About Burrill & Company

Burrill & Company is a life sciences merchant bank, focused exclusively on companies involved in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, human healthcare and related medical technologies, wellness and nutraceuticals, agricultural technologies, and industrial biotechnology (biomaterials/bioprocesses).

Venture Capital

The Burrill family of venture capital funds, with over $500 million under management, includes the Burrill Life Sciences Capital Fund, the Burrill Biotechnology Capital Fund, the Burrill Agbio Capital Fund and its successor-the Burrill Agbio Capital Fund II, and the Burrill Nutraceuticals Capital Fund. Burrill & Company has commenced its Burrill Life Sciences Capital Fund III, a $300-500 million fund, which it expects to become operational in 2005.

Merchant Banking Services

Burrill & Company assists life science companies to identify, negotiate and close strategic partnerships and merger and acquisition transactions providing access to resources, technologies or collaborations essential for executing company business plans. We have completed 20 strategic partnerships with a value in excess of $1 billion. Service lines include:

• Strategic Partnering including licensing, research and other collaborations


• Strategic Advisory Services including new company formation


• Merger & Acquisitions across life sciences


• Spin-outs ranging from products, to research divisions to disease area franchises

Biotech 2005/Burrill Datacenter

Burrill & Company's annual analysis of the "State of the Industry" has been an important part of the biotech industry's view of itself over the last 19 years. Biotech 2005-Life Sciences: A Move Towards Predictability, is a perspective on where the industry has been and is going will be released Q1 05. In addition, the newly created Burrill Datacenter is an online resource for keeping up-to-date information from the biotech industry at your fingertips, including updated data from Biotech 2005. To order Biotech 2005 or to subscribe to the Burrill Datacenter, visit www.burrilldatacenter.com or call (415) 591-5400.