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Fund: Sofinnova Ventures, Inc.
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-04-17
I am trying to fund a device firm and received the following within ten hours of first contact:
"Sofinnova is currently focused on investing in biopharmaceutical deals and is not doing any device deals."
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Fund: Sofinnova Ventures, Inc.
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-06-24
Has a well-deserved reputation of being entrepreneur unfriendly, taking advantage of inexperience and making empty promises. Job #1 is to get rid of founders, steal their stock and install compliant cronies/family into management roles. Many examples.
Unethical business practices include stock options for VC directors into their termsheets (this is double-dipping, and is at the expense of their LP's and Portfolio company management - they get hefty management fees and share in the carry already).
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Fund: Sofinnova Ventures, Inc.
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-01-13
They do not lead deals, but co-invest with other venture capitalists.
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