# Aperture Venture Partners: portfolio, investments and team > Aperture Venture Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 24 investments on record, latest Oct 2024. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/aperture-venture-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Aperture Venture Partners Last cheque observed Oct 2024. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet VC firm Growth Seed Series A Medical Device Pharmaceutical Healthcare IT Follow Aperture Venture Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Faperture-venture-partners) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 24 on record Since the last cheque **752** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$32M** Rounds led **0 of 24** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Aperture Venture Partners ## Aperture Venture Partners highlights - 01 24 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series C and Series B: 57% of its rounds - 03 3 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Aperture Venture Partners is a healthcare-focused investment firm. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Growth Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Medical Device Pharmaceutical Healthcare IT - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **24 appearances** - **2024** 1 round - **Oct** **[ShiraTronics](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiratronics)** Series B · US · Seroba Life Sciences **$66M** With 7 others - **2019** 1 round - **Oct** **[Verix Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/verix-health)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.0M** With 3 others - **2016** 1 round - **Jul** **[Endotronix](https://millionrounds.com/company/endotronix)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$32M** With 2 others - **2015** 5 rounds - **Sept** **[Aclaris Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/aclaris-therapeutics)** Series C · US **$40M** With 8 others - **Aug** **[Channel Medsystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/channel-medsystems)** Series C · US **$22M** With 5 others - **Apr** **[Spirox](https://millionrounds.com/company/spirox)** Series B · US **$19M** With 4 others - **Mar** **[Cardiac Dimensions](https://millionrounds.com/company/cardiac-dimensions)** Venture · US **$15M** With 4 others - **Mar** **[Collegium Pharmaceutical](https://millionrounds.com/company/collegium-pharmaceutical)** Venture · US **$50M** With 10 others - **2014** 2 rounds - **May** **[Inspire Medical Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/inspire-medical-systems)** Series E · US **$40M** With 8 others - **Apr** **[Otonomy](https://millionrounds.com/company/otonomy)** Series D · US **$49M** With 11 others - **2013** 4 rounds - **Dec** **[Xlumena](https://millionrounds.com/company/xlumena)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$25M** With 4 others - **Sept** **[Otonomy](https://millionrounds.com/company/otonomy)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$46M** With 7 others - **May** **[Channel Medsystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/channel-medsystems)** Series B · US · prnewswire.com **$9.8M** With 2 others - **Mar** **[Avedro](https://millionrounds.com/company/avedro)** Series D · US · boston.com **$43M** With 7 others - **2012** 1 round - **Jun** **[Ceptaris Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ceptaris-therapeutics)** Series D · US · finsmes.com **$10M** With 5 others - **2011** 3 rounds - **Aug** **[Yaupon Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/yaupon-therapeutics)** Series D · US · finsmes.com **$14M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[Avedro](https://millionrounds.com/company/avedro)** Series C · US · masshightech.com **$25M** With 1 other - **Apr** **[Xlumena](https://millionrounds.com/company/xlumena)** Series B · US · pehub.com **$7.0M** With 4 others - **2009** 1 round - **Oct** **[CardioMEMS](https://millionrounds.com/company/cardiomems)** Series F · US · onbiovc.com **$22M** With 9 others - **2007** 2 rounds - **Feb** **[MAKO Surgical](https://millionrounds.com/company/mako-surgical)** Series C · US **$30M** With 5 others - **Jan** **[Ception Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ception-therapeutics)** Series C · US · ceptiontx.com **$63M** With 4 others - **2004** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[Nina McLemore](https://millionrounds.com/company/nina-mclemore)** Venture · US **$3.7M** With 2 others - **Mar** **[TransMolecular](https://millionrounds.com/company/transmolecular)** Series C · US **$33M** With 11 others - **2003** 1 round - **Nov** **[Redpoint Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/redpoint-bio)** Series A · US **$10M** With 5 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **1 named** EH **Eric Holden Sillman** Member i Form ADV We also hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$81M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Aperture Management LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 162665 ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **3 in all** **[MAKO Surgical](https://millionrounds.com/company/mako-surgical)** Bought by Stryker Corporation **$1.6B** Sept 2013 **[Ceptaris Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ceptaris-therapeutics)** Bought by Actelion Pharmaceuticals **$250M** Jul 2013 **[Ception Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ception-therapeutics)** Bought by [Cephalon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cephalon) **$250M** Feb 2010 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## The cheque Growth Seed Series A Median round joined **$32M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 24 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2024 - **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series C *9* - Series B said *4* - Series D *4* - Venture *3* - Series A said *2* - Series E *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [MDS Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mds-capital) 3 - [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) 3 - [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) 3 - [Third Point Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-point-ventures) 3 - [Western Technology Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wti) 3 - [Arboretum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arboretum-ventures) 2 **Pitching Aperture Venture Partners?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Aperture Venture Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**MDS Capital** Growth equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mds-capital)[**OrbiMed** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed)[**TPG** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg)[**Third Point Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-point-ventures)[**Western Technology Investment** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wti)[**Arboretum Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arboretum-ventures)[**Ascent Biomedical Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascent-biomedical-ventures)[**Avalon Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon-ventures)[**Boston Millennia Partners** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-millennia-partners)[**Boston Scientific** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-scientific)[**Burrill & Company** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burrill-and-company)[**Charter Life Sciences** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charter-life-sciences) ## Recently backed The latest companies Aperture Venture Partners put money into. [**ShiraTronics** $66M · Oct 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiratronics)[**Verix Health** $8.0M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/verix-health)[**Endotronix** $32M · Jul 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/endotronix) ## Quick answers about Aperture Venture Partners ### What does Aperture Venture Partners invest in? Aperture Venture Partners invests most often at Series C and Series B (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Medical Device, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare IT. ### How active is Aperture Venture Partners? 24 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2024. ### What has Aperture Venture Partners invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: ShiraTronics (Series B, Oct 2024), Verix Health (Series A, Oct 2019) and Endotronix (Series C, Jul 2016). ### How big are Aperture Venture Partners's cheques? The median round it joins is $32M. ### Does Aperture Venture Partners lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 24 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Aperture Venture Partners invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Aperture Venture Partners investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2024. ### Who does Aperture Venture Partners invest alongside? Most often MDS Capital (3 rounds together), OrbiMed (3 rounds together) and TPG (3 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=aperture-venture-partners) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=aperture-venture-partners)