Ranking biotech’s top venture capital firms Which firms get the best returns? STAT’s Kate Sheridan got the numbers for more than a dozen of the biggest names in biotech venture capital. Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Table of contents 02 I N T R O D U CT I O N 27 A LTA PA R T N E R S 04 T H E B I OT E C H V E N T U R E CA P I TA L L A N D S CA P E 29 D CVC B I O 31 A I S L I N G CA P I TA L 33 LO N G I T U D E V E N T U R E PA R T N E R S 35 V E R SA N T V E N T U R E S 37 N E W E N T E R P R I S E A S S O C I AT E S H OW W E D E T E R M I N E D THE RANKINGS 40 A B I N GWO R T H PA R T N E R S 13 THE RANKINGS 42 CA N A A N PA R T N E R S 15 ORBIMED 44 V I VO CA P I TA L 17 THIRD ROCK VENTURES 46 S V H E A LT H I N V E S TO R S 19 F L AG S H I P P I O N E E R I N G 48 S O F I N N OVA I N V E S T M E N T S 22 A R C H V E N T U R E PA R T N E R S 50 P O L A R I S V E N T U R E PA R T N E R S 25 THE COLUMN GROUP 06 08 10 11 H OW D O V E N T U R E CA P I TA L FUNDS GET THEIR MONEY? THE METRICS H OW W E G OT T H E DATA R A N K I N G B I OT E C H ’ S TO P V E N T U R E CA P I TA L F I R M S W H AT ’ S I N S I D E What’s inside Venture capital is an integral part of the biotech ecosystem, but not all venture 1