TT  Cancer Focus Fund

https://cancerfocusfund.com/





     Office Locations:

2450 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77021
Phone: 318-746-8430

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Stages:

  • Early


 

Industries:

  • Life Sciences & Healthcare

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    Description:

    The Cancer Focus Fund is a unique oncology-focused investment fund established in partnership with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The firm invests in promising cancer therapies in late preclinical development. The objective is to provide financial support to accelerate the development of these therapeutics together with the clinical trials expertise and infrastructure of MD Anderson. The Cancer Focus Fund provides both capital and translational research expertise with the goal of accelerating the development of therapies to lead to better outcomes for patients while generating returns for investors. The fund provides investment support to advance promising cancer therapies that are close to being tested in humans or are in early clinical development, as well as the clinical trial expertise and infrastructure of MD Anderson and strategic partners Ochsner Health System Precision Cancer Therapies Program New Orleans and the LSU Feist Weiller Cancer Center Shreveport.


     

    Funds:


      Fund Name


      Amount


      Date

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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
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    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
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Jaime Aguirre Managing Partner
    Jonathan Fassberg Managing Partner
    Ross Barrett Managing Partner

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      10/23/2024


      March Biosciences


      TX


      $28,400,000


      Series A


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      ISA Pharmaceuticals


      KAHR


      March Biosciences
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      Mereo BioPharma


      Nectin Therapeutics


     

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