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Novartis Venture Fund — Portfolio

Investor actively backing innovative startups and growth-stage companies across various industries and funding rounds.

37
Companies
$1.8B
Total invested
$50.8M
Avg. check
18
Industries
Biotechnology 18Health Care 12Therapeutics 10Biopharma 6Medical 6Life Science 4+12 more
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Portfolio companies

Showing 1–24 of 37
Renovacor
September 2021

Renovacor is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing transformative gene therapy‑based treatments for cardiovascular disease.

Biotechnology · Philadelphia$30.0M Post-IPO Equity
Hyku
September 2023

Hyku is a biotech company that develops precise covalent targeting of disease-causing proteins.

Biopharma · Lexington$56.0M Seed
GentiBio
August 2021

GentiBio is a biotherapeutics company developing engineered regulatory T cells programmed to treat autoimmune allergic diseases.

Biotechnology · Seattle$157.0M Series A
FundaMental Pharma
April 2024

FundaMental Pharma is a neuroscience company with a portfolio at the preclinical stage.

Health Care · Heidelberg$2.9M Seed
Granite Bio
April 2025

Granite Bio is a biotechnology business developing novel antibodies to treat inflammatory, autoimmune, and fibrotic disorders.

Biotechnology · Basel$70.0M Series B
Citryll
December 2024

Citryll is a developer of pharmaceutical drugs used to treat autoimmune and other human diseases.

Biopharma · Oss$89.7M Series B
LOQUS23 THERAPEUTICS
October 2024

LoQus23 is a DDF-formed company focussing on targeting DNA damage repair pathways to treat Huntington's disease.

Biotechnology · London$46.4M Series A
ONL Therapeutics
September 2024

ONL Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to protecting vision through the protection of photoreceptors.

Biotechnology · Ann Arbor$65.0M Series D
Enterprise Therapeutics
January 2024

A UK-based developer of drugs to treat respiratory diseases

Health Care · Falmer$33.1M Series B
Mediar Therapeutics
March 2023

Mediar is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics for the treatment of fibrosis.

Biotechnology · Cambridge$85.0M Series A
Alesta Therapeutics
January 2025

Alesta Therapeutics focused on translating novel targets in the chronic stress response pathways into new therapeutic.

Biotechnology · Leiden$67.0M Series A
Aravax
January 2024

Aravax is an early stage biotechnology company focused on developing the first safe and rapidly effective treatment for peanut allergy.

Biotechnology · Melbourne$22.2M Series B
Anaveon
December 2021

Anaveon is a developing IL-2 complexes which selectively promote effector T cell functions.

Therapeutics · Bottmingen$119.7M Series B
Kedalion Therapeutics
November 2021

Kedalion Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes transformative topical ophthalmic therapies.

Biotechnology · Menlo ParkSeries B
Rhygaze
January 2025

Rhygaze develops a novel gene therapy that targets cone cells to restore vision in patients suffering from diseases causing blindness.

Biotechnology · Basel$86.0M Series A
Adicet Bio
October 2025

Adicet Bio is a biotechnology company discovering and developing first-in-class allogeneic gamma delta CAR t cell therapies for cancer

Biopharma · Redwood City$80.0M Post-IPO Equity
Anokion
October 2022

Anokion is harnessing the power of natural immune equilibrium to develop solutions for antigen-specific immune tolerance.

Biotechnology · Ecublens$35.0M Venture - Series Unknown
IKAS Industrial Automation
June 2025

IKAS Industrial Automation is provides intelligent manufacturing solutions for IC manufacturing and packaging testing, LED, photovoltaic.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) · ShenzhenSeries C
Epsilogen
September 2024

Epsilogen is a developer of an immuno-oncology company intended to develop immunoglobulin antibodies to treat cancer.

Biopharma · London$16.3M Series B
Tagworks Pharmaceuticals
June 2023

Tagworks Pharmaceuticals is a privately held biotech company

Biotechnology · Nijmegen$65.0M Series A
Amphista Therapeutics
December 2022

Amphista Therapeutics operates as a biopharmaceutical company.

Biopharma · CambridgeSeries B
Soteria Biotherapeutics
May 2021

Soteria is a biotechnology company that develops immunotherapies to treat cancer patients

Biopharma · San Francisco$42.0M Series A
Arctos Medical
December 2019

Arctos Medical is a developed gene therapy that does not correct rare genetic eye diseases but much more common cases of blindness.

Bern$8.2M Seed
Forendo Pharma
July 2019

Forendo Pharma is a developer of novel drugs intended for the treatment of urological and other endocrinological diseases.

Health Care · Turku$5.6M Series Unknown

Where Novartis Venture Fund invests

Biotechnology18
Health Care12
Therapeutics10
Biopharma6
Medical6
Life Science4

About Novartis Venture Fund's portfolio

How many companies has Novartis Venture Fund invested in?▸

Novartis Venture Fund has invested in 37 companies tracked in our database. The portfolio spans multiple industries and funding stages, from seed-stage startups to late-stage companies.

What industries does Novartis Venture Fund invest in?▸

Novartis Venture Fund's top investment sectors include Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics, Biopharma, Medical. The firm invests across 18 different industry categories.

What is Novartis Venture Fund's largest investment?▸

Among tracked funding rounds, GentiBio received $157.0M in a Series A round. Novartis Venture Fund's total known invested capital is $1.8B.

What is the average investment size for Novartis Venture Fund?▸

Novartis Venture Fund's average investment size is $50.8M across its portfolio of 37 companies.

What are Novartis Venture Fund's most recent investments?▸

Recent Novartis Venture Fund portfolio additions include Renovacor, Hyku, GentiBio, FundaMental Pharma, Granite Bio. These companies were founded in 2020 or later.

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