Novartis Venture Fund
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Novartis Venture Fund is a corporate venture fund that invests in innovative life science companies, focusing on biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals at various stages. It manages over USD 750 million in committed capital and has more than 40 portfolio companies across North America and Europe.
Novartis Venture Fund is a corporate venture arm headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, life sciences and healthcare. USD 750 million under management and 40 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We’re investing in the future health of patients worldwide”
— Novartis Venture Fund, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Headquarters
- Basel, Switzerland
- Invests in
- North America, Europe
- Assets under management
- USD 750 million
- Portfolio
- 40 companies
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 39 co-investors found.
- OrbiMed 4 shared companies: gentibio.com, avernatx.com, fore.bio, sidewinderbio.com
- BioGeneration Ventures 3 shared companies: citryll.com, catalym.com, epsilogen.com
- IP Group plc 2 shared companies: artiospharma.com, enterprisetherapeutics.com
- M Ventures 2 shared companies: artiospharma.com, forxtherapeutics.com
- Epidarex Capital 2 shared companies: epsilogen.com, enterprisetherapeutics.com
- BaseLaunch 2 shared companies: anaveon.com, sip-baselarea.com
- F-Prime Capital 2 shared companies: atalantatx.com, novartis.com
- RA Capital Management 2 shared companies: novartis.com, gentibio.com
- Frazier Life Sciences Management, LP 2 shared companies: alestatherapeutics.com, sidewinderbio.com
- Mission BioCapital 2 shared companies: epibiologics.com, mediartx.com
and 29 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Novartis Venture Fund publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
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