Improving the Lives of Patients, Supporting Entrepreneurs, and Earning the Trust of Investors Through Science, Strategy, and Innovation
Who We Are
RiverVest is a leading venture capital firm building life science companies to address significant unmet medical needs.
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Since 2000
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InterVene: Medical Device Game-Changer in the Making
Co-founder and managing director Jay Schmelter has an eye for picking winning, early-stage, medical device opportunities. One of the central tenets of his approach is seeking technology that...
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Lumena: Transformative Medicines for Liver Diseases
RiverVest managing directors John McKearn and Niall O’Donnell uncovered two late-stage drug programs deprioritized by Pfizer and Sanofi. Entering licensing discussions, John and Niall dug into the existing clinical...
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