Novartis is a corporate venture arm. Based in Basel, Switzerland. Among the 16 companies in the known portfolio are Octave, Vor Biopharma, Patientory, Orna Therapeutics, Pliant Therapeutics and TScan Therapeutics.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Focus
- BiotechCell & Gene TherapyDiagnosticsDrug DiscoveryGenomicsImmunologyMedTechOncologyPharma
Contacts
Who to pitch at Novartis
Novartis portfolio companies (16)
- Octave
- Vor Biopharma
- Patientory
- Orna Therapeutics
- Pliant Therapeutics
- TScan Therapeutics
- CatalYm
- Dren Bio
- Surface Oncology
- Cadent Therapeutics
- Flare Therapeutics
- Medtech Africa
- RxLightning
- Yseop
- Borealis Biosciences
- Northern Yiheng
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About Novartis
The firm's listing covers sector Healthcare, and focus areas Biotech, Cell & Gene Therapy, Diagnostics and Drug Discovery; known deals cluster at Growth, Seed and Series A.
Of the 12 people on file at Novartis, Md. Sohel Rana (Managing Partner), Shejoy Varghese (Managing partner) and Jose Marcilla (President Latin America and Canada (LACan) Region) are listed as the contacts to approach first.
Novartis shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Merck and 6 Dimensions Capital.
Frequently asked questions
What is Novartis?
Novartis is a corporate venture arm based in Basel, Switzerland, with a known portfolio of 16 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Novartis invest in?
Listed sectors include Healthcare; listed focus areas include Biotech, Cell & Gene Therapy, Diagnostics and Drug Discovery. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Novartis invest at?
The known deals of Novartis include Growth, Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Novartis?
3 of the 12 people on file at Novartis are listed as contacts for the firm. All 12 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Novartis?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 12 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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