Droia Ventures
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Droia Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests globally in early-stage drug development companies, focusing exclusively on therapeutics for oncology and genetic disease. They are hands-on investors, supporting companies from creation through clinical proof of concept.
Droia Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series B, in therapeutics, oncology and genetic disease. 24 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Droia invests globally in young drug development companies that use novel science and innovative approaches to bring promising therapies to patients.”
— Droia Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Mechelen, Belgium
- Invests in
- global
- Sectors
- therapeutics, oncology, genetic disease
- Portfolio
- 24 companies
Team, as Droia Ventures publishes it
- Janwillem Naesens Managing Partner Oncology & Droia Group
- Luc Dochez Managing Partner Genetic Disease
- Luc Verelst Founder & Chairman
- George Golumbeski Partner
- Matthias Van Woensel Partner
- Sebastian Bernales Venture Partner
- Tirtha Chakraborty Venture Partner
- Roderick Beijersbergen Investment Advisory Board
- Sophie Bernier Compliance Manager
- Katleen Brepoels Senior Technician – Droia Labs
- Jo Bury Investment Advisory Board
- Nathalie De Blieck Director of Accounting
Names and roles exactly as listed on droiaventures.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 12 co-investors found.
- Designer Fund 1 shared company: cooley.com
- Mithril Capital Management LLC 1 shared company: cooley.com
- Civilization Ventures 1 shared company: jpmorgan.com
- Foresite Capital 1 shared company: jpmorgan.com
- Irregular Expressions 1 shared company: jpmorgan.com
- SOJA Ventures Management LLC 1 shared company: jpmorgan.com
- Canaan Partners 1 shared company: actiobiosciences.com
- EcoR1 Capital 1 shared company: actiobiosciences.com
- Sofindev Management N.V. 1 shared company: corporify.eu
- Longitude Capital 1 shared company: jazzpharma.com
and 2 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Droia Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
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Record 1198 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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