Lightstone Ventures

Lightstone Ventures is a healthcare venture capital firm founded in 2012. It invests in founders who turn scientific breakthroughs into therapies and medical technology, and it stays with them through the life of the company.

What Lightstone Ventures offers

• Life science investment — funds biotech and medtech companies from start-up to commercialisation.
• Hands-on partnership — works with founders on strategy and day-to-day running of the business.
• Team building — helps companies recruit people with the experience their goals require.
• Global network — uses its offices to reach strategic and financial backers outside the US.

Who it works with

Founders developing first-in-class drugs across small molecules, biologics and cell and gene therapies, plus medical device teams. Disease areas named include the central nervous system and immunology.

Key facts

• Founded: 2012
• Offices: United States and Ireland
• Team experience: Nearly 100 years of combined company-building experience
• Approach: Thesis-driven investing with a long-term outlook