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Eli Lilly Portfolio Companies

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Last updated: June 2026

Eli Lilly Investment Overview

Portfolio Companies
110
Total Invested
$4.1B
Average Investment
$49.3M

Eli Lilly's Most Recent Investments (2020+)

Company NameFoundedFunding StageAmountCity
Vanqua Bio2024Venture - Series Unknown$45.0MChicago
Radar Therapeutics2024Seed$13.4MBerkeley
Firefly Bio2024Series A$94.0MSan Francisco
Prism BioLab2024Series C$10.2MFujisawa
GenEdit2024Series A$24.0MSouth San Francisco
Mariana Oncology2023Series B$175.0MWatertown
Nido Biosciences2023Series B$86.6MWatertown
DiogenX2023Series A$36.8MMarseille
Sanegene Bio2025Series B$110.0MWoburn
Juvena Therapeutics2026Series B$33.5MPalo Alto

Complete List of Eli Lilly Portfolio Companies (110)

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#CompanyStageAmountLocation
26Vanqua BioVenture - Series Unknown$45.0MChicago, United States
27Radar TherapeuticsSeed$13.4MBerkeley, United States
28Firefly BioSeries A$94.0MSan Francisco, United States
29Prism BioLabSeries C$10.2MFujisawa, Japan
30GenEditSeries A$24.0MSouth San Francisco, United States
31Mariana OncologySeries B$175.0MWatertown, United States
32Nido BiosciencesSeries B$86.6MWatertown, United States
33DiogenXSeries A$36.8MMarseille, France
34Sanegene BioSeries B$110.0MWoburn, United States
35Juvena TherapeuticsSeries B$33.5MPalo Alto, United States
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical

Vanqua Bio is a biotechnology company that discovers and develops next-generation medicines for patients with neurodegenerative diseases.

Chicago, United States
July 2024
$45.0M
Venture - Series Unknown

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

MedicalTherapeutics

Radar Therapeutics pioneer in treatment modality, precision-expressed mRNA-based therapeutics.

Berkeley, United States
May 2024
$13.4M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyMedical

Firefly Bio specializes in Degrader Antibody Conjugates (DACs) which combine the unique strengths of ADCs with selective protein degraders.

San Francisco, United States
February 2024
$94.0M
Series A

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiopharmaBiotechnologyPharmaceuticalTherapeutics

Prism is a biotechnology company that develops therapeutic drugs that cure intractable diseases using unique peptide mimic technology.

Fujisawa, Japan
January 2024
$10.2M
Series C

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyGeneticsPharmaceuticalTherapeutics

GenEdit develops next generation therapeutics for genetic diseases through safe and efficient CRISPR/Cas9 delivery.

South San Francisco, United States
January 2024
$24.0M
Series A

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BioinformaticsBiometricsBiopharmaBiotechnologyOncology

Mariana Oncology is a biotechnology research industry.

Watertown, United States
September 2023
$175.0M
Series B

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth CareNeurosciencePersonal HealthPrecision Medicine

Nido Biosciences is a clinical-stage company that develops precision medicines for severe neurological diseases.

Watertown, United States
May 2023
$86.6M
Series B

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyLife Science

DiogenX is a preclinical stage biotech company specializing in the development of pancreatic beta-cell modulators.

Marseille, France
May 2023
$36.8M
Series A

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiopharmaHealth CareMedicalTherapeutics

Sanegene Bio develops an RNAi drug discovery platform designed for unmet clinical needs.

Woburn, United States
December 2025
$110.0M
Series B

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareLife Science

Juvena Therapeutics develops tissue-restorative biologics to address chronic muscle and age-related conditions.

Palo Alto, United States
January 2026
$33.5M
Series B

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyLife ScienceNanotechnology

Gate Bioscience is a biotechnology company that specializes in a small molecule modality to treat biology’s intractable diseases.

Brisbane, United States
November 2025
$65.0M
Series B

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Artificial Intelligence (AI)BiopharmaBiotechnologyGeneticsNanotechnologyPharmaceuticalTherapeutics

BreezeBio is a biotechnology business that creates genetic therapies using precision, non-viral delivery across clinically important tissues

Brisbane, United States
February 2026
$60.0M
Series B

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BioinformaticsBiopharmaBiotechnology

TRex Bio is a biotechnology company that treats diseases like cancer, fibrotic by studying human tissues.

South San Francisco, United States
January 2026
$50.0M
Series Unknown

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiopharmaBiotechnologyPharmaceutical

Xellsmart develops stem cell treatment solutions for a variety of degenerative diseases for which there are now no clinical treatments.

Minhang, China
January 2026
Series C

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth Care

Recludix pharma is a developing platform to treat cancer patients.

San Diego, United States
January 2026
Undisclosed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth CareTherapeutics

ProQR Therapeutics is a biotech company focused on developments of drugs to treat genetic disorders.

Leiden, The Netherlands
January 2026
$9.2M
Grant

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyLife ScienceMedicalTherapeutics

InduPro deevlops proximity-based protein therapeutics that modulate cell-surface protein interactions to treat disease.

Seattle, United States
January 2026
Corporate Round

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Artificial Intelligence (AI)BiotechnologyLife Science

Excelsior Sciences applies AI and automated chemistry to simplify small-molecule discovery and accelerate overall drug development.

New York, United States
December 2025
$70.0M
Series A

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical

ABL Bio is a biotech research company that focuses on the development of therapeutic drugs for immuno-oncology diseases.

Seongnam, South Korea
November 2025
$15.2M
Post Ipo Equity

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareOncology

NextCure is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing next generation immuno-oncology-based drugs.

Beltsville, United States
November 2025
$21.5M
Post Ipo Equity

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth CareLife ScienceTherapeutics

Affinia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing transformative AAV gene therapies for people with rare and prevalent diseases.

Waltham, United States
October 2025
$40.0M
Series C

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth CareLife ScienceMedicalTherapeutics

Trogenix is a biotech company that develops precision cancer treatments that selectively target diseased cell states and behaviour.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
October 2025
$94.4M
Series A

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth CareLife ScienceMedicalOncology

Crossbow Therapeutics is a biotech company developing a new type of cancer treatment.

Cambridge, United States
September 2025
$30.3M
Series Unknown

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyLife ScienceMedical

Volastra Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing novel therapies for the treatment of metastatic cancers.

New York, United States
September 2025
$30.1M
Series A

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Biotechnology

Dualitas Therapeutics is leading the way in bispecific antibody treatments for inflammatory and immunological (I&I) disorders

San Francisco, United States
September 2025
$65.0M
Series A

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

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Frequently Asked Questions About Eli Lilly

How many companies has Eli Lilly invested in?

Eli Lilly has invested in 110 companies tracked in our database. The portfolio spans multiple industries and funding stages, from seed-stage startups to late-stage companies.

What industries does Eli Lilly invest in?

Eli Lilly's top investment sectors include Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical, Therapeutics, Life Science. The firm invests across 16 different industry categories.

What is Eli Lilly's largest investment?

Among tracked funding rounds, Mariana Oncology received $175.0M in a Series B round. Eli Lilly's total known invested capital is $4.1B.

What is the average investment size for Eli Lilly?

Eli Lilly's average investment size is $49.3M across its portfolio of 110 companies.

What are Eli Lilly's most recent investments?

Recent Eli Lilly portfolio additions include Vanqua Bio, Radar Therapeutics, Firefly Bio, Prism BioLab, GenEdit. These companies were founded in 2020 or later.

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