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One Amgen Center Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1799
Phone: 805-447-1000
Fax: 805-447-1010
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Life Sciences & Healthcare
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A division of biotech giant Amgen, Amgen Business Development funds early-stage companies developing human therapeutics. The Fund was founded in 2004 with an initial $100 million investment. While the fund's focus is primarily in areas of current therapeutic interest to Amgen, it also seeks out novel modalities with the potential to address targets in both current and emerging therapeutic areas of interest. Investments are made on a case-by-case basis, but Amgen Ventures typically invests $2 to 3 million per company per round with $10 million invested over the life of the company. Therapeutic areas of focus for Amgen include: Oncology, Inflammation, Hematology/Nephrology, Metabolic Disorders, Neuroscience and Cardiovascular. Amgen primarily invests in North America, but will consider investments in Europe and the United Kingdom.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
| Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
Revenue |
Growth Stage
(also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage
(also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
| Private Equity | |
| Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
| Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
| Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
| Large Cap | >$1B |
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