Forbion
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Forbion is a global venture capital firm investing in biotech and sustainable solutions for human and planetary health. It manages over €5 billion across multiple funds and has offices in the Netherlands, Germany, and the US.
Forbion is a venture capital firm headquartered in Naarden, Netherlands, founded in 2000. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to growth, in biotech, pharmaceutical, food and agriculture. €5bn under management and 111 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We invest in innovative biotech companies, managing just over €5 billion across multiple fund strategies that cover all stages of (bio-) pharmaceutical drug development.”
— Forbion, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Naarden, Netherlands
- Invests in
- Europe
- Sectors
- biotech, pharmaceutical, food, agriculture, materials, environmental technologies
- Founded
- 2000
- Assets under management
- €5bn
- Portfolio
- 111 companies
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 2 co-investors found.
- Bregal Investments 1 shared company: friendstudio.com
- Oakley Capital 1 shared company: friendstudio.com
Limited partners that disclose a commitment
From the LP's own published fund list — the LP is the source, not the manager.
- California Public Employees' Retirement System → Forbion BioEconomy Fund I Co?peratief U.A. · vintage 2024 · $40,475,887 committed · source
- California Public Employees' Retirement System → Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund II Cooperatief U.A. · vintage 2023 · $17,390,713 committed · source
- California Public Employees' Retirement System → Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund III Co?peratief U.A. · vintage 2024 · $388,539,488 committed · source
- California Public Employees' Retirement System → Forbion Ventures Fund VI Cooperatief U.A. · vintage 2023 · $182,319,668 committed · source
- California Public Employees' Retirement System → Forbion Ventures Fund VII Co?peratief U.A. · vintage 2024 · $275,859,956 committed · source
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Forbion publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://forbion.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, description, aum
- https://forbion.com/about-us/impacting-the-future/invests_in_geographies, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, portfolio_count
- https://forbion.com/about-us/history/founded
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Record 1227 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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