# Essex Woodlands: portfolio, investments and team

> Essex Woodlands is a vc firm based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest Dec 2016. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/essex-woodlands (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Essex Woodlands

Last cheque observed Dec 2016. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $543M, Oct 2016 VC firm

Series D Health Care

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **3611** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$15M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Sole investor **3 rounds**

Pitch Essex Woodlands

## Essex Woodlands highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series D: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $15M

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Health Care
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2016** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Metabolon](https://millionrounds.com/company/metabolon)** US · FinSMEs **$15M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Metabolon](https://millionrounds.com/company/metabolon)** US · FinSMEs **$15M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Suneva Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/suneva-medical)** Series D · US · Prnewswire **$25M** Sole investor

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 **5 named**

MP **Martin P. Sutter** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

PT **Petri T. Vainio, MD, PhD** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

RS **Richard Scott Barry** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

RT **Ron T. Eastman** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

ST **Steve T. Wiggins** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

We also hold **5** 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.

Who backs their funds

## 1 LP on record in Essex Woodlands's funds

- **Committed:** $175M
- **Funds:** 3
- **Vintages:** 2004 to 2008

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: the pension's own report, latest Sept 2025.

- [**Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund** 3 funds *$175M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oregon-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Fund VIII 2008 $100M Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Fund VII 2006 $50M Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Fund VI 2004 $25M

New fund on file

**$543M**

raised in Oct 2016

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Series D

Median round joined **$15M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$15M**

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Dec 2016

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series D *1*

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Essex Woodlands put money into.

[**Metabolon** $15M · Dec 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/metabolon)[**Suneva Medical** $25M · Jun 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/suneva-medical)

## Quick answers about Essex Woodlands

### What does Essex Woodlands invest in?

Essex Woodlands invests most often at Series D (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Health Care.

### How active is Essex Woodlands?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2016.

### What has Essex Woodlands invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Metabolon (Undisclosed round, Dec 2016) and Suneva Medical (Series D, Jun 2016).

### How big are Essex Woodlands's cheques?

The median round it joins is $15M.

### Is Essex Woodlands investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2016.

### What kind of investor is Essex Woodlands?

Essex Woodlands is a VC firm based in United States.

### Has Essex Woodlands raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Oct 2016, reporting $543M raised.

### Where does this information on Essex Woodlands come from?

From 3 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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