Elevate Investment Initiative Application

The Elevate Investment Initiative leverages the Milken Institute’s platform to provide emerging and prospective women's health fund managers with engagement opportunities across the Institute’s events and network to channel new, diverse capital to women's health.

Applicant evaluation criteria include, but are not limited to:

Fund focus: Existing portfolio investments in women's health, or a demonstrated commitment to expanding into or carving out a women's health allocation
Fund stage: Managers actively fundraising for Fund II or beyond (regardless of whether prior funds were women's health-focused)
Sector: Experience investing across life sciences, health, technology, infrastructure, consumer, and/or other sectors
Size: AUM of $250M or below
Team: Diversity of management and investment professionals

Name

Title

Organization Name

Assets Under Management

Number of investment professionals and team composition

Website Link

What is your fund focus area?

A particular therapeutic area, a particular stage of company, or other?

What is your typical investment check size?

Or range of check sizes?

Which fund are you currently on?

Year of your first fund close?

What is your current fundraising status?

Do you have a particular geographic focus?

Describe your fund’s focus as it relates to women’s health

Including whether women’s health is a primary, adjacent, or new focus area, your investment thesis, and your theory of change.

Tell us about your current LPs (if any)

Include the profile of LPs you want to target through this initiative (2-3). E.g., strategics like pharma, family offices, etc

What is your typical fee structure? (Management fee, etc)

Fund registration documents

Maximum 2 files.
50 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf.

How did you hear about the Elevate Investment Initiative?