Apollo Health Ventures


Transatlantic early-stage venture capital firm that co-founds and invests in biotechnology and health-technology companies targeting aging and age-related diseases. Uses a combination of venture building (Venture Lab) and external early-stage investments to develop therapeutics, data platforms and health tech with the objective of impacting human health within the next decade.

Apollo Health Ventures

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Europe


Services

Venture creation / Venture Lab

Co-founding startups with scientific experts and research institutes to turn untapped technologies into companies; acquiring founder shares at nominal value through active company formation and operational support.

Equity funding (seed to early growth)

Investment in Seed and Series A rounds (including late-seed and occasionally Series B) for biotech, data platforms and health tech companies targeting age-related diseases and aging.

Syndicate & capital access

Introducing portfolio companies to follow-on investors and leading players for subsequent rounds, leveraging an extensive network in Europe and the US.

Scientific, R&D and clinical development guidance

Support in R&D strategy, clinical trial design, indication selection and scientific de-risking through internal expertise and external advisors.

Talent and leadership recruitment

Support for hiring senior leadership and building teams for portfolio companies through in-house recruiters and networked hiring resources.

Operational support and risk-reduction experiments

Operational assistance including designing and running 'killer' experiments to de-risk early-stage science and minimize technical risk before heavy capital deployment.

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Portfolio

Closed a $50M follow-on round and is moving towards human clinical trials (news March 2024).

#Pharmaceuticals / therapeutics

Secured Series A financing ($48M in 2022), FDA clearances, Fast Track designation and a $27M Series B (2025); developing an AI-powered multi-omics platform (AURIGIN™).

#Precision oncology / targeted cancer therapeutics

Published positive topline data from a Phase 1 clinical trial for BL-001 (Dravet syndrome and ALS).

#Therapeutics (neurology)

Launched with $15M seed financing led by Apollo Health Ventures and Novo Holdings (Oct 2024).

#Therapeutics (proteasome activator medicines)

Raised $2.5M seed financing to advance FOXO4-therapeutics for cancer and chronic diseases (Sept 2022).

#Biotech / therapeutics

Launched as a new cellular reprogramming startup in partnership with Paul Scherrer Institute (Oct 2022).

#Cellular reprogramming / regenerative biotech

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