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Alta Partners

Alta Partners is an American venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California.

Organization

Name Position Notes
Peter Schwartz Venture partner[1] Global Business Network (GBN), Salesforce, Berggruen Institute, Foresight Institute, Shell

Portfolio

Companies in Alta's portfolio include:[2]

  • ACLARA Biosciences
  • Aegerion Pharmaceuticals
  • Aerie Pharmaceuticals
  • Agensys
  • Allakos
  • Ally Therapeutics
  • Angiosyn
  • Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC)
  • Astex Pharmaceuticals
  • ATS Medical
  • aTyr Pharma
  • Avid Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Be Biopharma
  • BetterVet
  • Bioventus
  • Calistoga Pharmaceuticals
  • Cellective Therapeutics
  • Centrexion
  • ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals
  • Chimerix
  • Cotherix
  • CuraSen Therapeutics
  • Cutera
  • Definity Health
  • DEM BioPharma
  • DispatchHealth
  • Dynavax Technologies
  • eGenesis
  • Endonetics
  • Esperion Therapeutics
  • Everside Health
  • Excaliard Pharmaceuticals
  • Eyetech Pharmaceuticals
  • Flamel Technologies
  • FoldRx Pharmaceuticals
  • Free Market Health
  • ILEX Oncology
  • Immune Design
  • ImmuneID
  • InterMune Pharmaceuticals
  • Intradigm[3]
  • Kelonia
  • Kiadis Pharma
  • Kite Pharma
  • Kosan Bioscience
  • Lassen Therapeutics
  • LJL BioSystems
  • Lumena Pharmaceuticals
  • MacroGenics
  • MAKO Surgical
  • MBrace Therapeutics
  • Neothetics
  • Novome Biotechnologies
  • PatientsLikeMe
  • Plexxikon
  • Prolacta Bioscience
  • Qihan Biotech
  • Repros Therapeutics
  • SARcode Bioscience
  • Sierra Surgical Technologies
  • Sutro Biopharma
  • Swedish Orphan Biovitrum
  • Taligen Therapeutics
  • Transcarent
  • Trevena
  • Triangle Pharmaceuticals
  • Tyra Biosciences
  • U3 Pharma
  • Variant Bio
  • Vertiflex
  • Vir Biotechnology
  • Zafgen
  • ZS Pharma

  1. Peter Schwartz. Edge. Retrieved April 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240405233151/https://www.edge.org/memberbio/peter_schwartz ↩︎

  2. Healthcare & Life Science Investment Portfolio. Alta Partners. Retrieved March 5, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230305015822/https://www.altapartners.com/portfolio/ ↩︎

  3. Intradigm Corporation - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors. Crunchbase. Retrieved March 5, 2023, from https://crunchbase.com/organization/intradigm-corporation/company_financials ↩︎