companies it co-founds with leading scientists and entrepreneurs in the areas of biotechnology, including pharmaceuticals, genomics and diagnostics; medical devices and instrumentation; healthcare services and medical information systems.

Over time, their mission has remained unchanged: they serve as lead investors in seed and early stage healthcare companies managed by entrepreneurs possessing the vision, energy, commitment, and integrity required to build large, sustainable healthcare enterprises. Their venture capital professionals are relationship-oriented, long-term investors committed to providing the highest level of support. CW Group has assisted its portfolio companies with virtually every aspect of growing successful enterprises including helping companies to develop business and organizational strategies, recruit senior business and technology management, establish corporate alliances, execute operations, acquire technologies and product-lines, and close follow-on rounds of public and private financings.

CW Group has managed seven medical venture capital funds, and since 1982 has invested in the early financing of over 70 companies. CW Group's limited partners include major corporations, pension funds, endowment funds, financial institutions, and private investors.