AMV Asset Management Ventures

What is AMV Asset Management Ventures?

AMV Asset Management Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Since its inception in 1965, the firm has specialized in early-stage investments, focusing primarily on digital health, technology, and life sciences.

The firm operates with the belief that disruptive innovation in these fields can transform healthcare and improve outcomes. Their investment thesis revolves around backing companies that demonstrate unique, data-driven technology and are positioned in markets ripe for disruption, with massive opportunities.

AMV looks for teams with integrity, transparency, and domain expertise; founders who are unafraid to dream big and possess deep market and technical knowledge. Their approach to investment is hands-on, working closely with portfolio companies, through early-stage challenges such as hiring, strategic focus, technical development, sales channels, and business partnerships. AMV has a history of partnering with other top-tier venture firms for later-stage capital rounds.

Their founder, Pitch Johnson, was one of the earliest venture capitalists in Silicon Valley and has been instrumental in fostering innovation across technology and healthcare through seminal investments. Asset Management Company, the precursor to AMV, was involved in the founding of pioneering companies like Boole and Babbage, Tandem Computers, and Coherent Laser, and has played a significant role in the biotechnology industry, contributing to the establishment of Amgen.

Today, the AMV team, which consists of partners with extensive operating experience as founders and an in-depth understanding of the scientific, engineering, and medical fields, continues to leverage this legacy to identify and support transformative companies that can change the world.