BioGeneration Ventures

BioGeneration Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Naarden, Netherlands, that focuses on early-stage investments in life sciences companies. Founded in 2006, the firm specializes in academic spinouts and seeks to support the next generation of innovations in healthcare, immuno-oncology, therapeutics, medical devices, and biotechnology, among other areas. BioGeneration Ventures primarily invests in companies located in the Benelux region and Germany, typically providing between EUR 5 million and EUR 6 million in funding. The firm plays an active role in its portfolio companies, often taking positions as shareholders and board members to help accelerate development and enhance commercial potential. Backed by key institutions, including the Netherlands Genomics Initiative and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, BioGeneration Ventures aims for exits within 5 to 7 years of investment.

Diede Brunen

Senior Associate

Daniela Couto

Partner

Rianne Ellenbroek

Investor

Robbert van de Griendt

Head of Investor Relations and Impact

Keno Gutierrez

Partner

Joost Holthuis

Venture Partner

Max Klement

Principal

Rob de Ree

Venture Partner

Oskar Slotboom

Partner

Alexander Vos

Venture Partner

Edward Van Wezel

Managing Partner

64 past transactions

Cristal Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2014
Cristal Therapeutics BV operates as a clinical stage pharmaceutical company. It develops nanomedicines based on its proprietary CriPec and CriPec ATN platform to treat diseases which include cancer. The company develops technology to transform drugs into nanoparticles. It also provides programs to develop nanomedicines for various therapeutic areas. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Mellon Medical

Series B in 2017
Mellon Medical provides suturing tools for surgeons to improve medical procedures. The company's goal is to help medical specialists improve patient outcomes by providing them with the best possible suturing tools. It commercializes surgical instruments to allow single-handed stitching, enabling efficient and effective suturing of tubular and layered structures. Mellon Medical was established in 2013 and is headquartered in Nijmegen, Gelderland.

Escalier Biosciences

Private Placement in 2018
Escalier Biosciences BV is a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing novel small molecule therapeutics that target ROR?t for the treatment of psoriasis and other autoimmune disorders. Escalier's lead topical and oral drug candidates are currently in late stage preclinical studies. Escalier is registered in The Netherlands with offices in Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Encinitas, California.

Dunad Therapeutics

Series A in 2021
Dunad Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of next-generation targeted protein degradation therapies.

VarmX

Private Placement in 2018
VarmX B.V., a biotechnology company, develops therapies in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. It develops PseudoXa, a therapeutic protein that is used to stop bleeding of patients who use blood thinners. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Mucosis

Venture Round in 2016
Mucosis B.V. is a clinical stage Dutch biotechnology company developing innovative mucosal vaccines that can be applied needle-free via the nose or mouth. Mucosis’s lead product candidate is SynGEM:registered:, an intranasal vaccine to prevent respiratory syncytial virus infection. Mucosis' vaccines are based on the patented and validated Mimopath:registered: technology. This technology enables a more natural immune response as well as a broad base of protection as was seen in their proof-of-concept animal and human studies of their FluGEM:registered: vaccine candidate.

Scenic Biotech

Series A in 2022
Scenic Biotech is a developer of a genomics and immunotherapy technologies created to unlock genetic suppressors as a new class of drug targets.The company's immunotherapy technologies tackle diseases on the genetic level and focuses on disease suppressing genes., it uses genomics to develop innovative therapies for patients affected by severe diseases.

Dualyx

Series A in 2023
Dualyx engages in the discovery and development of biologicals for the treatment of autoimmune and rare diseases.

River BioMedics

Seed Round in 2022
River BioMedics is a biotech company that aims to develop human 3D in vitro 3D human heart tissue for pre-clinical drug testing. Currently pharmaceutical companies spend a billion dollar figure on the development of a new drug entity, with a 90% chance of it failing to reach the market. The most common reason for failure during this developmental stage is drug induced cardiac toxicity. To solve this issue we develop 3D cardiac tissues, resembling the working human heart, for advanced drug discovery and toxicity screening using a multidisciplinary human stem cell-based approach.

argenx

Series A in 2009
argenx SE, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on developing antibody-based therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, hematology, and cancer. It is developing its lead product candidate, efgartigimod, for the treatment of patients with myasthenia gravis in Phase 3; immune thrombocytopenia in Phase 3; pemphigus vulgaris in Phase 2; chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in Phase 2; and ENHANZE SC in pre-clinical stages. The company is also developing cusatuzumab in Phase 2 clinical stage in hematological cancer indications; and preclinical products, including ARGX-117 with therapeutic potential in both orphan and large autoimmune inflammatory diseases in and ARGX-118 for airway inflammation. Its partnered product candidates include ARGX-112 for treating skin inflammation and ARGX-115 for cancer immunotherapy, which are in Phase 1 clinical stages; and ARGX-116 for the treatment of dyslipidemia and ARGX-114 for treating fibrosis, which are in preclinical stage. The company has strategic partnership with AbbVie S.À.R.L. and LEO Pharma A/S; and collaboration agreement with Cilag GmbH International, Staten Biotechnology B.V., and Shire International GmbH. argenx SE was founded in 2008 and is based in Breda, the Netherlands.

Complement Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2022
Complement Therapeutics operates as a preclinical stage company. Complement Therapeutics develops a precision medicine diagnostic platform allowing it to stratify patients based on their complement-activation profile with the potential to enable both patient selection and serving as an efficacy biomarker in future clinical studies.

NorthSea Therapeutics

Series C in 2021
NorthSea Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company developing first-in class, oral, structurally-engineered lipid therapeutics. The team leverages Structurally Engineered Fatty Acid (SEFA) technology to develop novel and unique therapeutic approaches targeting metabolic, inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. The SEFA technology has generated pipeline candidates with a broad array of inter- and independent biological effects, improving dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in diverse models.

Mucosis

Series A in 2007
Mucosis B.V. is a clinical stage Dutch biotechnology company developing innovative mucosal vaccines that can be applied needle-free via the nose or mouth. Mucosis’s lead product candidate is SynGEM:registered:, an intranasal vaccine to prevent respiratory syncytial virus infection. Mucosis' vaccines are based on the patented and validated Mimopath:registered: technology. This technology enables a more natural immune response as well as a broad base of protection as was seen in their proof-of-concept animal and human studies of their FluGEM:registered: vaccine candidate.

Citryll

Series B in 2020
Citryll is a private pharmaceutical company that develops pharmaceutical drugs used to treat autoimmune and other human diseases. The company offers formation, function, and clearance of NETs downstream of the protein citrullination pathway catalyzed by Peptidylarginine Deiminase (PAD) enzymes that enable doctors to help in the treatment of lupus, vasculitis, pulmonary fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis and organ damage due to sepsis. Citryll was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Oss, The Netherlands.

CatalYm

Series B in 2020
CATALYM GmbH develops immuno-oncology therapeutics. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Munich, Germany.

Lanthio Pharma

Series A in 2012
Lanthio Pharma is a privately held drug discovery company that applies its proprietary lanthionine-peptide drug discovery technology LanthioPepTM for the generation of novel peptide therapeutics with increased resistance to peptidase degradation, high receptor specificity and increased intrinsic activity. Lanthio Pharma has generated stable, peptidase-resistant lanthionine peptides with highly specific agonistic activity for a number of GPCR targets, which is a focus area of the company.

VarmX

Seed Round in 2017
VarmX B.V., a biotechnology company, develops therapies in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. It develops PseudoXa, a therapeutic protein that is used to stop bleeding of patients who use blood thinners. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Genase Therapeutics BV

Private Placement in 2019
Genase Therapeutics BV develops a molecule inhibitor against a metabolic target with therapeutic potential in hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. The company is based in Oss, the Netherlands.

VarmX

Series B in 2020
VarmX B.V., a biotechnology company, develops therapies in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. It develops PseudoXa, a therapeutic protein that is used to stop bleeding of patients who use blood thinners. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Medisse

Venture Round in 2009
Medisse is a Dutch company, founded in 2006, that develops, produces and markets resorbable soft tissue implants, based on bio-resorbable PTMC polymers. Medisse does yet not have commercial products but is working on the testing of its first product before market introduction. Medisse's first product will be an anti-adhesion barrier.

CatalYm

Private Placement in 2020
CATALYM GmbH develops immuno-oncology therapeutics. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Munich, Germany.

VectorY

Series A in 2023
Developer of a medical platform designed to bring novel therapies to patients worldwide. The company's platform combines the therapeutic potential of antibodies and gene therapy to facilitate scalable manufacturing processes to target specific cell types and sub-cellular compartments whilst evading the host immune response, enabling medical practitioners to overcome limitations and focus on disease areas of unmet medical needs.

FundaMental Pharma

Seed Round in 2022
FundaMental Pharma is a neuroscience company with a portfolio at the preclinical stage.

Progentix Orthobiology

Venture Round in 2008
Progentix Orthobiology is developing synthetic bone substitutes designed to accelerate bone healing through a novel micro-structure.

NewAmsterdam Pharma

Venture Round in 2019
NewAmsterdam Pharma is a clinical-stage company focused on the research and development of transformative therapies for cardio-metabolic diseases.

Genase Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2019
Genase Therapeutics is the developer of therapeutic products intended to treat solid tumors. The company develops small molecule inhibitors against a metabolic target with therapeutic potential in hematologic malignancies as well as conducting research in the field of oncology, providing pharmaceuticals and healthcare professionals with biotechnological research and development work in the field of oncology.

Phosphoenix

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Phosphoenix is a neurotechnology company, spun off from the NESTOR program (supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). The co-founders are a closely knit team of leading neuroscientists, electronic engineers, and entrepreneurs.

VarmX

Series B in 2023
VarmX B.V., a biotechnology company, develops therapies in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. It develops PseudoXa, a therapeutic protein that is used to stop bleeding of patients who use blood thinners. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Dualyx

Venture Round in 2020
Dualyx engages in the discovery and development of biologicals for the treatment of autoimmune and rare diseases.

Scenic Biotech

Series A in 2017
Scenic Biotech is a developer of a genomics and immunotherapy technologies created to unlock genetic suppressors as a new class of drug targets.The company's immunotherapy technologies tackle diseases on the genetic level and focuses on disease suppressing genes., it uses genomics to develop innovative therapies for patients affected by severe diseases.

VarmX

Private Placement in 2020
VarmX B.V., a biotechnology company, develops therapies in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. It develops PseudoXa, a therapeutic protein that is used to stop bleeding of patients who use blood thinners. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Azafaros

Seed Round in 2018
Azafaros aims at developing therapeutic agents for the treatment of rare metabolic disorders such as lysosomal storage disorders through oral administration of azasugar compounds. These novel, very promising agents were discovered by Professor Hans Aerts at Leiden University and Amsterdam UMC and are exclusively licensed to Azafaros.

Confo Therapeutics

Private Placement in 2019
Confo Therapeutics is a drug discovery company building internal drug discovery programs on GPCRs addressing unmet medical need. Confo Therapeutics employs its proprietary CONFO® technology to lock inherent unstable functional conformations of GPCRs as a superior starting point for drug discovery. CONFO® body-stabilized active state conformations of these receptors disclose previously inaccessible structural features empowering the discovery of novel agonists for better therapeutic intervention.

NorthSea Therapeutics

Series B in 2020
NorthSea Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company developing first-in class, oral, structurally-engineered lipid therapeutics. The team leverages Structurally Engineered Fatty Acid (SEFA) technology to develop novel and unique therapeutic approaches targeting metabolic, inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. The SEFA technology has generated pipeline candidates with a broad array of inter- and independent biological effects, improving dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in diverse models.

Azafaros

Private Placement in 2020
Azafaros aims at developing therapeutic agents for the treatment of rare metabolic disorders such as lysosomal storage disorders through oral administration of azasugar compounds. These novel, very promising agents were discovered by Professor Hans Aerts at Leiden University and Amsterdam UMC and are exclusively licensed to Azafaros.

argenx

Series A in 2010
argenx SE, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on developing antibody-based therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, hematology, and cancer. It is developing its lead product candidate, efgartigimod, for the treatment of patients with myasthenia gravis in Phase 3; immune thrombocytopenia in Phase 3; pemphigus vulgaris in Phase 2; chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in Phase 2; and ENHANZE SC in pre-clinical stages. The company is also developing cusatuzumab in Phase 2 clinical stage in hematological cancer indications; and preclinical products, including ARGX-117 with therapeutic potential in both orphan and large autoimmune inflammatory diseases in and ARGX-118 for airway inflammation. Its partnered product candidates include ARGX-112 for treating skin inflammation and ARGX-115 for cancer immunotherapy, which are in Phase 1 clinical stages; and ARGX-116 for the treatment of dyslipidemia and ARGX-114 for treating fibrosis, which are in preclinical stage. The company has strategic partnership with AbbVie S.À.R.L. and LEO Pharma A/S; and collaboration agreement with Cilag GmbH International, Staten Biotechnology B.V., and Shire International GmbH. argenx SE was founded in 2008 and is based in Breda, the Netherlands.

NorthSea Therapeutics

Series A in 2017
NorthSea Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company developing first-in class, oral, structurally-engineered lipid therapeutics. The team leverages Structurally Engineered Fatty Acid (SEFA) technology to develop novel and unique therapeutic approaches targeting metabolic, inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. The SEFA technology has generated pipeline candidates with a broad array of inter- and independent biological effects, improving dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in diverse models.

NorthSea Therapeutics

Private Placement in 2020
NorthSea Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company developing first-in class, oral, structurally-engineered lipid therapeutics. The team leverages Structurally Engineered Fatty Acid (SEFA) technology to develop novel and unique therapeutic approaches targeting metabolic, inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. The SEFA technology has generated pipeline candidates with a broad array of inter- and independent biological effects, improving dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in diverse models.

Confo Therapeutics

Series A in 2019
Confo Therapeutics is a drug discovery company building internal drug discovery programs on GPCRs addressing unmet medical need. Confo Therapeutics employs its proprietary CONFO® technology to lock inherent unstable functional conformations of GPCRs as a superior starting point for drug discovery. CONFO® body-stabilized active state conformations of these receptors disclose previously inaccessible structural features empowering the discovery of novel agonists for better therapeutic intervention.

Escalier Biosciences

Series B in 2018
Escalier Biosciences BV is a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing novel small molecule therapeutics that target ROR?t for the treatment of psoriasis and other autoimmune disorders. Escalier's lead topical and oral drug candidates are currently in late stage preclinical studies. Escalier is registered in The Netherlands with offices in Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Encinitas, California.

Complement Therapeutics

Series A in 2023
Complement Therapeutics operates as a preclinical stage company. Complement Therapeutics develops a precision medicine diagnostic platform allowing it to stratify patients based on their complement-activation profile with the potential to enable both patient selection and serving as an efficacy biomarker in future clinical studies.

Azafaros

Private Placement in 2018
Azafaros aims at developing therapeutic agents for the treatment of rare metabolic disorders such as lysosomal storage disorders through oral administration of azasugar compounds. These novel, very promising agents were discovered by Professor Hans Aerts at Leiden University and Amsterdam UMC and are exclusively licensed to Azafaros.

AcertaPharma

Series A in 2013
Acerta Pharma B.V. offers drug discovery and development services for oncology and autoimmune diseases. It offers late stage development, and early stage development. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Oss, the Netherlands. Acerta Pharma B.V. operates as a subsidiary of AstraZeneca PLC.

Dezima Pharma

Venture Round in 2013
Dezima Pharma B.V. develops protein-based compounds for treatment of cardiovascular disease related to dyslipidemia. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Naarden, the Netherlands.

Complement Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2021
Complement Therapeutics operates as a preclinical stage company. Complement Therapeutics develops a precision medicine diagnostic platform allowing it to stratify patients based on their complement-activation profile with the potential to enable both patient selection and serving as an efficacy biomarker in future clinical studies.

Mellon Medical

Private Placement in 2020
Mellon Medical provides suturing tools for surgeons to improve medical procedures. The company's goal is to help medical specialists improve patient outcomes by providing them with the best possible suturing tools. It commercializes surgical instruments to allow single-handed stitching, enabling efficient and effective suturing of tubular and layered structures. Mellon Medical was established in 2013 and is headquartered in Nijmegen, Gelderland.

VarmX

Series A in 2018
VarmX B.V., a biotechnology company, develops therapies in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. It develops PseudoXa, a therapeutic protein that is used to stop bleeding of patients who use blood thinners. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Citryll

Private Placement in 2020
Citryll is a private pharmaceutical company that develops pharmaceutical drugs used to treat autoimmune and other human diseases. The company offers formation, function, and clearance of NETs downstream of the protein citrullination pathway catalyzed by Peptidylarginine Deiminase (PAD) enzymes that enable doctors to help in the treatment of lupus, vasculitis, pulmonary fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis and organ damage due to sepsis. Citryll was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Oss, The Netherlands.

Cristal Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2017
Cristal Therapeutics BV operates as a clinical stage pharmaceutical company. It develops nanomedicines based on its proprietary CriPec and CriPec ATN platform to treat diseases which include cancer. The company develops technology to transform drugs into nanoparticles. It also provides programs to develop nanomedicines for various therapeutic areas. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Synaffix BV

Series A in 2014
Synaffix BV is a biotechnology company that develops antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technology platforms for oncology. It offers GlycoConnect, a site-specific antibody conjugation technology that modifies naturally-occurring glycan anchor points that exist on various antibodies to facilitate site-specific and stable conjugation of potent anti-cancer molecules. The company also offers HydraSpace, a payload-enhancing linker technology that is used to reduce ADC aggregation potential, increase payload solubility, improve conjugation efficiency, and enable higher drug loading. In addition, it offers a metal-free click chemistry that is applicable across pharma, biotech, and academic groups. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Oss, the Netherlands.

Azafaros

Series A in 2020
Azafaros aims at developing therapeutic agents for the treatment of rare metabolic disorders such as lysosomal storage disorders through oral administration of azasugar compounds. These novel, very promising agents were discovered by Professor Hans Aerts at Leiden University and Amsterdam UMC and are exclusively licensed to Azafaros.

Mucosis

Venture Round in 2014
Mucosis B.V. is a clinical stage Dutch biotechnology company developing innovative mucosal vaccines that can be applied needle-free via the nose or mouth. Mucosis’s lead product candidate is SynGEM:registered:, an intranasal vaccine to prevent respiratory syncytial virus infection. Mucosis' vaccines are based on the patented and validated Mimopath:registered: technology. This technology enables a more natural immune response as well as a broad base of protection as was seen in their proof-of-concept animal and human studies of their FluGEM:registered: vaccine candidate.

FlexGen

Private Equity Round in 2009
FlexGen is an innovative biotech company based in Leiden, the Netherlands. FlexGen is a spin-off from Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) and Dutch Space (part of EADS) and has proprietary technologies for laser based in-situ synthesis of oligonucleotides and other biomolecules. FlexGen commercializes the FlexArrayer, a bench-top instrument for custom microarray and oligopool synthesis. FlexGen works at the forefront of innovative microarray and oligopool applications.

CatalYm

Series C in 2022
CATALYM GmbH develops immuno-oncology therapeutics. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Munich, Germany.

Mironid

Venture Round in 2018
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Noviogendix Holding

Venture Round in 2007
Noviogendix Holding B.V. offers molecular diagnostics and services to physicians, clinics, and hospitals in the Netherlands and internationally. The company offers PCA3 Test, a molecular diagnostics service for the detection and management of cancer; and PROGENSA PCA3 urine test, a test for the diagnoses and exclusion of prostate cancer. It also provides scientific and clinical research services. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. As of September 18, 2015, Noviogendix Holding B.V. operates as a subsidiary of MDxHealth SA.

SurgVision

Venture Round in 2013
SurgVision BV develops near-infrared fluorescence molecular imaging technology solutions. It offers Multi-Spectral Normalized Imaging, a platform that makes fluorescence imaging of molecular probes for clinical use. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in 't Harde, the Netherlands. As of October 18, 2017, SurgVision BV operates as a subsidiary of Bracco Imaging S.p.A..

Tiga TX

Venture Round in 2020
Tiga TX develops an IgA therapeutic monoclonal antibody platform to activate neutrophils for the treatment of solid tumors.

Fibrocor Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2020
Fibrocor Therapeutics L.P. develops tissue-specific therapeutics to treat the underlying cause of fibrotic diseases of the kidney and other organs. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Canada.