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Vivo Ventures Announces the Closing of Vivo Ventures Fund VI, a $275M Life Science Venture Fund

Palo Alto, CA - May 7, 2007 – Vivo Ventures, LLC. announced the closing of Vivo Ventures Fund VI, L.P. (the “new Fund” or “Vivo VI”) at $275 million, which brings the firm’s total funds under management to more than $650 million. Drs. Frank Kung, Edgar Engleman and Albert Cha, who managed Vivo Ventures Fund V, are the managing members of the new Fund, while Dr. Chen Yu, previously a Principal, was promoted to Partner.

The new Fund will follow the same general approach as Vivo’s prior funds and invest in companies developing and commercializing therapeutic products – drugs and devices that treat human disease. Since Vivo’s inception in 1997, the funds have invested in 50 such companies, typically leading or co-leading their first institutional rounds. The new Fund will invest mainly in private companies in the U.S. Vivo VI will also invest in public therapeutics companies, as have all of the previous Vivo funds, and in companies outside the U.S.

Investors in the new Fund include university endowments, foundations, funds of funds, financial institutions, family offices and pension funds. In addition to investors from the U.S. and Asia that had participated in Vivo’s earlier funds, Vivo VI added a number of new institutional investors from the U.S. and Europe.

Contact information
Dr. Chen Yu
Vivo Ventures
575 High Street, Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650-688-0818
www.vivoventures.com

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维梧生技创业投资管理公司( Vivo Ventures)成立于1996年, 是一家专注于于生命科学领域的风险投资公司。 管理着超过六亿五千美金的维梧生技正通过旗下第六个基金对北美、亚洲,特别是大中华市场,极具潜力的生物科技、生命科学,制药,器械,及医疗健康服务公司进行投资。 与其他最近才开始关注中国市场的投资公司相比,我们对大中华地区有深层次的了解 更多