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5AM VENTURES

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5AM Ventures is a leading investment firm focused on funding and building next-generation life sciences companies

SAN FRANCISCO, CAhttps://5amventures.com415-993-8570
Assets Under Management
$1B–$5B
Year Founded
2002
Employees
32
Office Locations
3 offices
Total Accounts
14

About the firm

5AM Ventures is a life science venture capital firm founded in 2002, currently investing $450M from 5AM Ventures VII and $300M from 5AM Opportunities II. The firm focuses on biopharmaceuticals, drug delivery technologies, and life science instruments, supporting companies working to solve important healthcare needs via breakthroughs in medicine and science.

Firm Focus

Client segments reported on the firm's SEC Form ADV — applies to all advisors at the firm.

Pooled Vehicles

Areas of expertise

Life SciencesVenture CapitalBiopharmaceuticalsDrug Delivery TechnologiesLife Science InstrumentsSeries A InvestingPublic EquityBiotechIncubationEarly-stage Investing

Services

5AM offers three strategies: the 4:59 Initiative, a hands-on internal effort to discover, incubate, and fund breakthrough science by partnering with academics and entrepreneurs to establish proof-of-concept data for Series A financing; 5AM Ventures Strategy, which primarily invests in private therapeutic companies at early-stage with an emphasis on Series A; and 5AM Opportunities Strategy, which invests in small and mid-cap public and later-stage private biotech and life science companies.

Private funds / alternatives
HedgePrivate EquityVenture Capital

Who they serve

Academics, entrepreneurs, and private therapeutic companies, with a focus on early-stage Series A companies as well as small and mid-cap public and later-stage private biotech and life science companies.

Client segmentClientsAssets managed
Pension/Profit Sharing Plans14$1.1B

0 total clients reported on Form ADV.

Leadership

Andrew James Schwab
MEMBER, 5AM VENTURE MANAGEMENT LLC
Kush M Parmar
MEMBER, 5AM VENTURE MANAGEMENT, LLC

Office locations

3 offices in 3 states
CA
SAN FRANCISCOHQ
MA
BOSTON
NY
NEW YORK

Regulatory & compliance

CRD number
#160395
SEC Number
801-120173
Disciplinary History
No
Fee Model & Minimums
Model: AUM / Performance-based
Asset tierAnnual rate
Venture Funds - Management Fee2.50%
Opportunities Funds - Management Fee1.50%

Data as of March 30, 2026 · Source: SEC IAPD & FINRA BrokerCheck

Contact Information

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