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Civilization Ventures

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

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TrustList summary

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

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

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Rankings

Civilization Ventures is ranked on 3 TrustList rankings: #18 on 1, #38 on 1 and #40 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. Civilization Ventures has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Investor · 3 rankings

#18of 111
Ai investors
Of the top 68 here, 24 also cover seed stage and 21 also cover SaaS; 17 also work in Silicon Valley and 13 also work in New York City.
Behind Bixin Ventures, ahead of Magnetic Ventures.
#38of 157
New york city
It is one of 10 here listing artificial intelligence.
Of the top 58 here, 10 also cover artificial intelligence and 10 also cover healthtech; 21 also work in San Francisco and 19 also work in London.
Behind Indaco Venture Partners, ahead of Magnetic Ventures.
#40of 129
San francisco
It is one of 8 here listing artificial intelligence.
Of the top 58 here, 11 also cover growth stage and 9 also cover pre seed; 12 also work in Boston and 8 also work in Los Angeles.
Behind Zeno Ventures, ahead of JLL Spark.