UZH Life Sciences Fund
lsf.uzh.ch Direct investor
The UZH Life Sciences Fund provides early financing to UZH spin-offs in life sciences, biotech and medtech based on UZH research IP. It is a partnership between the University of Zurich and the Novartis Venture Fund, with investment decisions made by a joint committee.
UZH Life Sciences Fund is a public fund headquartered in Switzerland, founded in 2016. It invests directly in companies, in life sciences, biotech and medtech. 9 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“provides early financing for UZH spin-offs in life sciences, biotech and medtech with business ideas based on intellectual property resulting from research done at UZH”
— UZH Life Sciences Fund, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Public fund
- Stage
- Not stated
- Headquarters
- Switzerland
- Sectors
- life sciences, biotech, medtech
- Founded
- 2016
- Portfolio
- 9 companies
Team, as UZH Life Sciences Fund publishes it
- Beatrice Beck-Schimmer Board of Directors and Investment Committee (UZH)
- Daniel Hug Board of Directors and Investment Committee (UZH)
- Beat Steffen Board of Directors and Investment Committee (NVF - Chair)
- Bart Dzikowski Board of Directors and Investment Committee (NVF)
- Michio Painter Board Secretary, UZH
- Mathias Frederiksen Board Observer, NVF
- Elena Battistello Board Observer, NVF
- Adrian Sigrist Unitectra
- Dominik Heitzmann UZH Foundation
Names and roles exactly as listed on lsf.uzh.ch. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page UZH Life Sciences Fund publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.lsf.uzh.ch/en.htmlname, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, sectors, thesis_quote, description, founded, status
- https://www.lsf.uzh.ch/en/Portfolio.htmlportfolio_count
- https://www.lsf.uzh.ch/en/People.htmlpeople
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Record 17664 · added 2026-10-26 · link last verified 2026-10-26 · confidence high
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