Global pharmaceutical company with a corporate venture arm (Lilly Ventures) investing in early-stage biotech, health tech, and life sciences companies.

Indianapolis, United States · 81+ investments · 62 portfolio companies

Pre-Seed
Seed
Early Stage
Growth
Biotech
Digital Health
Healthcare
biotechnology
Life Sciences
pharmaceuticals
Medical Devices
Medtech
Headquarters
Indianapolis, United States
Founded
2002
Website
lilly.com
AUM
$300.0M
Portfolio Companies
62
Total Investments
81
Last Investment
Aug 2026
Geographic Focus
Global, United States, global

Investment Thesis

Invest in early-stage biotechs and health tech companies agnostic of therapeutic area, enabling novel modality platforms and advancing new medicines through Lilly Ventures.

Eli Lilly is a Venture Capital firm based in Indianapolis, United States. It has made 81 investments in Biotech and Digital Health, including DELFI Diagnostics, Arkuda Therapeutics and Nucleix.

Fund Family

Portfolio62

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Venture Capital ×19 · Hedge Fund ×2 · Corporate VC ×2 · 72 shared rounds

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