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Civilization Ventures

Mentor-style venture firm backing digital health, gene therapy and cell therapy founders

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About Civilization Ventures

Civilization Ventures is a mentor capital firm that supports early innovations in health technology and biology. Shahram, its founder and general partner, set it up in 2017 after more than ten years as a life sciences entrepreneur and angel investor.

Products and services

  • Early investment: backs frontier health and biology companies, including digital health with AI and gene and cell therapies.
  • Mentoring: founders gain access to the experience of the founder and a network of advisors.
  • Fellowship programme: the Civilization Fellowship Program supports emerging talent, with analysts helping on due diligence.

Who it serves

Founders working on technology that could improve human health or preserve natural resources. Companies the founder has backed include Omada Health, Lemonaid Health, Evonetix and Rocket Pharma, and he sits on the boards of Rewrite and Foresight.

Key facts

  • Founded: 2017
  • Focus: health technology and biology

Profile written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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As of 2026-10-06. Organic ranks only; sponsored placements are never ranks.

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