# Ampersand Capital Partners

> Ampersand Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Health Care. See 73 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wellesley, United States
- Total investments: 73
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 48%
- Last fund: Aug 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ampersand-capital-partners
- Website: http://www.ampersandcapital.com

Ampersand Capital Partners is a VC fund in Wellesley focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. Ampersand is a middle market private equity firm that focuses on healthcare and industrial sectors.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 33 | 45% |
| Health Care | 20 | 27% |
| Manufacturing | 16 | 22% |
| Pharmaceutical | 14 | 19% |
| Medical | 11 | 15% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 26 | 36% |
| Funding Round | 16 | 22% |
| Series A | 7 | 10% |
| Series B | 7 | 10% |
| Series C | 3 | 4% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 46 | 63% |
| Germany | 3 | 4% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Blair Patteson | Partner | 2 | — |
| David Parker | General Partner | 2 | — |
| David Q. Anderson | General Partner | 3 | — |
| Eric B. Lev | Partner | 2 | — |
| Marina Pellόn-Consunji | Partner | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | We are a Boston-based medical device company that manufactures minimally invasive surgical stapling solutions. With the highest standards in design engineering and smart manufacturing, our specialized team is committed to delivering disruptive innovation to health care providers and their patients. | $37.8M | Private Equity | Apr 17, 2025 |  |
| VIVEbiotech | VIVEbiotech is a GMP Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) specialized in Lentiviral vectors. |  | Private Equity | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Julius Clinical | Julius Clinical specializes in distinct therapeutic areas that offer a full-service proposal or separate functional service. |  | Private Equity | Nov 28, 2023 |  |
| ProtaGene | ProtaGene is an analytic service provider across the biopharmaceutical, cell, and gene therapy development spaces. They provide complete protein and gene analytic capabilities and packages for biologic therapeutics as well as cell and gene therapy platforms. They offer product testing and analytical packages for product lifecycle management. |  | Private Equity | Nov 20, 2023 |  |
| Genezen | Genezen offers contract process development, GMP viral vector production, transduced cell manufacturing, and testing services. | $18.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 02, 2023 |  |
| Vernal Biosciences | Vernal Biosciences is an mRNA manufacturing company that provides high purity mRNA, from concept to clinical trials, on a transactional basis. | $20M | Series A | Jun 27, 2023 |  |
| NanoImaging Services | NIS launched in 2007 to provide imaging services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and nanotechnology communities. They have since built a client-focused organization with a reputation for expertise, reliability and collaboration. NIS is committed to expanding their service capacity through microscope acquisition, workflow automation,recruitment and training of top talent, and the development of new service offerings. Their state-of-the-art facilities include a range of electron microscopes, sample preparation equipment and computational infrastructure to support structural biology, nanoparticle characterization and chemistry workflows. With recent acquisitions, NIS has become the largest and most comprehensive provider of TEM, cryoEM and microED services to the industrial life science market. |  | Private Equity | Jun 12, 2023 |  |
| Sterling Medical Devices | Sterling Medical Devices, a fully staffed U.S. based medical device engineering firm. |  | Private Equity | Jun 23, 2022 |  |
| AnaBios | AnaBios specializes in enabling human-focused drug discovery. As a CRO, AnaBios provides products and services for every stage of drug discovery. Through proprietary technology based on the use of human donor organs and tissues, it studies ex vivo human responses to drugs and further investigate the molecular and functional basis of relevant humanphysiology. Its research focuses primarily on the areas of high, unmet medical need, including cardiac disease and safety, pain, PKD kidney disease, and neurodegeneration. In partnership with Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, and universities, the company's mission is to develop therapeutic advancements to help patients live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. | $6.5M | Series C | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Vernal Biosciences | Vernal Biosciences is an mRNA manufacturing company that provides high purity mRNA, from concept to clinical trials, on a transactional basis. | $21M | Series A | Jun 02, 2022 |  |

10 of 73 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Charles River Laboratories International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-river-laboratories-international) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cisco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Corning](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corning) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dynamk Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dynamk-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- New England Partners — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Nexus Medical Partners — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ampersand Capital Partners invest in?

Ampersand Capital Partners invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Manufacturing startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 73 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ampersand Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Ampersand Capital Partners?

The team at Ampersand Capital Partners includes David Blair Patteson (Partner), David Parker (General Partner) and David Q. Anderson (General Partner), among 18 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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