{"entity":{"id":"novartis-venture-fund","kind":"company","name":"Novartis Venture Fund","aka":[],"tldr":"The Novartis Venture Fund is Novartis's corporate venture arm, run from Basel and Cambridge, Massachusetts, making seed and Series A investments of 5 to 10 million dollars in biotech companies, including the cancer drug developers Artios Pharma, CatalYm and Epsilogen. It manages over 750 million dollars across more than 40 companies.","summary":"The Novartis Venture Fund says it was created to foster innovation, benefit patients and generate returns by investing in life science companies. Its site states 'We manage over USD 750 million in committed capital and more than 40 portfolio companies across North America and Europe', operating 'from our offices in Basel, Switzerland and Cambridge, MA, USA', and that it specialises 'in investments ranging from USD 5-10 million, primarily focusing on Seed and Series A stage companies'. Its portfolio page lists more than 30 companies. Oncology-relevant names include Artios Pharma (DNA damage response), Amphista Therapeutics (targeted protein degradation), CatalYm (anti-GDF-15 immunotherapy), Epsilogen (IgE antibodies for cancer), Fore Biotherapeutics and Tagworks Pharmaceuticals (click-chemistry antibody-drug conjugates).","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Official website","url":"https://www.nvfund.com/"},{"label":"Portfolio","url":"https://www.nvfund.com/portfolio"}],"tags":["corporate-venture"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":["novartis"],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["Founding year not stated; omitted. The portfolio page gives names without descriptions, so oncology focus of the named companies is from general knowledge."],"hq":"Basel","country":"CH","companyType":"investor","website":"https://www.nvfund.com/","investors":[],"funding":[]},"route":"/companies/novartis-venture-fund/","neighbours":{"company":[{"id":"amphista-therapeutics","kind":"company","name":"Amphista Therapeutics","route":"/companies/amphista-therapeutics/"},{"id":"bicycle-therapeutics","kind":"company","name":"Bicycle Therapeutics","route":"/companies/bicycle-therapeutics/"},{"id":"novartis","kind":"company","name":"Novartis","route":"/companies/novartis/"}]}}