About Us
415 Capital is a specialist venture capital firm dedicated to investing in breakthrough and life-saving medical innovation. For over 30 years, our team has empowered exceptional entrepreneurs through the provision of capital, expertise, and market access.
We exclusively invest in large unmet patient needs in chronic diseases, with an emphasis on cardio & neurovascular disorders, the worldwide leading causes of death and the largest cost driver in the global healthcare systems. Our mission is to improve patient outcomes and quality of life at lower long-term healthcare costs.
Investment Strategy
Sector: Medical Technologies
Stage: Clinical through Commercial
Europe, Israel & North America
€5-15 Million per Company
Sectors we invest in:
- Structural Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Aortic & Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Neurovascular Disease / Stroke
- Hypertension
- Electrophysiology
- Neuromodulation for Chronic Diseases (e.g. Cardiovascular, Sleep Apnea)
- Medical Imaging
- Medical Robotics
- Patient Monitoring
Sectors we do not invest in:
- Biotech/Pharma
- Healthcare Services
- Wellness Products
Value Creation
Besides support with clinical, regulatory and reimbursement strategies, we leverage existing commercial partnerships to provide our portfolio companies with access to a €2bn commercial channel in Europe (Uniphar PLC & CoRRect Medical GmbH).
„Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.“
Theodore Levitt
„The best way to predict the future is to create it.“
Alan Kay
Our History:
Breakthrough Milestones
Since the 1990s our team has pioneered major advancements in cardiovascular and neurovascular care through both investments and technology commercialization, including drug-eluting stents, transcatheter heart valve replacement and repair (aortic, mitral and tricuspid), cerebral embolic protection and renal denervation to treat uncontrolled hypertension.
1990s
Pre-Mounted Coronary Stents
Introduced to market by our team
(AVE acquired by Medtronic for $3.7bn in 1998)
Minimally Invasive Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Funded and introduced to market by our team
(IPO on NASDAQ in 2000)
2000s
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Funded and introduced to market by our team
(CoreValve acquired by Medtronic for $850m in 2009)
Ultrasound Renal Denervation
Funded and introduced to market by our team
(ReCor Medical acquired by Otsuka for $350m in 2018)
2010s
Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Funded and introduced to market by our team
(CardiAQ acquired by Edwards LIfesciences for $350 in 2015)
Cerebral Embolic Protection for Stroke Prevention
Funded and introduced to market by our team
(Claret Medical acquired by Boston Scientific for $270m in 2018)
2020s
Low-Profile pVAD for High-Risk PCI & Cardiogenic Shock Patients
Funded and supported by our team since 2020
Next-Generation Bioresorbable Scaffolds for Peripheral Vascular Disease
Funded and supported by our team since 2020
Minimally Invasive Solution for Tricuspid Valve Replacement
Funded and supported by our team since 2022