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Gilde Healthcare

Venture capital

Utrecht · Seed–Late Stage · 24 people tracked

Also known as GILDE HEALTHCARE PARTNERS B.V.

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Investment thesis

Gilde Healthcare invests in impactful companies addressing healthcare and climate challenges through three strategies. Its Healthcare Private Equity fund backs profitable businesses that support the healthcare sector, including providers, medical product suppliers, and service companies. The Healthcare Venture & Growth fund targets disruptive companies in medtech, digital health, medical instruments, and therapeutics. The Climate Solutions fund invests in profitable companies focused on energy transition, biodiversity, and waste & pollution. The firm combines operating and financial expertise across a transatlantic team and integrates ESG and measurable impact into its investment approach.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Late Stage
Check
$1.1M – $55M
HQ
Utrecht, NL
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1999
Last 12 months
2 investments
AUM
$2.8B
VC funds
3
Tracked investments
20

Team · 24 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Rafael Natanek· General Partner Private Equity
Edward Hanlon· Investment Director Venture&Growth
Besmire Ahmati· Senior Associate Investor Relations & Fundraising

Senior Associate focused on investor relations and fundraising, based in the support office.

Christiaan Sap· Operational Partner
Giel Modderman· Associate, Private Equityin
Karthik Bolisetty· Investment Manager Healthtech Venture&Growthin

Investment Manager within the Healthtech Venture&Growth team.

Lara Hilgert· Senior Associate, Private Equityin
Rene Bernards· Operational Partner

Professor Dr. Rene Bernards is an Operational Partner in Gilde Healthcare's Venture&Growth team.

Tristan Maguet· Senior Associate Therapeutics Venture&Growthin
Wessel van 't Klooster· Analyst, Private Equity

Wessel van 't Klooster joined Gilde Healthcare's Private Equity team in 2026 as an analyst.

What they invest in

from 19 of 20 portfolio companies

Healthtech ×15Medical Devices ×11Biotech ×10Hardware ×4Deep Tech ×3Digital Health ×2AI & Machine Learning ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1

HQs:United States×11Netherlands×3Denmark×1United Kingdom×1

Investments · 20 tracked

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Draupnirdraupnir.bioin✓ verified

Draupnir Bio develops targeted protein degradation therapies using sortilin-based lysosome targeting chimeras to clear extracellular and membrane-bound protein aggregates in proteinopathies.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesCopenhagen, DK

Simon Glerup(Professor)Camilla Gustafsen(Professor)Peder Søndergaard Madsen(Professor)Peter Seeberger(Professor)

Co-investorsInkefMC Healthcare Ventures

Purespringpurespringtx.comin𝕏Oct 2024✓ verified

Purespring develops genetic therapies targeting podocytes to treat renal diseases through its proprietary GlomThera platform.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

Moin Saleem(Co-founder & Chief Scientific Advisor)

Co-investorsSofinnova PartnersForbionBritish Patient Capital

Vesper Medicalvespermedical.comin𝕏May 2019✓ verified

Vesper Medical develops a modular venous stent portfolio designed to address the anatomical challenges of the iliac and femoral veins for treating deep venous disease.

HealthtechMedical DevicesWayne, US

Bruce J. Shook(President and CEO)Monica Klos(Executive Officer)Neil Hattangadi(Director)Peter Schneider(Director)Mark Garcia(Director)Dennis W. Wahr(Director)

Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Lightstone VenturesVensana Capital415 Capital

Vs3vs3medical.comin✓ verified

VS3 Medical is a medical device company developing the VS3 Medical Stent System, an investigational neurovascular implant designed to treat symptomatic venous sinus stenosis within the dural venous sinus anatomy.

HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsAPERTURE Venture PartnersUS Venture Partners

Ablative Solutionsablativesolutions.com

HealthtechWakefield, US

Tim A. Fischell(Executive Officer, Director)Kate Rumrill(Executive Officer, Director)Lisa Mastromattei(Executive Officer)Ronald D Bache(Executive Officer, Director)Vartan E. Ghazarossian(Executive Officer, Director)Vartan Ghazarossian(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsMichigan Capital NetworkBioStar VenturesMAF

Acacia Pharmaeagleus.com

Eagle Pharmaceuticals develops and commercializes specialty pharmaceutical products for acute care and oncology, including injectable medications for procedural sedation, chemotherapy, lymphomas, and malignant hyperthermia management.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesIndianapolis, US

Co-investorsF-Prime Capital

Alleviant Medical Incalleviantmedical.comin𝕏Feb 2025

Alleviant Medical develops an investigational minimally invasive medical device using interatrial shunt therapy to treat heart failure patients, currently in FDA-approved clinical trials (ALLAY-HF and ALLAY-HFrEF).

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesAustin, US

Adam Berman(Executive Officer, Director)inJacob Kriegel(Executive Officer, Director)Avni Patel(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Alex Arevalos(Executive Officer, Director)Albertien Greijdanus(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardGeoff Pardo(Director)

Co-investorsBroadview VenturesRiverVest Venture PartnersTMC Venture FundCadence Healthcare VenturesGilmartin Capital LLCS3 Ventures+1 more

Amphistaamphista.comin𝕏

Amphista Therapeutics develops next-generation targeted protein degradation (TPD) medicines using its proprietary Targeted Glue technology, which is engineered to selectively trigger the destruction of disease-causing proteins.

BiotechCambridge, GB

Louise Modis(Chief Executive Officer)Martin Pass(Chief Development Officer)Giles Brown(Executive VP Drug Discovery)

Co-investorsAdvent Life SciencesNovartis Venture FundSV Health InvestorsDementia Discovery FundEuropean Investment FundForbion+1 more

DaylightRxdaylightrx.com

Elmsford, US

Jonathan Taqqu(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJohn Lee(Director)

Co-investorsHealthy Ventures.406 VenturesAlleyCorpCVS Health VenturesSandbox Clinical Ventures

GT Medical TechnologiesMay 2026 · $100M

GammaTile Therapy, a surgically targeted radiation therapy for operable brain tumors

HealthtechTempe, US

David G. Brachman(Executive Officer, Director)Per Langoe(Executive Officer, Director)James Leech(Executive Officer)Matthew E. Likens(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardGeoff Pardo(Director)inPrattipati Laxminarain(Director)

Co-investorsAccelmed PartnersFemHealth VenturesBlueStone Venture PartnersEvidity Health CapitalMedical Technology Venture PartnersMedTech Venture Partners+2 more

Inari Medicalinarimedical.comin

Inari Medical develops mechanical thrombectomy devices for treating venous thromboembolism conditions, including pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, in-stent thrombosis, and arteriovenous fistula thrombosis.

HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesIrvine, US

William H. Hoffman(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Rosenbluth(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDonald Milder(Director)Kirk Nielsen(Director)inJonathan Root(Director)inBrian Cox(Director)

Co-investorsUS Venture PartnersVensana CapitalVersant Ventures

LUMICKSlumicks.comin𝕏

LUMICKS develops life science research tools that measure and apply forces around biological interactions to link structural and 'omics analysis to functional outcomes at the molecular and cellular level.

BiotechDeep TechHardwareMedical Devices

Andrea(Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer)Gerrit(Co-founder & Director of Product Management and Marketing)Hugo(CEO)Edmee(Chief Financial Officer)Hannah(HR Director)

Co-investorsLauxera Capital PartnersSoftBank Vision FundIrving InvestorsPura Vida InvestmentsT. Rowe Price

Mainstayadmithub.comin𝕏Feb 2024

AdmitHub provides AI-powered success coaching and conversation tools for higher education institutions to improve student engagement, retention, and outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR TechArlington, US

Andrew Magliozzi(Founder)in

Co-investorsFundersClubMichelson 20MM FoundationNXT VenturesTechstarsAlly Bridge GroupFountain Healthcare Partners+3 more

Mainstay Medicalmainstay-medical.cominFeb 2024

HealthtechPlymouth, US

Dan Sachs(Director)Peter Crosby(Executive Officer, Director)inJason Hannonin

BoardManus Rogan(Director)Antoine Papiernik(Director)

Co-investorsFountain Healthcare PartnersSofinnova PartnersAlly Bridge GroupViking Global Investors

Moximedmoximed.com

HealthtechFremont, US

Anton Clifford(Executive Officer)James Leech(Executive Officer)Christopher Gleason(Executive Officer)Kevin K. Sidow(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJoshua Makower(Director)Shahzad Malik(Director)in

Co-investorsLightstone VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Runway Growth CapitalAdvent Life SciencesGBS Venture Partners Ltd.Vertex Ventures HC

Noema Pharmanoemapharma.cominNov 2025

Noema Pharma develops a late-stage portfolio of oral small molecule therapeutics for people with neurological and related disorders, targeting both orphan and larger indications with significant unmet medical needs.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Ilise Lombardo(Chief Executive Officer)inVolker Knappertz(Executive Vice President of Research & Development)inMichael Samar(Chief Financial Officer)inRob Lasser(Chief Medical Officer)in

Co-investorsBioMedPartnersJeito CapitalRoche Venture FundSofinnova PartnersEQTEQT Life Sciences+2 more

Okami Medicalokamimedical.comin𝕏

Okami Medical develops the LOBO vascular occlusion system, an occluder built on high-density, small-pore HDBRAID technology for fast arterial occlusion in the peripheral vasculature, along with SENDERO microcatheters and delivery catheters.

BiotechHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesAliso Viejo, US

Brian J. Cox(Manager)Rhonda Robb(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Rosenbluth(Director)

BoardDonald Milder(Director)Jonathan Root(Director)inPaul Lubock(Director)

Co-investorsUS Venture PartnersVensana Capital

Performationperformation.comin

Performation provides business intelligence, data analytics, and monitoring software and consulting for the healthcare sector, covering areas such as care registration, capacity planning, and real-world monitoring.

Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Symeressymeres.comin

Symeres provides pharmaceutical quality management systems, drug discovery and development services, and contract manufacturing support for biotech and pharma companies.

BiotechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechNetherlands, NL

Henning Steinhagen(Chief Executive Officer (CEO))Jurgen Berendsen(Chief Financial Officer (CFO))

Co-investorsKeensight Capital

Tagworks Pharmaceuticalstagworkspharma.comin𝕏Jun 2023

Tagworks Pharmaceuticals develops cancer therapies using its Click-to-Release platform, a chemical reaction that activates antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), masked immunomodulators, and other prodrugs on-target while deactivating radioimmunotherapies off-target.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesNijmegen, NL

Co-investorsBifLightstone VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Novartis Venture FundYsios CapitalOost NL

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Frequently asked questions

What stage does Gilde Healthcare invest at?
Gilde Healthcare invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What is Gilde Healthcare's typical check size?
Gilde Healthcare typically writes checks of $1.1M – $55M.
What sectors does Gilde Healthcare focus on?
Gilde Healthcare focuses on Biotech, Climate Tech, Digital Health, Energy, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, Medical Devices.
Where is Gilde Healthcare located?
Gilde Healthcare is headquartered in Utrecht, NL.
Does Gilde Healthcare lead rounds?
Gilde Healthcare typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

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Invest Europe · Janke Dittmer

Investment Strategy in Health Tech Industry - Janke Dittmer, Gilde Healthcare Partners

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