Dominik Escher
Managing Partner & Founding partner @ Pureos Bioventures
Dominik Escher is a Series A investor at Pureos Bioventures focused on Biotechnology and Therapeutics. Dominik is a founding partner of Pureos and a co-founder and Executive Chairman of CDR-Life. He is also president of the Swiss Biotech Association. Previously, he was a founder and CEO of ESBATech, which was acquired in 2009 by Alcon (Novartis) for USD 589 million. As a biotech entrepreneur, he raised USD 90 million for ESBATech to develop novelantibody fragments from discovery to maturity, delivering multiple clinically successful products (e.g., Brolucizumab). Dominik obtained his PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Zurich.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Dominik Escher invests in
Stages Dominik Escher invests in
Countries Dominik Escher invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 5 (83%)
- Therapeutics 4 (67%)
- Health Care 2 (33%)
- Medical 1 (17%)
- Medical Device 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (50%)
- Seed 2 (33%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
Country
- France 2 (33%)
- Switzerland 2 (33%)
- United States 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Tavo Biotherapeutics is a biotech company that develops injection therapies for eye diseases. | $17M / Series A / Jun 02, 2026 | ||
| PulseSight is an ophthalmology drug development company creating novel, non-viral gene therapies with minimally invasive delivery technology to address the unmet need for treatments against severe retinal diseases leading to blindness. | Seed / Feb 28, 2024 | ||
| Araris Biotech AG (Araris) is a biotechnology start-up company. Their aim is to deliver a breakthrough technology platform that enables the development of next-generation ADC-based safe and potent drugs for various diseases and ailments.They are committed to produce high quality ADCs that do not require any engineering (antibody and/orcell-line) for site-specific conjugation instead the antibodies can directly be taken 'off-the-shelf'. The site-specifically modified ADCs can thus be produced rapidly within a few days and quality control and analysis can be performed quickly with high confidence. Their ADC technology is backed by two patents. | $24M / Series A / Oct 04, 2022 | ||
| Engimmune Therapeutics is a platform and product development company using cutting-edge technologies in the life sciences engineering highly potent and specific therapies based on T cell receptors (TCR) targeting solid tumors. | $15.8M / Seed / May 03, 2022 | ||
| Eyevensys is a address critical unmet needs in ophthalmology by providing a much better way of delivering ophthalmic drugs that overcomes the limitations of current options, such as intravitreal injections, surgery, intravitreal implants and biodegradable formulations. All of these current options have their drawbacks, given they are invasiveprocedures. Eyevensys’ goal is not only to improve short and long term therapeutic outcomes, but also to enhance compliance, improve ocular bioavailability and tolerability.They plan to build a high value product pipeline by enabling sustained production of therapeutic proteins in the eye that will deliver improved clinical outcomes while reducing the burden of frequent intravitreal or systemic injections and other invasive procedures. | $30M / Series B / Jan 08, 2020 | ||
| PulseSight is an ophthalmology drug development company creating novel, non-viral gene therapies with minimally invasive delivery technology to address the unmet need for treatments against severe retinal diseases leading to blindness. | Series A |
Co-Investors
About Pureos Bioventures
Pureos Bioventures is a new venture capital fund located in Zurich to exclusively invest in private innovative drug development companies, with a special emphasis on the next generation of biological drugs and drug formats
Pureos Bioventures Contacts
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Klaus Breiner
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Martin Münchbach
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Dominik Escher
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Ximing Ding
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What does Dominik Escher invest in?
Dominik Escher invests primarily in Biotechnology, Therapeutics and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Dominik Escher closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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