Novo Holdings Overview

Novo Holdings is a holding and investment company responsible for managing the assets and wealth of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, one of the world's largest enterprise foundations. It serves as the controlling shareholder of Novo Nordisk A/S and Novonesis A/S, and manages a diversified investment portfolio with a long-term return perspective. The company invests in life science companies at all stages of development and manages a broad portfolio of equities, bonds, real estate, infrastructure, and private equity assets.

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Novo Holdings

VC Fund

Investment focus

Invest in

  • Baltics
  • Nordics
  • Western Europe
  • Southern Europe
  • Central Eastern Europe
  • Caribbean
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Product type

  • Software
  • Services
  • Materials
  • Drugs / Pharma

Industries / verticals

  • BioTech & Life Sciences
  • Digital & Consumer health
  • Health Data, Healthcare Systems & Infrastructure
  • MedTech & Devices
  • PharmaTech

Investment role

Lead and follow

Stages

Seed, Series A, Series B or later

First ticket size

DKK 50,000,000 - DKK 125,000,000

How to approach funds like Novo Holdings

When engaging Novo Holdings, founders should highlight how their innovation addresses significant unmet needs in life sciences or healthcare, with a clear path to scalable impact. Demonstrating robust scientific validation, a credible team with sector expertise, and a vision for long-term value creation will resonate. Novo Holdings values strategic alignment with their commitment to advancing health and sustainability, so emphasize how your solution fits within these broader goals and can thrive in a global context.

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