WH.Fund

Don’t predict. Create.

It’s time to build the market.

Together with respected life sciences fund managers,

And trailblazers in the industry,

Supported by visionary philanthropic foundations.

Meet the Women’s Health Fund.

Through a portfolio of premier venture capital partnerships with leading life sciences funds totaling over $5 billion, this vehicle aims to provides access to managers with a combined $20 billion under management.

80% funds.

20% direct co-investment.

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Funds

It is time to activate leading life sciences fund managers for women’s health. Partnerships are strategically distributed across established life sciences funds, established women’s health funds, and emerging women’s health funds.

Direct Co-Investment

The fund investments provide visibility into a wide range of women’s health opportunities, and direct investments enable us to double down on the most promising companies. Sourced from our portfolio funds, our direct investments are in late-stage therapeutics and commercial-stage medtech, tech-bio, digital health.

The Big Picture

  • Recent years have seen a significant increase in both the number and size of dedicated women’s health funds, as well as a burgeoning interest from mainstream life science fund managers.

    In the last three years, the largest dedicated fund in this space has gone from $40 million to over $250 million, and with the increase in capital, the exits continue to grow.

    Among established managers, women’s health investments have even demonstrated an ability to outperform non-women’s health life sciences companies.

    This is driven by scientific advancements into areas that are disproportionately, differently, or exclusively impacting women - areas that were previously unknowable because women were largely excluded from clinical trials until recent decades.

    Through this timely market building vehicle, investors gain visibility to both leading fund managers and promising developments in the fast growing field of women’s health.

  • Conceptualized in partnership with industry leaders, along with a team of top performing life sciences fund managers investing across stages, sub-sectors, and regions, this market-building vehicle will operate as a standard fund of funds with direct co-investment.

  • The portfolio for the flagship vehicle, WH1, will consist of 80% Life Sciences Funds, 20% Women’s Health Direct Co-investments.

    • Geographic Focus: US, Europe, and UK

    • Stage: Early-stage to late-stage for funds, commercial/growth for co-investments

    • Sub-sectors: therapeutics, med-tech, tech-bio, digital health

  • The Women’s Health Fund is dedicated to building a portfolio of premier venture capital partnerships focused on women’s health. We know building the market will take support from all stakeholders. This can’t happen in a vacuum. We are working closely with leaders across the ecosystem to drive meaningful, self-sustaining growth.

Partners

Foundations

We are partnering with world-leading, visionary foundations focused on fueling sustainable market development. In a historic move, these foundations are covering the fund of fund fees and providing additional non-dilutive top-ups and capacity building support to eligible women’s health companies.

Strategics

The biopharma industry plans decades ahead to develop new solutions. They are experts at building the market, educating thought leaders and payers, evolving guidelines, and raising awareness before launching innovative molecules. We are working with some of the top market makers in the space to support commercial growth and exits for women’s health.

Fund Managers

With a cumulative sixty billion dollars under management, the fund managers we are partnering with are known for their experience and for delivering results. We are activating these venture capital leaders to bring them into women’s health, and supporting growth in their portfolio companies.

Thought Leaders

Building a market requires stakeholders from across the ecosystem. This includes researchers, policy makers, educators, media, health care providers, tech giants, and data leaders. We are partnering strategically and deliberately to ensure system wide growth that will deliver benefits across the ecosystem.

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