# Biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe (2026 list)

> 30 biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe, 97% active in the last 12 months. Led by Y Combinator, EIC Accelerator, Google for Startups.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/biotech-investors-in-cee (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing a biotech company in Central and Eastern Europe in the last two years, wherever the firm is based.

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**30** investors on the list No change this week

**1,727** cheques in 12 months *-11%* against the market

**$9.9M** median round they joined *+24%* against the market median

**97%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**63%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **6,412** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) *Deploying now* Government · European Union **875** **$4.3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 3 [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **811** **$1.4M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 4 [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **445** **$30M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 5 [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **431** **$29M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 6 [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Canada **427** **$3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 7 [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **370** **$6M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 8 [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **273** **$20M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 9 [Bloomberg Beta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **206** **$8M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 10 [Purple](https://millionrounds.com/fund/purple-laurent-ritter-s-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · France **110** **$3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 11 [Oxford Science Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oxford-science-enterprises) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **108** **$11M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 12 [Kaya VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaya-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Czechia **105** **$2.2M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 13 [Credo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/credo-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Czechia **89** **$4M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 14 [Big Idea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-idea-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **84** **$1.3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 15 [Backed VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/backed-vc) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **70** **$8.2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 16 [Practica Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/practica-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Lithuania **70** **$3M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 17 [BlueYard Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blueyard-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Germany **63** **$8.5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [Kindred Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-capital-vc) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **58** **$14M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 19 [Superhero Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/superhero-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Finland **54** **$1.4M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 20 [Vsquared Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vsquared-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Germany **53** **$17M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 21 [Coinvest Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinvest-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Lithuania **44** **$1.3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 22 [OTB Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/otb-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Netherlands **39** **$12M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 23 [NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nato-innovation-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · Netherlands **16** **$17M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 24 [Civilization Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/civilization-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **5** **$47M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 25 [Tech Horizons](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tech-horizons) *Deploying now* VC firm · Luxembourg **3** **$20M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen

**5 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **6** Nov **[Ocient](https://millionrounds.com/company/ocient)** Series C · $100M *With* [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt)
- **5** Nov **[Circularity Fuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/circularity-fuels)** Seed · $7M *Led by* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)
- **5** Nov **[Alethio Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/alethio-therapeutics)** Series A · $90M *With* [Oxford Science Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oxford-science-enterprises)
- **5** Nov **[Quint Computing](https://millionrounds.com/company/quint-computing)** Series A · $10M *Led by* [Vsquared Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vsquared-ventures)
- **5** Nov **[VÆRIDION](https://millionrounds.com/company/v-ridion)** Series A · $34M *With* [Vsquared Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vsquared-ventures)
- **4** Nov **[Corridian](https://millionrounds.com/company/corridian)** Seed · $38M *With* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)

## Stages This Year

1,653 rounds

- Venture **27%**
- Seed **17%**
- Pre-seed **16%**
- Series A **15%**
- Series B **6%**
- Other **18%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **740**
- Biotech **118**
- Healthcare **98**
- Big Data & Analytics **94**
- Aerospace & Space **79**
- Fintech **75**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

520 Q1 25

511 Q2 25

541 Q3 25

539 Q4 25

538 Q1 26

507 Q2 26

355 Q3 26

89 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in health and biotech

- The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care Clayton M. Christensen · 2008 4.21 from 1,158 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Innovation Moats and competition About the book A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendary leader in innovation... Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care Jonathan Bush · 2014 3.78 from 598 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building Innovation About the book A bold new remedy for the sprawling and wasteful health care industry Where else but the doctor’s office do you have to fill out a form on a clipboard? Have you noticed that hospital bills are almost unintelligible, except for the absurdly high dollar amount? Why is it that… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris Richard Kluger · 1997 3.94 from 306 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building About the book Ashes to Ashes is a monumental history of the American tobacco industry’s ironic success in developing the cigarette, modern society’s most widespread instrument of self-destruction, into the nation’s most profitable consumer product. Starting with its energized, work-obsessed… On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek Howard Markel · 2017 3.87 from 969 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building About the book "What's more American than Corn Flakes?" --Bing Crosby From the much admired medical historian ("Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be"--Andrea Barrett) and author of An Anatomy of Addiction ("Absorbing, vivid"--Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times Book… On AmazonListen on Audible

More books for founders and investors on the [Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list?role=founder&industry=health).

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## Quick answers about biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe

### Who are the most active biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe?

By cheques observed, the most active are Y Combinator, EIC Accelerator, Google for Startups, Lux Capital and DCVC.

### How many biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe are there?

30 are on record. 97% made an investment in the last 12 months and 63% have led a round.

### Which stages do biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Seed (25%) and Pre-seed (23%).

### How big are the rounds biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $8M.

### Which sectors do biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Biotech and Healthcare.

### Which biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe lead the most rounds?

Lux Capital (20 led), DCVC (12 led) and Y Combinator (11 led).

### Where are biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (9), the United Kingdom (3) and the Czechia (2).

### What have biotech investors in Central and Eastern Europe invested in recently?

Recent rounds include Ocient (Series C, Nov 2026, with In-Q-Tel), Circularity Fuels (Seed, Nov 2026, with DCVC) and Alethio Therapeutics (Series A, Nov 2026, with Oxford Science Enterprises).

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