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VENTURE CAPITAL<br />
Amherst Fund, LLC<br />
www.amherstfund.com<br />
HEADQUARTERS:<br />
401 E. Stadium Boulevard<br />
Ann Arbor, MI 48104<br />
Apjohn Ventures<br />
www.apjohnventures.com<br />
HEADQUARTERS:<br />
350 E. Michigan Avenue, Suite 500<br />
Kalamazoo, MI 49007<br />
M E M B E R M E M B E R<br />
Staff:<br />
MATT TURNER - President & CEO<br />
matt@amherstfund.com<br />
DAVID LIN - VP of Operations<br />
Michigan Investment Professionals: 4<br />
Worldwide Investment Professionals: 4<br />
Assets Under Management:<br />
$30,000,000<br />
Funds Managed (Current and Historical): 2<br />
Actively Investing? Yes<br />
Firm Overview:<br />
Amherst Fund makes venture capital investments in early stage<br />
companies and also makes private equity investments in later stage<br />
companies. While investing carefully to achieve sound returns,<br />
Amherst Fund offers flexibility in structuring investments to best<br />
meet the needs of the company. Amherst Fund investments have<br />
included equity, subordinated debt and senior debt structures<br />
where appropriate.<br />
Preferred Initial Investment Amount:<br />
$50,000 to $500,000<br />
Industry Sectors:<br />
Life Information Alternative Adv Materials Business Consumer<br />
Sciences Technology Energy Media & Manufacturing Services Products Other<br />
Life Science Subsector:<br />
Healthcare Animal Health/<br />
Pharmaceuticals Devices Diagnostics Biotechnology Services Agriculture Other<br />
Information Technology Subsector:<br />
Hardware Software Services Other<br />
Staff:<br />
MINA SOOCH - General Partner<br />
mina@apjohnventures.com<br />
DON PARFET - General Partner<br />
drparfet@ameritech.net<br />
Michigan Investment Professionals: 2<br />
Worldwide Investment Professionals: 2<br />
Assets Under Management:<br />
$15,000,000<br />
Funds Managed (Current and Historical): 2<br />
Actively Investing? No<br />
Firm Overview:<br />
Modify this first sentence so it says: Apjohn Ventures is a life<br />
sciences-focused fund which does deals in Michigan and Midwest.<br />
Nine portfolio companies with several exits were part of the Fund,<br />
including Afmedica, ProNAi, ZyStor, Ikano, Asterand, Cytopherx,<br />
Renamed, Svelte, Kereos. The partners have been involved in<br />
starting a third of these companies and assisted in raising over<br />
$300M in financings.<br />
Industry Sectors:<br />
Life Information Alternative Adv Materials Business Consumer<br />
Sciences Technology Energy Media & Manufacturing Services Products Other<br />
Life Science Subsector:<br />
Healthcare Animal Health/<br />
Pharmaceuticals Devices Diagnostics Biotechnology Services Agriculture Other<br />
Stages of Investment:<br />
Idea & Pre-Seed Seed Early Growth Mezzanine<br />
Stages of Investment:<br />
Idea & Pre-Seed Seed Early Growth Mezzanine<br />
14 DENOTES MICHIGAN SEATED
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