5AM Ventures

5AM Ventures is a leading investment firm focused on funding and building next-generation life sciences companies, supporting companies that are working to solve important healthcare needs via cutting-edge breakthroughs in medicine and science. Innovative strategy defines our core values and our commitment to our partners. 5AM’s portfolio of advanced life science technologies is diversified within the healthcare industry’s biopharmaceutical, drug delivery technology, and research instrument sectors. Within each sector, 5AM evaluates innovative platform technologies, corporate spin-offs, and products with shorter development cycles and invests across multiple therapeutic areas. 5AM is driven by the “old-fashioned” VC style of working closely with portfolio companies. Going beyond passive board roles, ours is unusually hands-on when starting companies, assuming short-term operating roles, and proactively providing guidance throughout a portfolio company’s life.