18 Best Venture Capital Investors in Pharma (in 2024)
The Pharma sector in Europe is seeing true innovation. At the heart of this story are investors who recognize the transformative power of the industry and are keen to champion the companies working on problems worth solving.
This list is the result of tracking investment activity across +2,500 venture capital investors in Europe, and only includes funds that have invested in at least 5 Pharma startups in the past 12 months. If you're a startup in th space, an investor diversifying into new sectors, or someone keen on tracking the pulse of industry-specific investments, this list is a must-see.
Tracking:
Last update to the database: April 9, 2024. See changelog.
Investor Rankings are calculated using our Seedtable score – a 1 to 100 score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points (like the size of their fund or the quality of the companies they invested in) to signal the strength behind an investor. A score closer to 100 indicates an investor is worth watching closely.
List of 18 top VCs in Pharma
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre Seed
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Check size
$1M - $5M
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Industries
Health Tech, Manufacturing, Biotech and 33 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Fluent (
64), Baseimmune ( 64), Cogna ( 59)
43Cherry Ventures is a seed fund, founded by entrepreneurs with substantial experience in building fast-scaling technology companies.
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Offices:
Berlin (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Check size
$300k - $3M
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Industries
Fintech, Ecommerce, Business Intelligence and 44 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Baseimmune (
64), tacto ( 64), Planet A Foods ( 59)
48Novo Seeds identifying, building and investing in exceptional startups.
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Offices:
Copenhagen (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
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Industries
Biotech, Health Tech, Pharma and 7 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Reduced (
59), Orbis Medicines ( 59), MinervaX ( 54)
48Sofinnova Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the life sciences sector, from seed to later-stage.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ), Milan, London
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
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Industries
Biotech, Health Tech, Manufacturing and 13 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Bioptimus (
68), Cure51 ( 64), Moon Surgical ( 64)
43Forbion Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm for making investments in buyouts.
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Offices:
Amsterdam (HQ), Munich, Singapore
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
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Industries
Biotech, Health Tech, Manufacturing and 3 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Calluna Pharma (
64), Orbis Medicines ( 59), Complement Therapeutics ( 59)
39High-Tech Grunderfonds specializes in investments in seed or startups, early venture, seed capital, and mezzanine financing.
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Offices:
Bonn (HQ), Berlin
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Pre Seed
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Check size
$1M - $4M
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Industries
Manufacturing, Health Tech, Energy & Nuclear and 56 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Proxima Fusion (
68), Tubulis ( 68), Threedium ( 59)
50Entrepreneur First brings individuals together and helps them find an idea, start a company and raise money.
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Offices:
London (HQ), Paris, Berlin
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre Seed
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Industries
AI, Health Tech, Business Intelligence and 47 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Tortus AI (
59), Automata ( 59), Gensyn ( 59)
34Hadean is a life science fund manager that invests in life science companies across europe with a particular focus on the nordic region.
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Offices:
Oslo (HQ), Stockholm
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Investment Stage
Series A, Series B, Series C
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Industries
Health Tech, Biotech, Pharma and 9 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Gesynta Pharma (
43), Step Pharma ( 43), Oncoinvent ( 43)
42Andera Partners is a private equity firm focused on early- and late-stage venture investments. They have $3.6 billion under management across multiple funds.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
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Industries
Health Tech, Biotech, Deep Tech and 9 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Tubulis (
68), HR Path ( 59), ReViral ( 54)
37XAnge is a Franco-German team of venture capital investors that manages assets and invests in digital, deeptech, and impact startups.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ), Berlin, Munich
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Check size
$1M - $10M
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Industries
Health Tech, Manufacturing, Fintech and 37 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Greenly (
75), Ledger ( 59), Gleamer ( 59)
40BioMedPartners is one of the leading European venture capital firms.
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Offices:
Basel (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Series A, Series B
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Industries
Health Tech, Biotech, Deep Tech and 2 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Tubulis (
68), Precirix ( 43), Scenic Biotech ( 43)
39Gimv is a European private equity firm that invests in selected investment platforms with a focus on Benelux, France, and Germany.
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Offices:
Antwerp (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Series A, Series B, Series C
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Check size
$5M - $75M
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Industries
Health Tech, Biotech, Pharma and 5 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Complement Therapeutics (
59), FIRE1 ( 50), SynOx Therapeutics ( 50)
34Inkef focuses on early-stage venture investing in European companies active in technology and healthcare.
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Offices:
Amsterdam (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
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Industries
Health Tech, Biotech, Pharma and 20 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Silverflow (
54), Urban Sports Club ( 46), Castor EDC ( 43)
35Seventure Partners is a French venture capital firm targeting in information and communication technology, and life sciences companies.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E
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Industries
Health Tech, Biotech, Pharma and 31 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Tubulis (
68), Eligo Bioscience ( 64), Pitchy ( 59)
28Almi Invest is a venture capital company that invests in Swedish companies with scalable business models.
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Offices:
Stockholm (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Pre Seed
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Industries
Manufacturing, Health Tech, Mobile and 57 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Apica (
50), ClimateView ( 50), Zparq ( 43)
31Inveready is a leading alternative asset manager in Spain providing financing solutions to companies throughout their life-cycle.
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Offices:
Barcelona (HQ), Madrid, San Sebastian
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Pre Seed, Debt Financing
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Industries
Health Tech, Biotech, Manufacturing and 45 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Scaleup Finance (
59), Connecta Therapeutics ( 54), Ritmo ( 54)
32Oxford Science Enterprises a university-partnered venture firm, investing in early-stage life science, AI & software, and deep tech.
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
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Industries
Health Tech, Biotech, Manufacturing and 25 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Trucksters (
54), Util ( 50), Archangel Lightworks ( 43)
26Coparion provides venture capital to accelerate momentum and growth.
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Offices:
Cologne (HQ), Berlin
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Pre Seed
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Check size
$500k - $8M
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Industries
Manufacturing, Ecommerce, Health Tech and 36 more.
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Top investments in Pharma
Tubulis (
68), Lanes & Planes ( 54), CatalYm ( 54)