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Novo Holdings' Pharma portfolio

Novo Holdings has backed 17 Pharma startups in rounds we track, $2.8B between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Maplight Therapeutics.

17startups backed
4stages
$2.8Braised between them
Series Bbiggest stage

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Series B

6 startups · $952M raised

  1. CTCrystalys TherapeuticsUnited States$335M
  2. AllakosAllakos is a biotechnology company developing therapeutic antibodies targeting allergy, inflammatory and proliferative diseases.United States$294M
  3. KalVista PharmaceuticalsKalVista Pharmaceuticals focuses on developing oral medicines, particularly for managing hereditary angioedema.United States$125M
  4. Claris BiotherapeuticsClaris Biotherapeutics is a late-clinical stage biotechnology company based in Jersey City, New Jersey.United States$124M
  5. InvetxInvetx is a veterinary therapeutics company that develops protein-based therapeutics for the treatment of various animal diseases.United States$61M
  6. BiosyntiaBiosyntia ApS is a Danish industrial biotech company founded in 2012, specializing in bio-based manufacturing processes through prDenmark$14M

Stage not reported

5 startups · $471M raised

  1. Harmony BiosciencesHarmony Biosciences is a pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes novel therapies for rare neurological disorders.United States$248M
  2. 21st.BIO21st.BIO is a biotechnology company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded in 2020.Denmark$97M
  3. Thesan PharmaceuticalsThesan Pharmaceuticals is a preclinical biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for skin disorders.United States$65M
  4. Spruce BiosciencesSpruce Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for rare diseases that target the endocrine system.United States$60M
  5. Muna TherapeuticsMuna Therapeutics discovers and develops therapies that slow or stop neurodegenerative diseases such as alzheimer’s and parkinson's.Denmark$1.0M

Series C and later

4 startups · $1.2B raised

  1. MapLight TherapeuticsMapLight Therapeutics is a biopharma company that offers a platform designed to discover and develop therapeutics for brain disorders.United States$523M
  2. OMass TherapeuticsOMass Therapeutics is a biotechnology company located in Oxford, UK, focused on discovering and developing novel small molecule meUnited Kingdom$442M
  3. Cyteir TherapeuticsCyteir is developing the next generation of synthetic lethal therapies to treat cancer.United States$126M
  4. Avalyn PharmaAvalyn Pharma is a biopharma company developing therapies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other respiratory diseases.United States$100M

Series A

2 startups · $151M raised

  1. Augustine TherapeuticsAugustine Therapeutics is a Belgian biotechnology company founded in 2019 and based in Leuven.Belgium$84M
  2. Rondo TherapeuticsRondo Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Hayward, California, focused on developing next-generatiUnited States$67M

How this map is made. Every startup here works in Pharma and has raised money in a round we track that names Novo Holdings as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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