# UpStart Life Sciences Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> UpStart Life Sciences Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 2 investments on record, latest Jan 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# UpStart Life Sciences Capital

Last cheque observed Jan 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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VC firm Quiet Last fund $9.9M, Jul 2012

Series A Series B Life Sciences

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **4322** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$13M** Rounds led **0 of 2**

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## UpStart Life Sciences Capital highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> ENTREPRENEUR LED VENTURE FUNDING FOR BREAKTHROUGH LIFE SCIENCE START-UPS WITH COMPELLING INVESTMENT POTENTIAL From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Life Sciences
- **Based in:** Salt Lake City, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2015** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Sera Prognostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/sera-prognostics)** Series B · US **$20M** With 4 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Sera Prognostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/sera-prognostics)** Series B · US **$5.0M** With 3 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 **3 named**

DB **Dennis B. Farrar** Manager of General Partner i Filing they signed

SJ **Steven J. Borst** Manager of General Partner i Filing they signed

TH **Theodore H. Stanley** Manager of General Partner 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.

Latest fund on file

**$9.9M**

raised in Jul 2012

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

## The cheque

Series A Series B

Median round joined **$13M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jan 2015

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *2*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2014 2015

Often in the room with

- [Catalyst Health & Technology Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-health-and-technology-partners) 2
- [Chione](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chione) 2
- [Domain Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/domain-associates) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as UpStart Life Sciences Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Catalyst Health & Technology Partners** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-health-and-technology-partners)[**Chione** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chione)[**Domain Associates** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/domain-associates)

## Quick answers about UpStart Life Sciences Capital

### What does UpStart Life Sciences Capital invest in?

UpStart Life Sciences Capital invests most often at Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Life Sciences.

### How active is UpStart Life Sciences Capital?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2015.

### How big are UpStart Life Sciences Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $13M.

### Is UpStart Life Sciences Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2015.

### Who does UpStart Life Sciences Capital invest alongside?

Most often Catalyst Health & Technology Partners (2 rounds together), Chione (2 rounds together) and Domain Associates (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is UpStart Life Sciences Capital?

UpStart Life Sciences Capital is a VC firm based in Salt Lake City, United States.

### Has UpStart Life Sciences Capital raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Jul 2012, reporting $9.9M raised.

### Does UpStart Life Sciences Capital take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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