Early-stage funding for European life sciences companies

We are a venture capital firm specialised in seed investment for innovative early stage European companies.

Our current portfolio comprises biotech, medtech and diagnostics companies, all working to develop truly disruptive solutions for high unmet medical needs.

Dezima and Acerta, multi-billion Euro success stories

BioGeneration was co-founder and investor in two of the most successful biotech startups in Europe: Acerta Pharma and Dezima Pharma. Acerta Pharma develops a new drug for the treatment of hematologic malignancies (leukemia) and was sold to AstraZeneca for up to US$ 7 billion. Dezima Pharma is developing a treatment for of a cardiovascular disorder (dyslipidemia) and was sold to Amgen for a deal amount of up to US$ 1.5 billion.

Shaping new life-science ventures

Our varied and complementary experience has been gained from working within small and large pharma and biotech companies. Based on this experience and through our extensive industry network, we are able to bring a range of sector-relevant expertise to help accelerate product development and shape the companies to become attractive investment opportunities for the industry.

Latest news

Press Release NorthSea Therapeutics: Icosabutate latest data shows direct and potent anti-fibrotic effect in both differentiated rodent NASH models and human stellate cells.

Nov 9, 2018

Results to be presented at the AASLD congress 2018, 9-13 November In a biopsy-confirmed fibrotic ob/ob NASH mouse model, icosabutate reduced hepatic fibrosis in association with a 45% decrease in myofibroblast content in pre- versus post-treatment liver biopsies In a...

Dr. Axel Mescheder appointed CEO of Cristal Therapeutics as focus intensifies on proprietary oncology nanomedicine pipeline

Nov 2, 2018

Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2nd November 2018 – Cristal Therapeutics, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing targeted nanomedicines for the treatment of cancer and other diseases with high unmet patient need, has appointed Dr. Axel Mescheder to the role...

Cristal Therapeutics Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Innovative CriPec® Nanomedicine Drug Candidate in Ovarian Cancer

Oct 25, 2018

Maastricht, The Netherlands, 25th October 2018 – Cristal Therapeutics, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing unique nanomedicines for the treatment of cancer and other diseases, announced today the first patient has been dosed in its Phase 2 clinical...

Escalier Doses First Patient with ESR-114 and Announces Clinical Advisory Board

Aug 13, 2018

Commences study to assess novel RORγt inhibitor for the treatment of psoriasis Recruits key opinion leaders to guide clinical development of its RORγt programs. NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands and Encinitas, California, August 13, 2018 – Escalier Biosciences, BV, a...

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Next events

Bio-Europe, 5-7 November 2018

Aug 21, 2018

Diede Brunen, Arnoud Dijkstra and Oskar Slotboom will be attending Bio-Europe on 5-7 November in Copenhagen. You can request meetings through the partnering system....

GO-Bio Investment Lounge, 8-9 November 2018

Oct 18, 2018

Daniela Couto will be attending the GO-Bio Investment Lounge conference on 8-9 November 2018 in Schloss Ziethen nearby Berlin. You can contact Daniela through email (Daniela@biogeneration.vc) to request a meeting. https://go-bio.de/en/investmentlounge-go-bio...

ASH: American Society of Hematology, 1-4 December 2018

Aug 21, 2018

Edward will attend ASH 2018 (Annual conference of the American Society of Hematology) in San Diego on 1-4 December 2018. You can reach out to Edward by email to set up a meeting....

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