FCF Healthcare & Life Sciences

We maximize the efficiency in fundraising processes
by integrating industry and finance expertise

Strategic Financing Advisory in Life Sciences

Healthcare & Life Sciences is part of FCF’s DNA. We pair unique industry experience with extensive financing track record. FCF has established itself as a leading Healthcare & Life Sciences financing expert in Europe. Together with our very hands-on approach in company advisory and our experienced Healthcare & Life Sciences Advisory Board we find the perfect individual financing solution for your company. At FCF we have helped many Healthcare- and Life Sciences companies to translate their innovative- and unique technologies into successful financing stories.

We have a broad sector focus and aim to represent unique companies with a clear patient benefit in the areas of:

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Medical Technology & Medical Devices
Diagnostics & Healthcare Technology (IT)

We address all aspects of financing, that companies face from the seed- to commercialization stages. We focus on finding the best long-term financing strategy and selecting the best available financing instruments for your individual needs:

Venture Capital
Equity-Linked Structures
Growth / Venture Debt
Off-Balance Financing
Licensing

FACTS & FIGURES

Over

100

years in aggregated Healthcare & Life Sciences experience

Over

EUR 2bn

and 80 Healthcare & Life Sciences transactions aggregated

Access to

>1.500

international investors

Largest

European Healthcare & Life Sciences team specialised in pre-IPO financing

regularly published Life Sciences reports

WHAT WE DO

At FCF Healthcare & Life Sciences, we develop bespoke financing strategies and support our clients throughout the entire fundraising process and beyond:

Industry Expertise

Technology Assessment
Finetuning of Equity Story

Pre Due-Diligence
Science-driven Deal Selection

Finance Expertise

Process Management
Investor Relations

Intelligent Market Monitoring
Efficient Investor Communications

Industry Expertise

Technology Assessment
Finetuning of Equity Story

Pre Due-Diligence
Science-driven Deal Selection

Finance Expertise

Process Management
Investor Relations

Intelligent Market Monitoring
Efficient Investor Communications

FOCUS AREAS

Equity

Actively managed global investor network to >1,500 investor
Highly customized investor approach based on a proprietary investor data base
Focus on seed to crossover rounds

Debt

Most successful advisor in Europe
Direct access to the European Investment Bank with >EUR 250m raised
Access to more than 70 Growth / Venture Debt Providers (executive level)

China Licensing

Joint Venture with YAFO Capital (Shanghai) Ltd.
Specialist in fundraising, licensing and M&A transactions in the Asian market
Access to >500 financial and strategic investors

Valuation

Collaboration with BioScience Valuation GmbH
Leader in evidence-based commercial, R&D, and economic evaluations
Valuable support for investment and partnering decisions

"Our goal is to create value by implementing the best financing options for our clients."

TEAM

We have built the largest venture stage dedicated team with industry and finance backgrounds in Europe:

Industry Expertise

Finance Expertise

Alexandra served as a General Partner and Senior Advisor at TVM Capital GmbH. She has been responsible for more than 20 TVM Capital Life Science investments internationally...

Dr. Alexandra Goll
Advisor – Venture Capital

Axel has had a successful career as a scientist in addition to his 20 years in venture capital, serving as General Partner for both TVM Capital and the Joint Polish Investment Fund...

Dr. Axel Polack
Advisor – Science & Technology

Enno was appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer and as a member of the Executive Board of Evotec SE...

Enno Spillner
Advisor – Capital Markets

Horst is co-founder of MediGene AG and board member of BioM AG and the resulting inception of BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH...

Prof. Dr. Horst Domdey
Advisor – Science & Technology

Joachim is Managing Partner and Co-founder of BioScience Valuation, a company engaged in commercial, scientific and value assessments for the life sciences...

Dr. Joachim M. Greuel
Advisor – Valuations

Arno is the founding partner and CEO of FCF...

Arno Fuchs
Chief Executive Officer

Mathias coordinates the transaction teams at FCF Healthcare & Life Sciences...

Mathias Klozenbücher
Healthcare & Life Sciences Banking – Europe

Johannes is responsible for the investor database and supports in the deal execution…

Johannes Link
Healthcare & Life Sciences Banking – Europe

Zaid is a serial entrepreneur with a professional career spanning over 2 decades in emerging markets, overseeing the establishment of world-class ventures across multiple asset-classes...

Zaid Maleh
Healthcare & Life Sciences Banking – Dubai

Sean is a founding partner and CEO of Shanghai YAFO Capital and Co-CEO of Cukierman-YAFO Investment...

Sean Jiang, CFA
Healthcare & Life Sciences Banking – China

We have built the largest venture stage dedicated team with industry and finance backgrounds in Europe:

Industry Expertise

Dr. Alexandra Goll

Advisor - Venture Capital

Dr. Axel Polack

Advisor - Science & Technology

Enno Spillner

Advisor - Capital Markets

Claus Schalper

Advisor - Corporate Affairs

Dr. Joachim M. Greuel

Advisor - Valuations

Prof. Dr. Horst Domdey

Advisor - Science & Technology

Finance Expertise

Mathias Klozenbücher

Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences

Arno Fuchs

Chief Executive Officer, FCF

Sean Jiang, CFA

Healthcare & Life Sciences Banking - China

Zaid Maleh

Healthcare & Life Sciences Banking - Dubai

GLOBAL NETWORK

We maintain trusted relationships to leading institutional and strategic Healthcare investors as well as family offices in Europe, USA and Asia. Supported by our US and Asian partners, we can approach the right investors depending on our client’s situation. We can rely on a deep network to Life Sciences specialists (e.g. legal, valuation, licensing and IPO investment banks in the USA and Europe) to execute a seamless 360-degree long-term financing strategy. Our goal is to create value by implementing the best financing options for our clients.

USA

Europe

Middle East

China

USA

FCF Partner (New York):
Long-standing and established US family office with global reach Access to major US public and private life sciences investors Official broker dealer being SEC / FINRA regulated

Europe

	FCF Life Sciences (Munich):
	Leading financing specialist advising innovative European life science companies Arranging, structuring and placing equity, debt and licensing transactions with regional and international investors BaFin regulated

	BioScience Valuation (Garmisch):
	Evidence-based value, commercial, R&D, and economic assessments to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies Valuable support for investment and partnering decisions

Middle East

	DACH ADVISORY (Dubai):
	Specialised management and advisory firm with local and global market expertise Strong network and door opener to large institutional investors and UHNIs in the Middle East Headquartered in Dubai, with offices in Vienna and Moscow

China

	YAFO Capital (Shanghai):
	Chinese investment and advisory firm facilitating life sciences companies to access the Asian market Specialist in licensing and partnership transactions Access to local investors and pharma industry

USA

Europe

Middle East North Africa

China

USA

FCF Partner (New York):
Long-standing and established US family office with global reach Access to major US public and private life sciences investors Official broker dealer being SEC / FINRA regulated

Europe


FCF Life Sciences (Munich):
Leading financing specialist advising innovative European life science companies Arranging, structuring and placing equity, debt and licensing transactions with regional and international investors BaFin regulated


BioScience Valuation (Garmisch):
Evidence-based value, commercial, R&D, and economic assessments to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies Valuable support for investment and partnering decisions

Middle East North Africa


DACH ADVISORY (Dubai):
Specialised management and advisory firm with local and global market expertise Strong network and door opener to large institutional investors and UHNIs in the Middle East Headquartered in Dubai, with offices in Vienna and Moscow

China


YAFO Capital (Shanghai):
Chinese investment and advisory firm facilitating life sciences companies to access the Asian market Specialist in licensing and partnership transactions Access to local investors and pharma industry