Top 10 Biotech VC Funds in Estonia

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 10 VC funds that invest in Biotech startups based in Estonia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Biotech companies from Estonia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Biotech VC Funds in Estonia

Investor	Biotech Estonia investments
Enterprise Estonia	2
Nordic Foodtech VC	2
Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation	1
European Investment Bank	1
Change Ventures	1
UniTartu Ventures	1
Grid.vc	1
Domain Associates	1
Voima Ventures	1
Crosslight Partners	1

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Enterprise Estonia (EAS), established in 2000, promotes business and regional development in Estonia. Enterprise Estonia is one of the largest institutions within the national support system for entrepreneurship, providing financial assistance, advisory, cooperation opportunities and training for entrepreneurs, research establishments, public andthird sector.

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, CleanTech, Manufacturing
Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
Estonia

Portfolio highlights

ÄIO — Innovative food technologies to replace palm oil, coconut oil and animal fats with sustainable and healthier alternatives.
Vok Bikes — E-cargo bicycles perfect for last-mile deliveries and business use cases in the city. Vok Bikes develops and produces electric cargo bikes in Europe.
RAIKU Packaging — RAIKU is a cleantech startup that produces 100% natural packaging material that has also great looks and shock absorption - most importantly, it gives 15-20 times more volume to its raw material making it one of the most resource efficient material uses in the world with high margins. Both the production is and products are clean making no harm tonature. RAIKU has raised over 1.2mln€ in the pre-seed stage, built a team of over 10 people, its own IP and clients are already using its packaging material. This material will up-end the 1 trillion € packaging sector.

We are investing in #FutureFood. Nordic FoodTech VC is the first fund in the Nordics investing explicitly in the future of food

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Seafood, Life Science
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Finland, Denmark, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

ÄIO — Innovative food technologies to replace palm oil, coconut oil and animal fats with sustainable and healthier alternatives.
Enifer — Enifer Bio is an expert at squeezing every last drop of value from biorefining operations. The solution is built on decades of Finnish expertise to allow the production of valuable protein-rich feed from streams previously considered worthless. The company has developed a new, sustainable production process for high-quality fish feed raw material.The company's method enables the efficient production of a single cell protein from fish by-products as a raw material for fish feed. The protein can replace soy, which is commonly used in fish feed and whose cultivation poses ecological challenges, such as deforestation in South America.
Kuva Space — Kuva Space improves life on Earth through daily, space-borne hyperspectral imaging and AI. We offer Earth observation solutions for more sustainable business.

JJDC, Inc. is the strategic venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Learn more about our equity investment strategy.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Series C, Series B, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

CVRx — CVRx is a medical device company that develops implantable technology for the treatment of high blood pressure. Its products include Rheos implantable pulse generator that provides control and delivery of the activation energy; and Rheos carotid sinus leads, which conducts activation energy from the Rheos implantable pulse generator to the left andright carotid arteries. The company also offers a Rheos programmer system that communicates with the Rheos pulse generator. CVRx was founded in 2001 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Binx Health — Binx Health is creating new categories of healthcare solutions that deliver on-demand testing to people where they need it most. With its proprietary, desktop, PCR-based point-of-care testing platforms and consumer mobile offerings, the company is redefining “convenient care” for the modern consumer
Osteal Therapeutics — Osteal Therapeutics is a privately-held, clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing novel musculoskeletal therapeutics to treat orthopedic infections and their consequences.

European Investment Bank (EIB) provides lending, borrowing, and treasury services primarily in the European Union.The company offers project loans for the public and private sectors; loans to banks and other intermediaries; structured finance products; guarantees and securitization instruments for senior and subordinated debts; project bonds;equity and fund investment products such as infrastructure equity and debt funds, and environmental funds; and venture capital funds and security packages for funds.The company also offers microfinance; risk sharing finance for research, development, and innovation projects; finance and technical expertise for sustainable energy projects; infrastructure project advisory services; support for urban development projects; guarantees for transport infrastructure; and funding for public-private partnerships and small- and medium-sized enterprises.EIB serves the transportation, global loans, energy, industry, health, education, water, sewerage, infrastructure, services, telecommunications, agriculture, and fisheries sectors.European Investment Bank was founded in 1958 and is based in Luxembourg.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
France, Germany, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Eldrive — The largest charging point operator in Eastern Europe | Our network is expanding rapidly yet our focus is fixed on renewables, for a greener future. We provide AC & DC charging across Bulgaria, Romania and Lithuania.
ABN AMRO Bank — Als bank leggen wij de focus op inclusiviteit, duurzaamheid, sociaal ondernemen, innovatie, dagelijkse bankzaken en meer.
Enel Green Power — Enel Green Power is the company that deals with renewable energy from every perspective: from direct sales through PPA, to commitment at the forefront with its plants worldwide.

We are a seed stage venture capital fund based in the Baltic states, backing ambitious Baltic founders anywhere in the world.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Estonia, United States, Lithuania

Portfolio highlights

Drovo — The GIG economy driven on-car mobility media Platform that delivers high reach at low cost CPM via vehicle wrapped advertising campaigns for D2C brands. Adverttu - Get your brand on the road.
Monetizr — Engage with niche Gen Z and Millennial audiences through the fastest-growing mobile in-game advertising platform. Easy to set up and scale for all brands!
Inspectle Food — Automized Food hygiene inspections with Inspectle Food. Compatible with GFSI standards (BRC, IFS, FSSC) - Track and assign non-conformities, Automatic reporting, statistics and notifications.

UniTartu Ventures team up with early-stage deep tech investors to support the University of Tartu's connected researchers, startups, and spin-off’s growth.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Nanotechnology
Pre-Seed
Estonia

Portfolio highlights

UP Catalyst — UP Catalyst produces sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite for the green energy storage industry.
Gearbox Biosciences — A biotechnology company that licenses novel antibiotic-free recombinant protein production technology in E. coli.

Grid.vc is the first investor in superb teams disrupting the energy business.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Finland, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Bioreactor — Bioreactor is a revolutionary technology that converts bio waste into clean energy through biomass gasification. It's a sustainable, efficient and cost-effective solution that addresses energy poverty, energy security and climate change. With the use of the latest technology in computational fluid dynamics, cloud-optimized digital twin anddeep learning algorithms, the Bioreactor can optimize its performance in real-time over a wide range of fuels and operating conditions. The Bioreactor is a game changer in the energy industry, it can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, drastically lower energy costs, and help to alleviate energy poverty on a national scale.
Safegrid — Smarter sensors for a smarter grid
Vensum Power — Revolutionizing power conversion. More power in same package, less energy waste and low maintenance.

Founded in 1985, Domain Associates, L.L.C. is a venture capital firm with an exclusive focus on life sciences. With $2 billion of capital under management, Domain is headquartered in Princeton, NJ with a second office in San Diego, CA.Domainâ€™s three major investment segments are pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceuticals, and medical devices,while additional areas of interest include biomaterials, bioinstrumentation, and diagnostics. The Partners of Domain have a total of close to 200 person-years of experience among them in the healthcare/venture capital industries and have been involved in the formation and growth of more than 200 life-sciences companies. The highly focused network, experience, and reputation of this team have made it one of the top private-equity groups participating in the healthcare field.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series B, Series C, Series A
United States, Canada, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Epic Sciences — Epic Sciences develops clinical solutions that accelerate drug development and guided therapy across cancer drug indications. Epic's new AR-V7 CTC liquid biopsy test is the first clinically proven predictive test for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Antios Therapeutics — This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this: Hi there! I'm a bike messenger
Fractyl Health — Our vision is to develop transformative therapies that have the potential to prevent and eliminate metabolic diseases. We are a mission-driven team of innovators, singularly

Voima Ventures’ mission is to solve major global problems by combining science, entrepreneurship, and value adding capital. They shed light on the ideas and technology which require time and courage to build. Industry domains include bio and new materials, medical technologies and life sciences, imaging and optics, IoT and electronics, robotics,software & ICT and AI. In addition, Voima Ventures has invested in more than 30 deep tech startups, including companies like Solar Foods, Infinited Fiber Company, and Dispelix. Cornerstone investors are VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and European Investment Fund (EIF), backed by Finnish private and institutional investors.