# HighCape Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> HighCape Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest Sept 2017. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# HighCape Partners

Last cheque observed Sep 2017. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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VC firm Quiet Last fund $1.7M, Sept 2023

Seed Series A Series B Life Sciences Connected Health Medical Device

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Cheques on record

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

Since the last cheque **3343** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$8.9M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Sole investor **1 rounds**

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## HighCape Partners highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series C and Series B: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $5.0M

## What they do

> HighCape Capital is a growth equity fund created in 2013 by a group of highly experienced executives for the sole purpose of helping innovative Life Sciences companies transition from the initial stages of their business cycle into successful, thriving organizations. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Life Sciences Connected Health Medical Device
- **Based in:** Baltimore, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

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

- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Cheetah Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/cheetah-medical)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$12M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Cybrexa Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cybrexa-therapeutics)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **2014** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Cheetah Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/cheetah-medical)** Series C · US **$5.0M** 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 **2 named**

KM **Kevin Matthew Rakin** Managing Member of General Partner of General Partner i Filing they signed

WM **William Matthew Zuga** Managing Member of General Partner of General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** 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

**$48M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Highcape Capital, L.P.
- **SEC number:** CRD 170971

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**6** of 6 we have independently watched raise

[Cybrexa](https://millionrounds.com/company/cybrexa-therapeutics)[Elutia](https://millionrounds.com/company/elutia)[Modifibio](https://millionrounds.com/company/modifi-bio)[Quantum-si](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantum-si)[Telabio](https://millionrounds.com/company/tela-bio)[Wellinks](https://millionrounds.com/company/wellinks)

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Latest fund on file

**$1.7M**

raised in Sept 2023

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$8.9M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$5.0M**

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2017

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *2*
- Series B said *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*
- Growth said *-*
- Pre-IPO said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2014 2017

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## Recently backed

The latest companies HighCape Partners put money into.

[**Cybrexa Therapeutics** $6.0M · Jun 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/cybrexa-therapeutics)

## Quick answers about HighCape Partners

### What does HighCape Partners invest in?

HighCape Partners invests most often at Series C and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Life Sciences, Connected Health and Medical Device.

### How active is HighCape Partners?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2017.

### What has HighCape Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Cheetah Medical (Series C, Sept 2017) and Cybrexa Therapeutics (Series B, Jun 2017).

### How big are HighCape Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.9M.

### Is HighCape Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2017.

### What kind of investor is HighCape Partners?

HighCape Partners is a VC firm based in Baltimore, United States.

### How much does HighCape Partners manage?

About $48M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

### Has HighCape Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2023, reporting $1.7M raised.

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