Top Venture Capital Firms Investing in Biotech and life sciences

Between them, the 77 best-ranked of these 79 venture capital firms cover healthtech (26), science (19), series a (13) and partners (13). They also list work in Boston, San Francisco, London and New York City. 77 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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   Nan Fung Group

   Corporate Venture Capital · Healthtech · Also in Hong Kong

   Nan Fung Group is a privately held conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong.

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   Why #1: Founded 1954, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

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   Octopus Ventures

   Corporate Venture Capital · Series A · Seed Stage

   Octopus Ventures is a venture capital firm that has backed founders since 2008.

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   Why #2: Founded 2008 · professional accreditation · Placed below first here: a listing leads at most 5 rankings, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   Summit Partners

   Series A · Series B · Healthtech · Also in Munich and Miami

   Summit Partners is a growth equity investor that has backed companies for over forty years.

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   Why #3: In business 41+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   Forward Ventures

   Partners · Medical · Also in San Diego

   Forward Ventures is a life-science venture capital firm based in San Diego. It was founded in 1990 and has invested in over sixty companies through five funds.

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   Why #4: Founded 1990, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   EQT Life Sciences

   Series B · Healthtech · Also in Europe

   EQT Life Sciences is a specialist investor in the healthcare sector.

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   Why #5 (shared): In business 30+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   TVM Capital

   Growth Stage · Venture Capital · Healthtech · Also in Munich and Montreal

   TVM Capital is an affiliation of venture capital and private equity firms that operate internationally.

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   Why #5 (shared): In business 30+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   Archangel Investors Limited

   Also in Edinburgh

   Archangel Investors Limited, known as Archangels, is an investor in early-stage businesses in Scotland. It has been investing in innovation for thirty years.

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   Why #5 (shared): In business 30+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   LSP BioVentures

   Series B · Healthtech

   LSP BioVentures is an investor in the healthcare and life sciences industry. It has spent more than thirty years linking investors with inventors.

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   Why #5 (shared): In business 30+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

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   Daesung Private Equity

   Private Equity · Startup Incubator · Legal · Also in Seoul

   Daesung Private Equity is an investment firm that has worked with venture businesses for around thirty years.

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   Why #5 (shared): In business 30+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

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    5AM Ventures

    Science · Also in Florida and San Francisco

    5AM Ventures is a life-science investment firm founded in 2002.

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    Why #10: Founded 2002, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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    BVCF Management

    Series A · Investment Management · Healthtech · Also in Huangpu District, Shanghai and Shanghai

    BVCF Management runs BioVeda China Fund, which has invested in life sciences since 2005.

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    Why #11: Founded 2005, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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    Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc

    Environmental · Creative · Also in California and Hamilton

    Hercules Capital is a business development company that specialises in venture lending.

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    Why #12 (shared): In business 20+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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    DCI Partners

    DCI Partners is a venture capital firm that concentrates on life sciences.

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    Why #12 (shared): In business 20+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

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    Mission BioCapital

    Also in San Francisco and Boston

    Mission BioCapital is a venture firm for early-stage life science companies.

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    Why #14: Founded 2009, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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    Birk Venture

    Science · Medical · Partnership · Also in Oslo, Norway and Oslo

    Life science is the only field in which Birk Venture, a privately held investment company in Oslo, invests.

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    Why #15: Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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    Pivotal bioVenture Partners

    Healthtech · Also in Shanghai and Hong Kong

    Early-stage drug developers rarely need money alone. They need an investor who will sit beside management when the company is close to a decisive moment.

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    Why #16: Founded 2017, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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17. Also listed, not yet ranked. We hold nothing checkable on these yet that ranks them here: no client review, vetting, award, expert review, or fact stated on their own website (and on a place ranking, where they are based). They follow in order of their TrustList Score. How TrustList ranks · Get vetted, free
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    20/20 HealthCare Partners

    Healthtech · Science · Partners · Also in Europe

    The investors at 20/20 HealthCare Partners call the firm a global group, putting money into technology and life science ventures when they are young.

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    Aditum Bio

    Aditum Bio describes itself as a biotech venture capital firm built to translate scientific discoveries into new medicines.

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    Advent France Biotechnology

    Early Stage · Partners · Medical · Also in Barcelona and Montreal

    Advent France Biotechnology, which operates as AdBio Partners, is a French venture capital firm.

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    AgFunder

    Artificial Intelligence · Deep Tech · Agriculture · Also in San Francisco

    AgFunder is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. It backs deep technology that addresses limits to progress in food, agriculture, human health and the planet.

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    Air Street Capital

    Artificial Intelligence · Science

    Air Street Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in companies built around artificial intelligence, in both technology and life science.

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    ALSA Ventures

    Science · Biotechnology · Also in Europe and London

    ALSA Ventures is a London-based life science investor that focuses on novel therapeutics.

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    Ampersand Capital Partners

    Private Equity · Also in Amsterdam and London

    Ampersand Capital Partners is a private equity firm working in healthcare and life sciences.

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    Anthill Ventures

    Series A · Seed Stage · Growth Stage · Also in Singapore

    Speed scaling is the phrase this Hyderabad-based venture firm uses for its model, and its current site describes the work as helping fearless founders with a strong purpose build…

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