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Novartis Venture Fund — 2025 Investments

7 investments dated 2025 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Granite Biogranitebio.cominApr 2025 · $100M✓ verified

Granite Bio develops first-in-class therapeutic antibodies targeting inflammation, autoimmunity, and fibrosis for patients lacking effective treatment options.

BiotechMedical DevicesBasel, CH

Patrick Loustau(President and Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsSanofi VenturesForbionVersant Ventures

HYKU Bioscienceshykubiosciences.cominDec 2025✓ verified

Hyku Biosciences develops small molecule therapeutics with novel mechanisms of action designed to covalently bind non-cysteine amino acids and inactivate disease-driving proteins.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesBurlington, US

KLEEM CHAUDHARY(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inKu-Lung (Ken) Hsu, PhD(Scientific Founder)Kleem Chaudhary, PhD(President & CEO)

BoardJOHN GUSTOFSON(Director)LAURA BRASS(Director)inLAURA TADVALKAR(Director)in

Co-investorsDroia VenturesEisai Innovation, Inc.RA Capital

NRG Therapeuticsnrgtherapeutics.cominSeries B · Sep 2025 · $68M✓ verified

NRG Therapeutics is a biotech company developing small-molecule drugs targeting the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) for neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS and Parkinson's.

BiotechHealthtechLongevity

Neil Miller(CEO)inRichard Rutter(CSO)inGrant Hawthorne(COO)inClaus Sundgreen(Chief Medical Officer)inPaul Thompson(CDO)in

BoardJonathan Savidge(Independent Non Executive Chair)

Co-investorsBrandon CapitalCriteria Bio VenturesSV Health InvestorsBritish Business BankDementia DiscoveryM Ventures+2 more

Artios Pharmaartios.comin𝕏Series B · Nov 2025 · $115M

Artios develops DNA damage response (DDR)-based medicines targeting patients with high unmet need cancers.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsAndera PartnersDementia Discovery FundM VenturesPfizer Venture InvestmentsRA CapitalSofinnova Partners+6 more

Atalantaatalantatx.comin𝕏Jan 2025 · $97M

Atalanta is developing treatment options for intractable central nervous system diseases using RNA interference technology.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsF-Prime CapitalRiverVest Venture PartnersSanofi Venturesabrdn plcEQT Life Sciences

Protego Biopharmaprotegobio.cominDec 2025 · $130M

Protego Bio is a biotech company developing first-in-class therapies for protein misfolding diseases, including its lead candidate PROT-001 for AL amyloidosis, based on research into pharmacological chaperones.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtechSan Diego, US

Brent J. Warner(Executive Officer, Director)inXIN JIANG(President & CEO)inHANK MICHAEL PETRASSI(Executive Officer)JEFFERY KELLY(Director)

BoardTIM LOHOFF(Director)Edward Hurwitz(Director)

Co-investorsDroia VenturesDigitalis VenturesForbionLightspeed Venture PartnersMPM BioImpactVida Ventures+1 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

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Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.