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Alta Partners

Venture CapitalActive

Alta Partners is a leading venture capital firm in life sciences, funding over 130 companies in the industry since 1996.

San Francisco, United StatesFounded 2002altapartners.com/
225
Investments
67
Exits
$3.2B
AUM
29.8%
Exit Rate

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Investment Thesis & Strategy

Alta Partners invests in life sciences companies across various stages, seeking to fund innovative companies in the life sciences industry.

Investment Activity

Deals per year over the last 5 years

1
2005
2
2006
1
2007
0
2008
1
2009

Portfolio Companies

Selected investments from their portfolio of 225 companies

O
Onyx Pharmaceuticals
Biotech · Growth, 0
Active
A
Alteon
Biotech · Growth, 0
Active
G
Gilead Sciences
Biotech · Growth, 0
Active
G
Genentech
Biotech · Growth, 0
Active
C
Corcept Therapeutics
Biotech · Growth, 0
Active
S
Sangamo Therapeutics
Biotech · Growth, 0
Active
N
Neurocrine Biosciences
Biotech · Growth, 0
Active
A
Aragon Pharmaceuticals
Biotech · Growth, 2009
Active
A
Ambit Biosciences
Biotech · Growth, 2007
Active
M
MAP Pharmaceuticals
Biotech · Growth, 2006
Active
P
Portola Pharmaceuticals
Biotech · Growth, 2006
Active
P
Pharmacyclics
Biotech · Growth, 2005
Active

Frequently Asked Questions

Alta Partners focuses on Series A, Series B, Series C+ stage investments.

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