Longitude Capital

Longitude Capital is an investment firm specialising in healthcare. It makes venture growth investments in biotechnology, medical technology and health solutions companies, both private and publicly traded, that aim to improve clinical outcomes or reduce the cost of care.

What Longitude Capital offers

• Venture growth investment — capital for clinical-stage and commercial-stage companies.
• Flexible structures — traditional venture deals, asset spin-outs, recapitalisations, PIPEs, market purchases and royalties.
• Hands-on support — work with portfolio companies and co-investors on strategy, operating goals and raising capital.
• Thematic research — sourcing deals through industry contacts and its own study of emerging therapy areas.

Key facts

• Offices: Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts
• Investing since: 2006 as a firm; its founders have invested together since 2002
• Name: taken from the Longitude Prize of 1714