitalOlive Tree CapitalSteelSky Ventures+1 more

Larktrylark.aiinOct 2021 · $100M

Lark develops AI agents that automate manual workflows for wholesale distributors, integrating with their existing ERP systems and learning from each distributor's historical data and team decisions.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSan Francisco, US

Jason Wang(Founder/CEO)inMichael Wang(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorFranklin TempletonKing River Capital

Lumos Pharmalumos-pharma.comin𝕏Apr 2016

Lumos Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for rare diseases, with a lead candidate targeting Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency.

BiotechHealthtechAustin, US

Richard John Hawkins(Executive Officer, Director)John C. McKew(President and Chief Scientific Officer)inPisit "Duke" Pitukcheewanont(Chief Medical Officer)inLori Lawley(Chief Financial Officer)inBrad Powers(Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel)inCampbell Murray(Executive Chairman)in

Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Clarus VenturesSante Health VenturesSante VenturesWellcome Trust

myLaurelmylaurelhealth.cominSeries B · Jun 2025 · $12M

myLaurel provides in-home medical care aimed at improving access for high-risk patients, working with clinicians and care teams.

Digital HealthHealthtech

Co-investorsBeresford VenturesCity LightFrist Cressey VenturesGV (Google Ventures)SteelSky VenturesWEEKEND

Nema HealthinSeries A · Nov 2024 · $15M

HealthtechBranford, US

Sofia Noori(Executive Officer, Director)Mariam Malik(Executive Officer)in

BoardLaura Veroneau(Director)Adrienne Rosenthal(Director)

Co-investors.406 VenturesOptum Ventures

Octavefindoctave.cominSeries B · Dec 2020 · $32M

Octave is a mental health practice platform that connects licensed therapists with patients seeking in-network mental health care.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sandeep Acharya(Founder, CEO)inDavid White(Executive Officer)in

BoardSaurabh Bhansali(Director)inEllie Wheeler(Director)Craig Cimini(Director)

Co-investorsFelicis VenturesGreycroftHealthier CapitalObvious VenturesHealth Velocity CapitalS32

Oncorusin

Cambridge, US

Christophe Queva(Executive Officer)inTheodore Ashburn(Executive Officer, Director)Alon Lazarus(Director)Cameron Wheeler(Director)in

BoardBriggs Morrison(Director)inMitchell Finer(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAstellas Venture Management LLCCowen Healthcare InvestmentsK2 HealthVenturesMPM BioImpact

Practice Fusionpracticefusion.comin𝕏

Practice Fusion provides a cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) platform with integrated medical billing services and e-prescribing for independent medical practices.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Ryan Howard(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardMark Goines(Director)Beth Seidenberg(Director)inMichael Harden(Director)Cora Tellez(Director)

Co-investorsBand of AngelsCanvas VenturesLongitude CapitalArtis VenturesFelicis VenturesFounders Fund+6 more

Shineshinetext.comFeb 2026

Brooklyn, US

Marah Lidey(Executive Officer, Director)Naomi Hirabayashi(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardVictoria Song(Director)

Co-investorsComcast VenturesLaunchCapitalFidelity InvestmentsOaktreeSumitomo Corporation

SHINE Medical Technologiesshinemed.com

ShineMed pursues a step-by-step commercialization approach to fusion energy, aiming to prove market value at each stage while generating revenue toward the goal of clean, abundant fusion power.

CleantechDeep TechEnergyHealthtechJanesville, US

Gregory Richard Piefer(Executive Officer, Director)Katrina Pitas(Executive Officer)Darin Janecek(Executive Officer)Anton Asmuth(Executive Officer, Director)James Costedio(Executive Officer)David A. Weissburg(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

Co-investorsVenture ManagementWisconsin Investment PartnersBaillie GiffordKoch Disruptive Technologies

Sollis Therapeuticsin

BiotechColumbus, US

Alex DiNello(Executive Officer)

Somatussomatus.cominSeries C · Feb 2022 · $325M

Somatus provides value-based, integrated kidney care and a congestive heart failure management solution for patients, providers, and health plan partners.

Digital HealthHealthtechMclean, US

Ikenna Okezie(Executive Officer, Director)inAlexander Houlday(Executive Officer)inStacey Queen-Pyndell(Executive Officer)Larry Renfro(Interim President & CEO)

BoardAnna Haghgooie(Director)Anthony Welters(Director)

Co-investorsFlare Capital PartnersOptum VenturesHealthQuest CapitalBlue Venture FundsDefy PartnersLongitude Capital+7 more

Soonsoon.appin𝕏Feb 2026 · $240M

Soon is a portfolio management platform that automates buying and selling of assets across multiple exchanges using strategies like dollar-cost averaging and tax-loss harvesting.

Crypto & Web3FintechSalt Lake City, US

Michael Shattuck(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorFidelity InvestmentsOaktree

Strata Oncologystrataoncology.comin𝕏

Strata Oncology develops precision oncology biomarkers and predictive diagnostic tools for cancer treatment, including treatment response scores for antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and an Immunotherapy Response Score for anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesAnn Arbor, US

Daniel Rhodes(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Martin(Executive Officer)Jeffrey Williams(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardChristopher O'Donnell(Director)inDavid Rubin(Director)inJames Pavlik(Director)in

Co-investorsArboretum VenturesPfizer Venture InvestmentsMerck Global Health Innovation FundPfizer Ventures

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Synthekine is a clinical-stage biotechnology company using protein engineering platforms to develop cytokine-based immunotherapies designed to preserve therapeutic efficacy while avoiding toxicities linked to cytokine pleiotropy.

BiotechHealthtech

K. Christopher Garcia(Founder)Susan Molineaux(CEO)inMartin Oft(Chief Scientific Officer)inNaiyer Rizvi(Chief Medical Officer)inGregory(Chief Technical Officer)Geoff(Chief Business Officer)

Co-investorsSamsara BioCapitalThe Column GroupBain Capital Life SciencesCanaan PartnersRA CapitalTCG Crossover+2 more

Trivascularendologix.comin𝕏

Endologix develops endovascular medical devices for treating vascular conditions such as abdominal aortic aneurysms and peripheral arterial disease in the femoropopliteal arteries.

HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

John Liddicoat(President and Chief Executive Officer)Graham Phillips(Chief Operating Officer)Cindy Pinto(Chief Financial Officer)Jorge O'Hara(Chief Commercial Officer)in

Co-investors415 CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Other

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

Aprecia PharmaceuticalsConventus OrthopaedicsHumanity Health, Inc.Iowa ApproachPerfect HealthSpringtide Child DevelopmentBitterroot BioBlade TherapeuticsEpion HealthIntus CareLiquid WireMMIPerceive BiotherapeuticsPhoenix Nuclear LabsPQ BypassRay TherapeuticsReady RespondersV-WaveVibliome Therapeutics剂泰科技 (METiS TechBio)

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 11

11 IPOs · showing 10

Black Diamond Therapeutics, IncNASDAQ: BDTXCabaletta BioNASDAQ: CABAEdgewise TherapeuticsNASDAQ: EWTXEditas MedicineNASDAQ: EDITFoghorn TherapeuticsNASDAQ: FHTXGenedxNASDAQ: WGSKiniksaNASDAQ: KNSAPacific Biosciences of CaliforniaNASDAQ: PACBScynexisNASDAQ: SCYXXilio TherapeuticsNASDAQ: XLO

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Fund performance · per public LP disclosures

as of Jun 2024
FundVintageCommittedNet IRRTVPIDPI
Deerfield Private Design Fund IVLPs: Florida State Board of Administration, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation20077.9%1.45x0.11x

Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).

IPO stake values · per SEC filings · 7

Value of this firm's stake in each portfolio company at its IPO price, from the prospectus principal-stockholder table.

CompanyOwnedIPO priceAt IPOStake value
Edgewise Therapeutics7.0%$16.00Mar 2021$52.9M
Pacific Biosciences of California3.9%$16.00Oct 2010$32.4M
Editas Medicine4.8%$16.00Feb 2016$27.4M
Xilio Therapeutics5.7%$16.00Oct 2021$24.2M
Kiniksa6.7%$18.26Feb 2019$22.4M
Cabaletta Bio3.9%$11.00Oct 2019$10.2M
Scynexis3.8%$7.70Apr 2015$3.9M

Source: SEC S-1 / 424B prospectus filings. Stake value = shares beneficially owned × the initial public offering price, as disclosed — a market value at IPO, not a return multiple (the firm's original cost is not disclosed).

Public market activity · per SEC filings

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59 insider ownership filings (Forms 3/4/5)

From the firm's own SEC EDGAR filings — stakes and insider roles in public companies, typically portfolio companies after an IPO. Not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Deerfield Management Company made?
Deerfield Management Company has 80 tracked investments, 11 of which have exited, including 9 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Deerfield Management Company invest at?
Deerfield Management Company invests at the Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Deerfield Management Company focus on?
Deerfield Management Company focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Digital Health, Healthtech, Medical Devices.
Where is Deerfield Management Company located?
Deerfield Management Company is headquartered in New York, US.
Does Deerfield Management Company lead rounds?
Deerfield Management Company has led 9 of the 15 rounds where its role is on record.

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Co-investors · 38

GV (Google Ventures)

GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in artificial intelligence and machine learning since its early days, building a global portfolio of more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.

$250K – $50M
OrbiMed

OrbiMed is a global healthcare-focused investment firm providing financing and operational support to companies across biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, digital health, diagnostics, and healthcare services.

$1M – $75M
ARCH Venture Partners

ARCH Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in and helps build transformational companies, with a strong focus on the life sciences and biotechnology sector.

$50K – $250M
Optum Ventures

Optum Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs building companies to transform healthcare.

New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.

$200K – $40M
OUP (Osage University Partners)

OUP (Osage University Partners) is a venture firm that invests in science-driven startups commercializing deep technology innovations emerging from university and breakthrough research.

$1M – $20M
5AM Ventures

5AM Ventures is a life science venture capital firm founded in 2002 that invests primarily in private therapeutic companies, with a focus on biopharmaceuticals, drug delivery technologies, and life science instruments.

$100K – $4M
MPM BioImpact

MPM BioImpact combines 30+ years of biotech venture capital expertise with impact investing and public market experience, managing early-stage venture funds, private/public impact funds, and a public equities fund focused on transforming patient outcomes.

$1M – $15M
Foresite Capital

Foresite Capital is a healthcare-focused investment firm backing companies at the intersection of technology and biotechnology to personalize healthcare and accelerate medical innovation.

SteelSky Ventures

SteelSky Ventures is an AI-focused healthcare venture fund that backs companies opening new markets and advancing healthcare innovation, with an emphasis on women's health and health equity.

$100K – $5M
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
Obvious Ventures

Obvious is a venture capital firm focused on supporting founders building solutions to humanity's largest challenges across planetary health, human health, and economic health.

Both backed · 2
$250K – $6M
26 more co-investors

US Venture PartnersFlare Capital PartnersCity LightAndera PartnersFranklin TempletonAndreessen HorowitzDCVC (Data Collective)Oak HC/FTVast VenturesS32Northpond VenturesVivo CapitalRiverVest Venture PartnersMerck Global Health Innovation FundKing River CapitalAPERTURE Venture PartnersSequoia CapitalBain Capital VenturesTiger Global ManagementC2 InvestmentsParadigmHaun VenturesDomain AssociatesNovartis Venture FundFrazier Healthcare PartnersRoche Venture Fund

Firms observed investing alongside Deerfield Management Company, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Deerfield Management Company's recorded portfolio.

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