Novartis

Novartis

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Overview

Novartis is a global healthcare company based in Switzerland that provides solutions to address the evolving needs of patients worldwide.

Their mission is to discover new ways to improve and extend people's lives.

They apply their expertise in science and innovation to society’s biggest health challenges. Responsibility is a core part of their business strategy.

Highlights

Founded

1996

Industry

Biotechnology

Employees

10001+

Investment

75

Lead Investment

15

Exits

21

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed

Investor Type

N/A

Location

Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, Europe

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Novartis, established in 1996 and headquartered in Switzerland, Europe., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed investments across Mobile, Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Medical, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Software, SaaS, Data Management, Data Governance. The organization boasts a portfolio of 73 investments, with an average round size of $106.5M and 21 successful exits. Their recent investments include Proteus Digital Health, Oracle, Raze Therapeutics, Atlas Venture, MPM Capital. The highest investment round they participated in was $571.5B. Among their most notable exits are Proteus Digital Health and Oracle. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Bertrand Bodson

Chief Digital Officer

imagePlace Ann Fudge

Ann Fudge

Board of Directors

imagePlace Ian Pepper

Ian Pepper

Head Strategy and Integration Architecture

imagePlace Waqar Ali

Waqar Ali

Executive Director - Global Commercial Program Lead -

imagePlace Andreas Panteli

Andreas Panteli

Director, Digital Integrated Solutions

imagePlace Luis Angel

Luis Angel

Head of Finance

Investment portfolio

Novartis has made 75 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 24, 2024, when Dren Bio raised $25.0M.

Novartis has made 15 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jun 06, 2023, when RxLightning raised $17.5M.

investments

75

Diversity investments

15

Lead investments

15

Number of exits

21

Investments

75

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Sep 25, 2023
Northern Yiheng Northern Yiheng
Manufacturingnull
Dec 05, 2023
Yseop Yseop
Softwarenull
Jul 16, 2024--150.0M
Jul 24, 2024
Dren Bio Dren Bio
Biotechnology25.0M

Exits

21

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

75

Investors

1

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

75

Novartis has raised 75 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 24, 2024 from a Corporate Round - Dren Bio round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Sep 25, 2023
Series B - Northern Yiheng Series B - Northern Yiheng
-0-
Dec 05, 2023
Venture Round - Yseop Venture Round - Yseop
-0-
Jul 16, 2024
Series D - CatalYm Series D - CatalYm
-150.0M-
Jul 24, 2024
Corporate Round - Dren Bio Corporate Round - Dren Bio
-25.0M-

Investors

2

Novartis is funded by 2 investor(s). Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Yes
Grant - Novartis
6.5M
-No
Post-IPO Debt - Novartis
2487.7M

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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Recent Activity

News

Sep 24, 2024

FierceBiotech - Novartis inks $1B-plus biobucks deal with Flagship's Generate

News

Sep 24, 2024

Endpoints News - Flagship’s AI biotech Generate lands $65M upfront in Novartis deal, as first clinical readouts near

News

Sep 24, 2024

Business Wire - Generate:Biomedicines Announces Multi-Target Collaboration with Novartis to Discover and Develop Protein Therapeutics with Generative AI

News

Sep 21, 2024

SeekingAlpha - Novartis' Pluvicto expected to dominate prostate cancer radiopharmaceutical market

News

Sep 20, 2024

thefly.com - Firefly Neuroscience collaborates with Takeda, Novartis

News

Sep 20, 2024

MarketScreener - Novartis AG : There is still some upside potential