Novo Holdings A/S

Venture Capital

Novo Holdings manages the Novo Nordisk Foundation assets as a holding and investment company, focusing on life science companies and diversified investments for long-term returns.

Hellerup, Denmark · 162+ investments · 182 portfolio companies

Seed
Growth
Late Stage
Early Stage
Pre-Seed
Life Sciences
Biotech
Digital Health
Healthcare
biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Headquarters
Hellerup, Denmark
Founded
1999
AUM
$93.0B
Portfolio Companies
182
Total Investments
162
Last Investment
Aug 2026
Geographic Focus
North America, Europe, Asia, Global, Denmark

Investment Thesis

Invest to improve people’s health and society’s sustainability via groundbreaking healthcare and bio-sustainability solutions.

Novo Holdings A/S is a Venture Capital firm based in Hellerup, Denmark. It has made 162 investments, including CIRCTEC, AMSilk and Phasecraft. Focus areas include Life Sciences and Biotech.

Fund Family

Portfolio182

CIRCTEC
AMSilk
Phasecraft
Edgewise Therapeutics
BioPhero
Chromologics
Hemab Therapeutics
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
NMD Pharma
Convergent Therapeutics
Esco Aster
MapLight Therapeutics
Biosyntia
WCG
Morphic
Rappta Therapeutics
Schott Poonawalla
Clasp Therapeutics
Sonion
Genomatica
HST Pathways
BGV
Medical Knowledge
Reapplix
F2G
21st.Bio
H
Hummingbird
FIRE1
Octave
Numab
Therachon
Agomab Therapeutics
Lepure Biotech
Nuvig Therapeutics
Xellia Pharmaceuticals
Coave Therapeutics
Ritedo
Medi Assist
AnaptysBio
Elo Life
Sylvan
Avalyn
MH
Manipal Hospitals
Ra Pharmaceuticals
Zencore Biologics
SPARROW QUANTUM
Tata 1mg
Ray Therapeutics

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Venture Capital ×16 · Corporate VC ×4 · Hedge Fund ×2 · 129 shared rounds

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