About Us

Swan Ventures, a boutique venture firm founded in 2000 by Jonathan Parmer, M.D., specializes in fund-of-funds investments. The first fund was designed to give Silicon Valley physicians an opportunity to invest in a diverse portfolio of top-tier venture capital funds with an emphasis on healthcare and biotechnology. Since then, we have expanded our limited partner base to include high-net-worth and institutional investors and slightly altered our investment objectives, with a greater percentage of investments outside of healthcare. Nevertheless, we remain dedicated to our healthcare related philanthropy – read more here.

About Our Name

Swan Ventures is named for an area in northwestern Montana called the Swan, which includes the Swan Mountain Range, the Swan Valley, and the Swan River. The area, in turn, is named for the Trumpeter Swan, the largest and rarest swan in the world, which nested in the area prior to being hunted to near extinction in the early 20th century. The Swan range, part of the Rocky Mountains, borders on Glacier National Park and forms the western boundary of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The Bob, as it is known, is the largest contiguous wilderness area in the lower 48 states. Its 1.5 million acres of rugged terrain stretches 140 miles without being crossed by a single road. The Swan River has its headwaters in the wilderness and flows through the Swan Valley, emptying into Flathead Lake at the eclectic village of Bigfork, Montana.