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Confidential Private Placement Memorandum
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THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THE FUND DESCRIBED HEREIN (THE
"INTERESTS") HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT') OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THE
"U.S.") OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER COUNTRY OR JURISDICTION. THE ISSUER
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MAY BE REQUIRED TO HOLD THE INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
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ACCURACY OR TRUTHFULNESS OF THIS DISCLOSURE, NOR WHETHER IT IS COMPLETE.
ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS ILLEGAL. SEE APPENDIX A - CERTAIN
SECURITIES LAW MATTERS FOR INVESTORS.
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APPENDIX A - CERTAIN SECURITIES LAW MATTERS FOR INVESTORS.
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THE FUND IS EXPECTED AND INTENDED TO PURSUE A VENTURE CAPITAL STRATEGY. SEE
SECTION VII - CERTAIN INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS AND RISK FACTORS.
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THIS MEMORANDUM CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE
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MEANING OF SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THESE STATEMENTS INCLUDE
THE PLANS AND OBJECTIVES OF MANAGEMENT FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS,
INCLUDING PLANS AND OBJECTIVES RELATING TO FUTURE GROWTH OF THE FUND.
THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INCLUDED HEREIN ARE BASED ON CURRENT
EXPECTATIONS THAT INVOLVE NUMEROUS RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES IDENTIFIED
IN THIS MEMORANDUM. ASSUMPTIONS RELATING TO THE FOREGOING INVOLVE
JUDGMENTS WITH RESPECT TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, FUTURE ECONOMIC,
COMPETITIVE AND MARKET CONDITIONS AND FUTURE BUSINESS DECISIONS, ALL OF
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
IL MARKET OPPORTUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT 4
III. INVESTMENT STRATEGY 15
IV. INVESTMENT PROCESS 17
V. INVESTMENT COMMITTEE 19
VI. SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL TERMS OF THE FUND 23
VII. CERTAIN INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS AND RISK FACTORS 34
VIII. CERTAIN TAX AND ERISA CONSIDERATIONS 54
IX. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 64
Appendix A — Certain Securities Law Matters for Investors
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY'
Biosys Capital Partners, LP (the "Fund" or "Biosys") is a venture capital fund formed to make non-
controlling investments in growth-stage companies in the healthcare and life sciences sectors. The
Fund combines the investment experience of Boris Nikolic in the technology and healthcare sectors
with several anticipated unique features, including:
• Access to a broad network of scientists within universities such as Harvard, Stanford and MIT.
• Access to industry experts and venture capitalists including, for example, close cooperative
relationships with Khosla Ventures and ARCH Venture Partners.
• Support from Bill Gates, who we expect to be a significant investor through associated entities
which have already provided funding for the first warehoused investment of Biosys.
The Fund is offering its limited partnership interests for investment. The minimum capital
commitment is $10 million, subject to the right of the General Partner (as hereinafter defined) to waive
this minimum for qualified investors. Subject to the right of the Fund to extend this offering, this
offering will terminate eighteen (18) months from the date of the initial closing of the Fund, or on such
earlier date as all of the limited partnership interests offered hereby are sold.
The Fund has invested and intends to continue investing primarily in private companies at the
intersection of technology and life sciences and does not plan to invest in traditional drug-discovery,
diagnostic, and medical-device companies.
At $7 trillion, health care represents one of the largest segments of global GDP. In the United States,
health care is a $2.8 trillion industry, comprising 17 percent of GDP, and one that continues to face
tremendous challenges. Expenditures have grown at an unsustainable rate of 3.5 times GDP growth
since 1960, yet these high healthcare expenditures have not led to better outcomes when compared to
other developed countries. There are enormous levels of waste and fraud with some estimated annual
waste of $600 billion.
Regulatory changes are creating new markets but also leading to costly administrative and technology
hurdles. New technologies are opening up the availability of medical information to both medical
providers and consumers. These changes and challenges have resulted in an industry that is focused
on cost-containment, quality of outcomes, and patient experience with an unprecedented level of
intensity. In this environment, there are enormous opportunities for new products and businesses.
Specifically, technology will fundamentally change the way medicine is practiced, by both generating
additional data as well as analyzing existing data. A few key trends are leading this change:
• Low-cost DNA sequencing that enables better diagnostics and personalized treatment. The
cost of sequencing a human genome has declined faster than Moore's law, going from $10
million in 2007 to $10,000 in 2011 and $1,000 in 2014. Illumina, the leader in next-generation
I LL Note to Draft: The Fund will provide attributions/citations for the currently unattributed facts and figures
in the final turn of the Memorandum.
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DNA sequencing, estimates a $20 billion addressable market for sequencing technology and
applications. McKinsey & Company estimates that genomics will have an economic impact of
up to $1.6 trillion on global GDP by 2025.
• Smart sensors and remote-monitoring technologies that enable health and disease
management as well as efficient healthcare delivery. In 2013, 45 million health-and-fitness-
oriented wearable devices were shipped, and mobile health is already an $8 billion market.
170 million health-and-fitness-oriented devices are expected to be shipped in 2017, and the
global mobile health market is expected to be worth $59 billion by 2020. This is an opportunity
not just for consumer-oriented devices but also for transformative technologies for monitoring
patients and practicing medicine.
• Digitization of medical records, as well as other investment in healthcare information
technology (IT), that enables the development of new digital-health platforms. More than 50
percent of doctors' offices and 80 percent of hospitals now have electronic health records
(EHRs). The U.S. healthcare IT market is expected to be worth $23 billion by 2017.
The combination of new technologies, inefficient markets, and other market dynamics — such as an
additional 25 million people entering the U.S. healthcare system as a result of the Affordable Care
Act, consumerization of healthcare, prevalence of high deductible plans and promotion of
accountable-care organizations (ACOs) — creates a unique opportunity for a new generation of
companies with transformative technologies and business models to generate significant financial
value. These companies have the potential to change the practice of medicine from being focused on
treatment to being focused on prevention and detection, as well as becoming increasingly personalized.
The Fund is seeking capital commitments from qualified investors. The Fund is being organized to
continue the already successful investment strategy of Boris Nikolic, David Schwarz, Peter Corsell
and Hayes Nuss (the "Principals") by:
• Focusing exclusively on breakthrough technology ideas with applications in the healthcare
industry.
• Tracking evolving trends in the industry through research and meetings with key industry
participants.
• Being a leading authority in the sector, with an informed view of companies that meet the
Fund's investment criteria.
The Principals bring together unique and complementary skill sets in technology and healthcare, which
positions the Fund to leverage the trends noted above for making investments. The Fund's competitive
strengths include access to the highest quality companies and experts, solid investment experience in
the technology and healthcare sectors, and both scientific and financial expertise. The strategies and
resources that the Principals have used to make investments in the past will be directed in an effort to
achieve superior returns for investors in the Fund.
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II. MARKET OPPORTUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT
In the past ten years technology and big data have profoundly affected multiple industries, such as
retail, finance, communication, and entertainment. The impact has been especially acute in complex
industries with inefficiencies driven by either a historic lack of data or fragmentation of data in
multiple silos. The healthcare sector, however, has thus far been largely unaffected by this technology
and big-data revolution. Recent advances in DNA sequencing, sensor and communication technology
as well as digitization of health data have created an opportunity for technology to penetrate the
healthcare sector. Technology adoption in the U.S. healthcare system is further supported by dynamics
such as spiraling healthcare costs, high level of inefficiencies and an improving regulatory and
reimbursement landscape.
Innovative technologies and tools will fundamentally change the way medicine is practiced either by
generating additional data or by helping to structure and analyze existing data. The availability of data
and tools to analyze data should lead to the practice of medicine moving from being treatment oriented
to being prevention and detection oriented, while becoming increasingly personalized.
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Although in an early stage, this transformation of healthcare is already under way. Global digital
healthcare data is expected to increase 50 times, from 500 petabytes in 2012 to 25,000 petabytes by
2020.3 McKinsey & Company estimates that big-data solutions could lead to up to $450 billion in
reduced healthcare spending in the United States. Oliver Wyman estimates that the emergence of new
patient-centered healthcare delivery models will eliminate $500 billion in spending and shift $1 trillion
in value to such new models.
2 Source: Eric Topol - Creative Destruction of Medicine
3 Source: IBM
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Key Emereing Technology Trends in Healthcare
A few key trends will enable companies to build successful businesses by leveraging technology and
big data in healthcare and life sciences:
1. Costs and Speed of DNA Sequencing
The Human Genome Project began in 1990 and took 13 years and approximately $3 billion to map
the first human genome. Since then there has been significant improvement in both speed as well as
cost of DNA sequencing. Today a human genome can be sequenced in a day for $1,000.
The rise of molecular medicine is a classic technology-based transformation similar to the advent of
the digital information era. Advances in semiconductor technology drove down the cost of computing,
which allowed a growing number of users to apply powerful computing technology to routine
activities. This growing user base attracted innovators to create additional applications and uses, which
further expanded the applicable user population, creating a virtuous cycle. In the case of DNA
sequencing, technology improvements are occurring at an even faster rate.
Fast and affordable DNA sequencing will lead to fundamental changes in disease diagnosis and
treatment. DNA sequencing will allow better diagnosis of underlying molecular causes of diseases
and also over time lead to personalized treatment.
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Illumina estimates a $20 billion addressable market for sequencing technology and applications.
McKinsey & Company estimates that genomics will have a positive economic impact of up to $1.6
trillion on global GDP by 2025.
4 Source: National Institute of Health
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Economic Impact of Genomics in 2025 ($
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Molecular Diagnostics
Scientists have already discovered molecular causes/links to a number of diseases over the past 20
years. The Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database contains more than 5,000
conditions with known associations to genomic factors. Similarly, the Catalogue of Somatic
Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) database has information on 1.6 million mutations in 522 genes that
are associated with various forms of cancer.
As researchers continue to find the molecular basis for various rare and common diseases, DNA
sequencing is expected to enable a new disease taxonomy whereby diseases are characterized based
on cell biology rather than the traditional system of diagnosis via symptoms or point of origin.
Molecular profiling based on this taxonomy will allow for highly precise and accurate diagnostics.
Molecular diagnostics has seen initial success in the fields of cancer as well as pre-natal diagnostics,
and was already a $511 million market in 2013. The sequencing-based molecular-diagnostics market
is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 72 percent to reach $7.6 billion in 2018.
Clinical Next-Generation Sequencing Market ($ million)6
5 McKinsey & Company: Disruptive technologies
6 Source: BCC research, July 2013
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Molecular profiling will also enable better prognosis and risk predictions with the highest impact in
cancer, a disease that is driven entirely by complex DNA changes.
Next Generation Drug Development and Personalized Medicine
As research leads to the creation of large data sets linking molecular profiles to diseases, drug
discovery and development is expected to also undergo a dramatic change. Better understanding of
diseases and their progressions, based on molecular information, should lead to many more drug
targets. These drugs may have smaller addressable markets, given that they will be targeted at patients
with particular molecular profiles. However, molecular profiling should also make it easier to select
patients for clinical trials and to prove the efficacy of drugs in the target market at lower cost.
As a result, drug discovery and development will change from an expensive process relying on
blockbuster drugs to a more efficient process, with lower development costs, focused on smaller
patient populations where the drugs will be more effective. Together, these changes have the potential
to reduce drug-development capital requirements and allow start-up companies to engage in drug
discovery.
Although personalized medicine is in the early stages of development, impressive initial successes
have been reported, particularly in the field of cancer. More than 800 targeted therapies are either
available or in the pipeline to target specific cancers.'
2. Smart Sensors and Remote-Monitoring Devices
Smart sensors and remote-monitoring devices allow the collection of data for applications such as
health management, as well as better healthcare delivery. These devices now enable the monitoring
of numerous health parameters in ways that were not possible before. Not only is it possible to monitor
various health parameters much faster and cheaper, it can be done more frequently, which can provide
more accurate and reliable insight.
We see the first wave of these devices in the form of various fitness devices directed at consumers that
allow them to better manage their health through continuous tracking and analysis. Such devices have
the potential to lead to a reduction in long-term health complications and associated costs.
Remote-monitoring systems, on the other hand, make healthcare delivery more efficient by reducing
patients' in-hospital bed days, improving the targeting of nursing-home care and outpatients' physician
appointments and cutting visits to the emergency department. Real-time monitoring helps healthcare
providers identify who is at risk and what can be done to prevent more serious conditions from
developing.
Several trends have converged leading to an explosive growth in sensors for healthcare applications:
• Increased smartphone penetration. 148 million people (62 percent of mobile-phone users) in
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the United States owned a smartphone as of November 2013.8 This new tool has led to a rapid
increase in people who monitor their health and access health-related information.
• Technology advancements. Sensors are becoming smaller, affordable, and more accessible.
Material science has advanced to create wearable sensors that can take measurements
passively. Wireless communication allows data to be transmitted securely and accessed
globally. Data storage is cheap and secure. Increased computing power with cloud computing
enables data analysis where previously impossible, providing medical practitioners and
consumers with more accurate and reliable insight.
• Chronic diseases. An aging population in the United States has led to more than 130 million
patients suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, and
hypertension. Treatment for such chronic diseases accounts for more than 75 percent of health-
system costs. Remote-monitoring systems can be highly useful to manage patients who suffer
from such chronic diseases'.
Health and Fitness Oriented Wearable Devices Shipped (millions)1°
The market is not limited to wearable devices alone. Increasing penetration and the computation
capabilities of smartphones have led to rapid development in the number of health-and-fitness-oriented
applications and devices that reside within or connect to smartphones.
8 Source: Comscore
9 Source: CDC
I° Source: BCC research, February 2014
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Global Mobile Health Market (Devices. Applications. Services, and Therapeutics: $
3. Digital Health Platforms
The past three to four years have seen a rapid increase in IT penetration in doctors' offices and
hospitals. The progress has been most significant in the field of electronic health records (EHRs),
with more than 50 percent of doctors' offices and 80 percent of hospitals now having EHRs.12
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Government policy and reform has been one of the key drivers behind this adoption. Some of the
policies adopted in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
Act of 2009 have played an important role in the creation of a digital-health ecosystem by accelerating
the development of necessary healthcare IT infrastructure:
• More than $17 billion of incentives for hospitals and providers to use electronic health
records.
• Another $2 billion to support healthcare IT infrastructure as well as other training and
research.
" Source: Allied market research Nov-2013
12 Source: htlp://www.hhs.govinews/press/2013pres/05/20130522a.Mml
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This continued digitization of medical and other health data has led to an opportunity for companies
to use this data for various applications:
• Providing real-time data access to doctors as well as patients.
• Assisting patients in managing their health.
• Connecting doctors and patients.
• Monitoring things like epidemics and adverse events.
• Improving clinical trials.
• Streamlining processes and reducing administrative costs.
Healthcare IT is expected to be a $23 billion market in the United States by 2017.13
Trends Supporting Adoption of Technology in Healthcare
Additional market dynamics have created an environment that is expected to support the adoption of
innovative solutions in the U.S. healthcare market:
1. Large and Unsustainable Healthcare Spending in the United States
According to the World Health Organization, about $7 trillion was spent on global healthcare in 2011.
At more than 10 percent, this represents one of the largest sectors of global GDP."
At $2.8 trillion in 2012, healthcare spending in the United States is the highest of any country globally
and represents 17.2 percent of U.S. GDP." Moreover, healthcare expenditures have been growing
consistently and grew faster than GDP in 44 of the 52 years since 1960. During this period, healthcare
expenditures grew cumulatively by 103 times compared with GDP growth of 30 times.
13 Source: Research and Markets' North American Healthcare IT Market Report 2013.2017
14 Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure Database
Is Source: CMS NHE data for 2012
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Despite a modest decline in the growth rate in recent years, healthcare continues to account for a very
high portion of U.S. GDP. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) estimates healthcare
spending in the United States will reach $5 trillion in 2022 and represent about 20 percent of GDP.
Long term CMS expects healthcare costs could reach 35-40 percent of GDP.
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16 Source: CMS NHE data for 2012
17 Source: CMS — June 2013
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programs-is crowding out other state and national priorities, including education, social security,
national defense, and deficit reduction. High healthcare costs for private employers inhibit the hiring
of workers and add upward pressure on the prices of goods and services. Similar problems associated
with rising healthcare costs may also be observed in other developed countries.
2. Inefficiencies in U.S. Healthcare
The United States spends more money on healthcare than any other nation, whether measured in terms
of per-capita spending or spending as a percentage of GDP. McKinsey & Company estimates that the
U.S. expenditure on healthcare is $600 billion (or 3.7 percent of GDP) more than the expected
benchmark for a nation of its size and wealth.
Healthcare Expenditure / GDP To": Healthcare expenditure per capita ($ ppp)I8:
OECD Average 9.3 OECD Average
USA 17.2 USA
UK 9.4 UK
Sweden 9.5 Sweden
Spain 9.3 Spain
Portugal 10.2 Portugal
Norway 9.3 Norway
Netherlands 11.9 Netherlands
Japan 9.6 Japan
Italy 9.2 Italy
Germany 11.3 Germany
France 11.6 France
Finland 9.0 Finland
Canada 11.2 Canada
Belgium 10.5 Belgium
Australia 8.9 Australia
However, high healthcare spending has not ranslated into better outcomes, with Americans having a
lower life expectancy than the OECD average.
18 Source: CMS 2012 data for US, OECD 2011 data for rest
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3. Regulatory and Reimbursement Progress
Regulation and reimbursement will continue to be important drivers in the success of healthcare
companies. In the past few years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and insurance companies
have supported technology-based innovation in the healthcare space.
On the regulatory front, the FDA has shown its support for technology-based innovation through
various actions:
• Granting de-novo 510(k) approval20 to Illumina's Miseq next-generation sequencing
platform.
• Granting 510(k) approval to the iPhone-based ECG-monitoring devices
• Laying out clear guidelines for the categories of mobile applications that it would seek
to regulate (the FDA has already approved more than 100 health applications).21
• Having extensive dialog with industry on the regulation of molecular tests while
allowing them to operate as Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs).
• Starting an expedited Program for Serious Conditions (17 breakthrough therapy
designations have been granted already).
19 OECD 2011 data
20 510(k) approval is the FDA section that allows for the approval of Class II medical devices. Class II devices are
medical devices that require approval but unlike Class III devices are not required to sustain life or implanted within the
human body.
21 Source:
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In addition, other governmental agencies are also increasingly working with the FDA. The National
Institutes of Health (NIH) created the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) as a new model for
spurring development of drugs toward FDA approval.
On the reimbursement front, several factors favor companies providing innovative healthcare
solutions:
• Consumerization of healthcare means that patients play an increasingly important role
in their treatment. Patients pay $328 billion (11.7 percent) of healthcare expenditures
out-of-pocket. Private health insurance provided an additional $917 billion: initiatives
such as high-deductible health plans are increasingly shifting the burden of healthcare
costs onto consumers.
• New models such as ACOs reward providers for positive patient outcomes and give
providers incentives to use the most cost-effective solutions.
• Value-based payments for specific health outcomes are helping to align incentives
among providers, consumers, and health plans. Some outcomes, such as prevention of
hospital re-admissions and shortening of sick time, demonstrate cost effectiveness and
the justification to invest in the future of sensor-based technologies.
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III. INVESTMENT STRATEGY
Philosophy
The Fund has invested and intends to continue investing in companies at the intersection of technology,
medicine, and life sciences. Technology and big data will play a major role in resolving inefficiencies
in the health care system. Recent advances in DNA sequencing, sensor and communication
technology, and the digitization of health data create an opportunity to dramatically reduce
inefficiencies in diagnosis, treatment, and the delivery of health care. These advances will provide
opportunities for companies with transformative technologies and business models to create
significant financial value.
The Fund aims to achieve superior, risk-adjusted returns by targeting and investing in companies with
proven technology and low regulatory and reimbursement risks. Typical investments are expected to
be approximately $10 million in primary, secondary and tertiary offering rounds of companies based
primarily in the United States. The Fund intends that its exits will take the form of initial public
offerings or mergers and acquisitions and will be timed to maximize investor returns with expected
holding periods of five (5) to seven (7) years.
Investment Criteria
The Fund will typically look for the following key characteristics in target companies while
considering an investment:
1. Strong Chief Executive Officer and Team
The primary and most important asset of a company is its people. In particular, strong and capable
leadership is essential not only for retaining and motivating key employees but also for turning good
ideas and products into profitable enterprises. The Fund places considerable emphasis on the chief
executive officer (CEO) and the senior management team with a focused analysis of their ability to
manage people, background, integrity, underlying motivations, and overall ambitions and vision.
2. Significant and Proven Technolog
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