We're proud to continue our sponsorship of the VC University scholarship, which supports aspiring VCs from underrepresented backgrounds who want to make a difference in the industry. We’re excited to welcome the recipients who were awarded full scholarships to join Cohort 17 starting September 3! Cohort 17 is incredibly diverse across geography, gender, and ethnicity: 88% identify as people of color 60% identify as women or nonbinary 50% live outside CA, MA, and NY (the 3 states with the majority of VC activity) 30% identify as LGBTQ+ 5% are veterans or active military members https://lnkd.in/dQ-cDibM Special thanks to program hosts @Venture Forward, Berkeley Law Executive Education, and the National Venture Capital Association.
Omega Funds
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Boston, Massachusetts 5,021 followers
Investing in the future of medicine
About us
Omega Funds is a leading international investment firm that creates and invests in life sciences companies that target the world’s most urgent medical needs. Ω is the last letter of the Greek alphabet. Our investment process starts by focusing on the end goal – delivering impactful medicines to patients. We aim to invest in exceptional founders and entrepreneurs and impactful products and platforms across multiple therapeutic areas, including oncology, immunology, rare diseases, precision medicine and others. Early seed or late stage public financing. Large markets or rare diseases. Established targets or novel technologies. We are guided by our conviction in people, products and breakthrough ideas, not by conventional categories. Our investments span a variety of instruments from early venture rounds, to late-stage investing, direct secondary transactions, as well as company founding and creation. Omega Funds has raised more than $2 billion since its inception in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Please be mindful of scams presented by unauthorized individuals regarding fictitious positions, job offers and other misrepresentations. We do not ask candidates to provide sensitive identifiable information via email. If a person claiming to be an Omega recruiter reaches out to you regarding a job opportunity, please report it to our team by emailing [email protected] with the details.
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http://www.omegafunds.com
External link for Omega Funds
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2004
- Specialties
- venture capital, biotech, healthcare, medical devices, and life sciences
Locations
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Primary
888 Boylston St
Boston, Massachusetts 02199, US
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Place du Molard 7
Geneva, 1204, CH
Employees at Omega Funds
Updates
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Delighted to announce the launch of Third Arc Bio, a company we founded with Sanjaya Singh. Thrilled to be working with Third Arc Bio’s stellar team led by Peter Lebowitz, Joseph Erhardt, Sanjaya, and Debi Watson, as well as Arjun Goyal, M.D., and this fantastic syndicate. This oversubscribed $165M Series A financing enables the further development of Third Arc’s best-in-class biologics for oncology and autoimmunity addressing areas of high unmet need.
Third Arc Bio Launches with Oversubscribed $165 Million Series A Financing to Deliver Superior Biologics for Solid Tumors and Inflammatory & Immunology (I&I) Diseases
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We're proud sponsors of the VC University scholarship, which supports aspiring VCs from underrepresented backgrounds who want to make a difference in the industry. We’re excited to welcome the recipients who were awarded full scholarships to join Cohort 16 starting June 3! Cohort 16 is incredibly diverse across geography, gender, and ethnicity: 95% identify as people of color 56% identify as women or as nonbinary 56% live outside CA, MA, and NY (the three states with the majority of VC activity) 33% identify as LGBTQ+ https://lnkd.in/gkPR7j6m Special thanks to program hosts Venture Forward, Berkeley Law Executive Education, and the National Venture Capital Association.
Meet the scholarship recipients of VC University Cohort 16 - Venture Forward
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We are thrilled to welcome Sean Cumiskey to the Omega team as the new Head of Investor Relations. Sean has over two decades of experience in the alternative investment industry and brings a wealth of knowledge to Omega. Prior to joining Omega, Sean served as a Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at Yiheng Capital Management, where he played a pivotal role in growing the firm's AUM from an initial base of $350M to over $3B at its peak. Prior to Yiheng Capital, Sean held senior business roles at Farallon Capital Management and York Capital Management. His expertise in fundraising, product strategy, and investor relations will be invaluable as we continue to grow and evolve.
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We're proud to be sponsors of the VC University program, the premier introductory certificate course on venture finance. This month, VC University is celebrating 5 years of empowering the next generation of investors! To date, the program has educated 3,700+ diverse participants and awarded over 500 scholarships across 15 sold-out cohorts. Join us in recognizing this important milestone and the program’s impact: https://lnkd.in/enXh83AJ
Democratizing Access to Education: Reflections on Five Years of VC University - Venture Forward
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The Omega Team had a wonderful afternoon cooking at CASPAR Shelters! Discover how your team can also get involved in #CookinWithCASPAR by visiting https://lnkd.in/dwF2afW7
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We're proud sponsors of the VC University scholarship, which supports aspiring VCs from underrepresented backgrounds who want to make a difference in the industry. We’re excited to welcome 40 recipients who were awarded full scholarships to join Cohort 15 starting Feb. 5! Cohort 15 is incredibly diverse across geography, gender, ethnicity, and age: - 78% identify as people of color - 68% identify as women or as nonbinary - 15% identify as LGBTQ+ - 70% live outside CA, MA, and NY (the three states with the majority of VC activity) https://lnkd.in/gSY-ym9Z Special thanks to program hosts Venture Forward, Berkeley Law Executive Education, and the National Venture Capital Association
Meet the scholarship recipients of VC University Cohort 15 - Venture Forward
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We are delighted to announce the well-deserved promotion of Francesco Draetta to Managing Director. This promotion acknowledges his outstanding leadership, significant contributions, and steadfast commitment to Omega’s values. Congratulations Francesco!
Delighted to announce the promotion of Francesco Draetta to Managing Director at Omega: a just reward for his many contributions to the firm across all our activities. Please join me and our whole team in congratulating him!
Omega Funds Announces the Promotion of Francesco Draetta to Managing Director
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Omega Funds continues to be proud sponsors of the VC University scholarship, which supports aspiring VCs from underrepresented backgrounds who want to make a difference in the industry. Today, we’re excited to welcome 40 recipients who were awarded full scholarships to join Cohort 14! Cohort 14 scholarship class is incredibly diverse across geography, gender, ethnicity, and age: - 83% identify as people of color - 68% identify as women or as nonbinary - 25% identify as LGBTQ+ - 68% live outside CA, MA, and NY (the three states with the majority of VC activity) Get to know the C14 scholarship class! https://lnkd.in/gqQVhjSn Special thanks to program hosts Venture Forward, Startup Law Initiative at Berkeley Law and the National Venture Capital Association.
Meet the scholarship recipients of VC University Cohort 14 - Venture Forward
https://ventureforward.org