Innovation Expertise Life Sciences Banking
From Lab to Market
Success in the life sciences industry demands innovation, knowledge and insight, plus the tenacity to weather uncertainties.
Choosing our Life Sciences Group puts committed, experienced lenders on your team. From pre-clinical development and testing through product launch and more, we’re here to help you bring your vision to market.
Let's discuss how we can help you grow.
Powering Healthy Life Sciences Innovation
Life sciences success stories need to overcome regulatory hurdles and the unpredictability of both the lab and the market. We get it. From biotech to pharmaceutical companies to medical devices and diagnostics, our team knows life sciences. And we’ve got solutions1 made for you.
- True relationship banking: From the start, you’ll work with a banker who understands breakout life sciences technology. That means less explaining and more solutions.
- Industry expertise: Our team is composed of lenders with significant industry experience, focused on adding value to companies in all life sciences verticals and stages of development.
- Solutions throughout the lifespan: Young companies benefit from specialized Startup Banking services. Pre-IPO enterprises have access to Venture Debt and our deep connections in the private equity and venture capital spheres.
- Flexible financing for growth: Whether you’re ramping up clinical trials or positioning products for new markets, credit facilities can add vital strength to complement venture capital funding.
Life Sciences Verticals We Support
Life Sciences Banking Solutions
Our specialized team understands the needs of life sciences companies at every stage of the life cycle. Call on us to help achieve your goals, whether you’re starting up or heading toward IPO or acquisition. We finance growth and working capital, refinancing, restructuring, recapitalization, and mergers and acquisitions.
- Venture Debt: For venture backed companies our venture debt term loans can help extend the runway prior to raising the next round of equity capital. Providing the dual benefit of reduced dilution and the potential to achieve greater step-ups in valuation between equity rounds.
- Recurring Revenue Lines of Credit: As your business grows, establishing a flexible revolving line of credit based on a multiple of monthly recuring revenue can supplement your working capital needs.
- Growth Capital: When it comes time to expand operations, enter new markets, obtain equipment financing or finance an acquisition, we work with you to determine the right solution to secure the needed growth capital allowing you to continue to grow.
- Treasury Management Solutions: A complete slate of deposit and cash management products and services, plus the value of our team of experts on your side. From online banking, to fraud protection, APIs and web integration to commercial credit cards, we'll design a plan to optimize your cash flow, minimize fees and help protect your business
- Global Markets Services: Access a full range of products and services to help your business expand internationally, manage foreign exchange, navigate volatile markets and mitigate interest rate risk.
- Business Escrow Services: Offering tailored solutions specific to your needs providing paying agent and escrow services related to mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases and other business escrow transactions.
Outpacing Change: How Life Sciences Companies Use Debt Financing to Thrive
Bill Wickline and the Life Sciences Group, in collaboration with our VC partners at RC Capital and KdT Ventures, teamed up with Fierce Biotech for a white paper that covers topics including adapting to change in today's economic environment, understanding how to use financing in each growth phase, getting the right support from a banking partner and how debt financing can be the strategic choice for life sciences growth
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Our team's expertise spans the U.S. and across technology industries.
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Funding Life Sciences Innovation
Bridge Bank’s Life Sciences Group is a national practice serving U.S.-based life sciences companies. Our seasoned life sciences lenders are based in hubs including San Francisco, San Diego, Raleigh-Durham and Boston, with expertise in all stages of your growth trajectory. Let’s talk about what we can do for you.
About Us
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Our Life Sciences Group features expert bankers working in the hubs where pharmaceutical companies, medical device makers and other life sciences innovators thrive. You have access to a local relationship banker backed by the resources of Western Alliance Bank.
55 Almaden Boulevard
Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95113
United States
1. All offers of credit are subject to credit approval, satisfactory legal documentation, and regulatory compliance.