# Gerard van Hamel Platerink

> Gerard van Hamel Platerink is a funding round investor at Accuitive Medical Ventures backing Health Care. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Accuitive Medical Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accuitive-medical-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2012
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-van-hamel-platerink-72246a

Gerard van Hamel Platerink is a funding round investor at Accuitive Medical Ventures in San Francisco focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Board Member at HealthMine, MedAvail Technologies & Genalyte.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Halscion, Inc. | HALSCION, INC. develops devices to improve wound healing and the resulting scar outcomes. The company offers single-use hydrogel scaffolds that are applied during surgery to the dermal-subdermal interface of wound by injection. Its products include biocompatible materials that provide a structural framework upon, which wound healing cells, such asfibroblasts migrate into the wound and organize. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Suwanee, Georgia. | $4.3M | Debt Financing | Jun 28, 2012 |  |
| Halscion, Inc. | HALSCION, INC. develops devices to improve wound healing and the resulting scar outcomes. The company offers single-use hydrogel scaffolds that are applied during surgery to the dermal-subdermal interface of wound by injection. Its products include biocompatible materials that provide a structural framework upon, which wound healing cells, such asfibroblasts migrate into the wound and organize. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Suwanee, Georgia. | $3.5M |  | Apr 20, 2011 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SV Health Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-life-sciences) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Versant Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/versant-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Accuitive Medical Ventures

VC Fund · Duluth, United States

Accuitive Medical Ventures (AMV) is a medical device venture capital firm. AMV is in business to finance and help develop early and expansion stage medical device and technology companies.

5 contacts available at Accuitive Medical Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charles E. Larsen | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-e-larsen |
| Thomas D. Weldon | Co-Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-d-weldon |
| Anthony Lando | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-lando |
| Gerard van Hamel Platerink | Venture Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gerard-van-hamel-platerink |
| Gordon T. Wyatt | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gordon-t-wyatt |

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## FAQ

### What does Gerard van Hamel Platerink invest in?

Gerard van Hamel Platerink invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical startups, most often at Funding Round and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Gerard van Hamel Platerink last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gerard van Hamel Platerink closed in Jun 2012. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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