Foresite Capital

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Foresite Capital
Company type Private company
Industry Venture capital, growth equity
Founded2011;13 years ago (2011)
FounderJim Tananbaum
Headquarters
San Francisco
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jim Tananbaum (CEO)
Website www.foresitecapital.com

Foresite Capital (Foresite) is an American, multi-stage healthcare and life sciences investment firm headquartered in Los Angeles, and with offices in The San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. [1] [2] As of June 2024, the company had raised six primary funds: Foresite Capital Fund I, II, III, IV, V and VI. [1] [3]

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History

Foresite Capital was founded in 2011 by Jim Tananbaum. [4] [5] [6] Foresite Capital raised its $100 million Fund I in 2013. [7] [8] [6] In 2014, Foresite Capital closed Foresite Capital Fund II, a $300 million fund. [9] Foresite Capital Fund III, a $450 million fund, was closed in July 2015. [9] Foresite Capital Fund IV, a $668 million fund, closed in March 2018. [10] Foresite Capital Fund V, a $776 million fund and its associated opportunity fund closed in February 2021. [11] Foresite Labs Fund I, a $173 million fund, closed in January 2022. Foresite Capital Fund VI, a $900 million fund, closed in May 2024. [12]

Investments

Foresite Capital funded 10x Genomics since its Series A round in November 2013 and led its Series B round in January 2015, as well as its Series C round in March 2016. [13] [14] Foresite Capital has invested in companies such as Acceleron Pharma, Aimmune, Alumis, ALX Oncology, Aerie Pharmaceuticals, [15] Ascendis, Blueprint Medicines, CG Oncology, Color Genomics, Cue Health, Cytokinetics, DNAnexus,[ citation needed ] Editas Medicine, [16] Eikon Therapeutics, Element Biosciences, [17] Epizyme, [1] Evonetix, Intarcia Therapeutics, [18] [19] Inscripta, [20] Immunomedics, [21] [22] Intellia Therapeutics,[ citation needed ] Juno Therapeutics, [23] Karyopharm, Keryx, Kura Oncology, Keros Therapeutics, Latigo, Maze Therapeutics, MyoKardia, MyOme, Natera, [21] Nurix, Olema Oncology, Orexigen, [24] Pacific Biosciences, [25] Peloton Therapeutics, Pharvaris, MindStrong Health, Quantum-SI, Relay Therapeutics, [26] Insitro, [27] HealthVerity, Turning Point Therapeutics, Portola Pharmaceuticals, Universal American, Xaira Therapeutics, Xencor, RayThera, and WaveTech, in addition to 10x Genomics. [28]

Leadership

Foresite Capital is led by Midas List honoree Jim Tananbaum along with managing directors Vikram Bajaj, [29] Dorothy Margolskee, Michael Rome, Dennis Ryan, and Hadi Tabbaa. [30] [31]

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