Novo Holdings
Profile, fund size and leaders
Novo Holdings is the corporate venture arm of Novo Nordisk Foundation. It was founded in 1999 and is based in Hellerup, Denmark. It invests from pre-seed to late stage. Sectors it names: biotech and life sciences, medical devices, healthcare and digital health, climate and energy.
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Snapshot
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage range | Pre-seed to Late stage |
| Sectors | Biotech and life sciences, Medical devices, Healthcare and digital health, Climate and energy |
| Geography | North America, Europe, Asia |
| Offices | Hellerup, Denmark, San Francisco, United States, Boston, United States, London, United Kingdom, Singapore, Shanghai, China, Mumbai, India |
Sources: S1 Novo Holdings About; S3 Novo Holdings Investments.
Where it invests and who leads it
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent company | Novo Nordisk Foundation | Single source | S2 |
| Parent industry | Other | Single source | S2 |
| Founded | 1999 | Single source | S2 |
| Headquarters | Hellerup, Denmark | Single source | S11 |
| Status | Active | Single source | S1 |
| Capital source | Parent company only | Single source | S2 |
| Headline size | DKK 694bn (AUM or capital under management) | Single source | S3 |
| Companies backed | 171 | Single source | S3 |
| People on the team page | 235 | Single source | S12 |
| Stages | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+, Growth, Late stage (inferred from announced rounds) | Estimate | S1 |
For founders
Notable outcomes
IPOs and acquisitions of portfolio companies. Price shown only where published.
Fund vehicles
Investments by year
Recent rounds
History
Official pages
Read the firm's own pages for current information.
- Website www.novoholdings.dk
- Portfolio www.novoholdings.dk/investments
- LinkedIn company page www.linkedin.com/company/novo-a-s/
Sources
- S1Novo Holdings AboutFirm
- S2Novo Holdings Facts and FiguresFirm
- S3Novo Holdings InvestmentsFirm
- S4Novo Holdings 2025 Venture Investments annual review release (12 Jan 2026)Firm
- S5Novo Holdings Seed InvestmentsFirm
- S6Novo Holdings Kasim Kutay profileFirm
- S7Novo Holdings Soren Moller profileFirm
- S8Novo Holdings Scott A. Beardsley profileFirm
- S9Scott Beardsley LinkedIn profile headlineThird-party report
- S10Novo Holdings Venture InvestmentsFirm
- S11Novo Holdings Leadership and addressesFirm
- S12Novo Holdings People and CareersFirm
- S13Novo Ventures business update on 2020Firm
- S14Novo Holdings news page (Coultreon Biopharma and Windward Bio items)Firm
- S15Novo Holdings linkedin company pageFirm
Disclaimer and corrections
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