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Finding the right investor is a major step for any life sciences startup. These firms provide the capital that turns promising research into real-world health solutions.
Some of the most established names in venture have deep roots here. New Enterprise Associates has backed over 2,200 companies, and Kleiner Perkins has seen more than 350 of its companies exit. To help you find the right partner, we've gathered the top VCs in the field.
Below is our list of the best 34 Life Sciences VC firms.
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Buy It For $97 $297 →With a focus on consumer, enterprise, and life sciences, Menlo Ventures funds technology companies from their earliest stages through periods of growth. Their portfolio features foundational companies like Uber, Roku, and Siri, reflecting a long track record of identifying and scaling businesses with market-defining potential.
Alumni Ventures provides accredited investors access to venture capital, building diversified portfolios through its network of alumni and theme-based funds. By co-investing with established firms, they have supported a portfolio of over 1,400 companies, including successes like Fis, Blockfi, and Simplisafe.
Draper Associates backs extraordinary founders at the earliest stages, funding companies with the potential to create entirely new markets. Their global investments span from SaaS and fintech to aerospace and biotech, with a portfolio that includes industry-defining companies like Tesla, SpaceX, and Coinbase.
Battery Ventures applies a flexible, multi-stage investment strategy to back technology companies from their earliest seed rounds to private equity. They focus on building category-defining businesses in markets like software and consumer internet, with a portfolio that includes Coinbase, Wayfair, and Glassdoor.
Kleiner Perkins partners with founders pursuing ambitious ideas in sectors ranging from digital and healthcare to deep tech and enterprise. They guide companies from inception to IPO and beyond, having helped build generational businesses like Google, Uber, and Twitter.
New Enterprise Associates partners with technology and healthcare entrepreneurs across all stages of growth, from seed funding through to IPO. Their portfolio reflects this long-term commitment, featuring transformative companies like Uber, Cloudflare, and Juniper Networks.
Playground Global partners with technical and scientific founders to build companies in deep tech and life sciences, focusing on sectors from next-gen compute to engineered biology. They often serve as the first institutional check, helping launch ambitious ventures like Relativity Space, PsiQuantum, and MosaicML.
8VC backs founders building transformational companies in critical sectors like healthcare, logistics, and enterprise technology. The firm aims to create lasting economic and societal value, with a portfolio that includes major technology platforms like Palantir and Oculus.
Golden Ventures backs ambitious founders across North America with seed-stage capital. Their support has helped launch companies like Skipthedishes and Inkbox, reflecting a commitment to teams building the future.
Forbion Capital Partners backs life sciences companies across Europe, focusing on drug development and MedTech startups that address high medical needs. Their portfolio includes successful exits like Crucell and Alantos, and they also co-manage BioGeneration Ventures, a fund dedicated to academic spin-outs and seed-stage ventures.
Our top picks are just the beginning of the story for life sciences funding. The firms below have collectively backed nearly 5,000 startups and guided over 1,100 of them to successful exits.
While many of these investors are based in the United States, you'll also find active firms across Europe, Canada, India, and Australia. Here’s a look at the other venture capital firms funding what's next in life sciences.
| VC Firm | Country | Year Founded | Nº Investments | Nº Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2016 | 117 | 6 | |
| United States | 2012 | 236 | 40 | |
| Denmark | 1999 | 395 | 104 | |
| United States | 2015 | 73 | 7 | |
| India | 2015 | 81 | 5 | |
| Germany | 1997 | 116 | 18 | |
| Australia | 2010 | 72 | 9 | |
| Switzerland | 2006 | 173 | 18 | |
| United States | 2006 | 128 | 21 | |
| United States | 2009 | 1229 | 280 | |
| United States | 1980 | 621 | 196 | |
| United States | 2002 | 205 | 64 | |
| United States | 2012 | 78 | 13 | |
| United States | 2016 | 35 | 3 | |
| United States | 2014 | 71 | 6 | |
| United States | 2011 | 441 | 100 | |
| Spain | 2006 | 90 | 14 | |
| United States | 2017 | 39 | 6 | |
| United States | 1985 | 305 | 95 | |
| United States | 2013 | 48 | 3 | |
| United States | 2008 | 47 | 9 | |
| Sweden | 1979 | 216 | 34 | |
| United States | 2005 | 184 | 58 | |
| Switzerland | 1996 | 267 | 75 |
