Mathias Frederiksen
InvestorPrincipal at Novartis Venture Fund
Basel, Switzerland
Writes $5M – $10M checks · typically $7.5M
About
Mathias Frederiksen is a Principal at the Novartis Venture Fund, based in Basel. Before joining NVF, he was a group leader in Novartis R&D, where his work covered neuroscience-focused medicinal chemistry, chemical genomics, and target discovery, with a focus on epigenetic dysregulation in disease, and he served on the portfolio management and strategy team. He holds a BSc in Chemistry from Mount Allison University, a PhD in Chemistry from Imperial College London, and completed a postdoctorate at Stanford University.
Experience
- Novartis Venture FundPrincipalcurrent2023 — presentBasel, Switzerland
- Novartis Venture FundAssociate2022 — 2023Basel, Switzerland
- AravaxDirector Board of Directorscurrent2026 — present
- NRG TherapeuticsBoard Observercurrent2025 — presentStevenage, England, United Kingdom
- Averna TherapeuticsBoard Observercurrent2024 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- UZH Life Sciences FundInvestment Managercurrent2022 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- LoQus23 Therapeutics LtdBoard Observercurrent2022 — presentCambridge, England, United Kingdom
- FundaMental PharmaDirector Board of Directors2023 — 2025Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Para TherapeuticsBoard Observer2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)Associate Director and Group Leader Chomatin Chemical Biology2020 — 2022Basel Area, Switzerland
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)Senior Investigator II2018 — 2020Basel Area, Switzerland
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)Senior Investigator I2014 — 2018Basel Area, Switzerland
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)Investigator III2010 — 2014
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)Research Investigator II2007 — 2009
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)Research Investigator I2005 — 2007
- Stanford UniversityPost-doctoral Research Investigator2003 — 2004
- Imperial College LondonPhD Candidate1998 — 2002
Skills & more
Start-up Ventures4Corporate Venture Capital5Company build3Venture CapitalVenture FinancingFinanceEpigenetics11Medicinal Chemistry80Drug Design68Organic Synthesis47Drug Discovery99Life Sciences20
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ProteomicsCell Based AssaysOrganic ChemistrySignal TransductionTarget IdentificationLifesciencesPharmaceutical IndustryLead ChangeAssay DevelopmentDrug DevelopmentCellGPCRsLanguages English · French · German · Norwegian
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Colleagues at Novartis Venture Fund
Aaron Nelson
Managing Director at Novartis Venture Fund
Adam Cotton
Principal at Novartis Venture Fund
Anja Koenig
Global Head of NVF at Novartis Venture Fund
Anja König
Global Head at Novartis Venture Fund
Bart Dzikowski
Managing Director, Head of Transactions & Legal at Novartis Venture Fund
Beat Steffen
Managing Director at Novartis Venture Fund
Christoph Meier
Investor at Novartis Venture Fund
Elaine Jones
Investor at Novartis Venture Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mathias Frederiksen?
- Mathias Frederiksen is a Principal at the Novartis Venture Fund, based in Basel. Before joining NVF, he was a group leader in Novartis R&D, where his work covered neuroscience-focused medicinal chemistry, chemical genomics, and target discovery, with a focus on epigenetic dysregulation in disease, and he served on the portfolio management and strategy team. He holds a BSc in Chemistry from Mount Allison University, a PhD in Chemistry from Imperial College London, and completed a postdoctorate at Stanford University.
- Where does Mathias Frederiksen work?
- Mathias Frederiksen is Principal at Novartis Venture Fund.
- What check size does Mathias Frederiksen write?
- Mathias Frederiksen typically writes checks of $5M – $10M.
- Where did Mathias Frederiksen go to school?
- Mathias Frederiksen studied at Stanford University (Post-Doc, Chemistry); Imperial College London (PhD, Synthetic Organic Chemistry); Mount Allison University (B.Sc, Chemistry).
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