Southwest Medical Ventures

Since 1992, Southwest Medical Ventures has founded or co-founded seven companies and a venture capital firm, Tramway Ventures, all dedicated to making a difference in the life sciences and health care. From rapid capture of bacteria from whole blood to advanced clinical diagnostics, the range has been wide, but the focus has been narrow: solve a real problem with cutting edge technology and the right business expertise to succeed. Making all of those things happen is never simple and every new company has fits and starts. Yet the spur of creativity and the drive to “get it right” carries successful teams through the inevitable disappointments. SWMV is based in New Mexico, where some of the nation’s most important investments in the engineering and physical sciences sit shoulder to shoulder with a leading medical school and a growing investment community.