# Droia Ventures

> Droia Ventures is a VC fund in Luxembourg backing Biotechnology and Medical. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Fund size: $241M
- Last fund: May 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/droia
- Website: http://droia.be/

Droia Ventures is a VC fund in Luxembourg focused on Biotechnology and Medical. Droia is a specialist biotech investor with an exclusive focus on therapeutics for oncology and genetic disease. Droia invests globally in newly founded or early-stage platform companies that apply novel science and innovative technologies to bring first-in-class drug candidates to patients. With our team of seasoned scientists, entrepreneurs, andinvestment professionals we build great companies to save patient lives.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $12M–$75M |
| Series B | $29M–$89M |
| Series C | $75M–$125M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 23 | 57% |
| Medical | 12 | 30% |
| Therapeutics | 9 | 23% |
| Health Care | 8 | 20% |
| Pharmaceutical | 8 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 13 | 33% |
| Series B | 9 | 23% |
| Series C | 6 | 15% |
| Seed | 4 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 40% |
| Belgium | 3 | 8% |
| The Netherlands | 3 | 8% |
| Denmark | 1 | 3% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| George Golumbeski | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-golumbeski |
| Luc Verelst | Founder & Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luc-verelst |
| Thomas Martz | Entrepreneur-In-Residence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-martz |
| Bart Van Hooland | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-van-hooland |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Unnatural Products | Unnatural Products is a startup pairing AI with chemistry to create treatments for drug targets. Its AI-enhanced technology platform creates entirely new drugs by engineering passively permeable, macrocyclic peptides that access traditionally undruggable targets.Unnatural Products was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz,California. | $45M | Series B | Mar 16, 2026 |  |
| Protego Biopharma | Protego Biopharma develops therapeutics based on the clear human genetic link, excellent human safety profile, proof-of-principle efficacy. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. | $130M | Series B | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| Actio Biosciences | Actio Biosciences involves in the development of precision medicines for homogenous rare patient populations. They develop a pipeline of new medicines with the goal to enhance the probability of clinical success and deliver medicines for all patients. | $66M | Series B | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| Hillstar Bio | Hillstar Bio is developing precision immunotherapies to treat autoimmune diseases. | $67M | Series A | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| Hillstar Bio | Hillstar Bio is developing precision immunotherapies to treat autoimmune diseases. | $67M | Series A | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| Alesta Therapeutics | Alesta Therapeutics focused on translating novel targets in the chronic stress response pathways into new therapeutic approaches to treat cancer | $67M | Series A | Jan 08, 2025 |  |
| Alesta Therapeutics | Alesta Therapeutics focused on translating novel targets in the chronic stress response pathways into new therapeutic approaches to treat cancer | $67M | Series A | Jan 08, 2025 |  |
| Judo Bio | Judo Bio is a biotechnology company that develops precision therapeutics targeting specific cell populations to address genetic diseases. By leveraging its innovative receptor targeting approach, Judo Bio is developing a pipeline aimed at benefiting patients with both common and rare diseases. | $75M | Series A | Oct 07, 2024 |  |
| Vico Therapeutics | Vico Therapeutics is a developer of ribonucleic acid (RNA) modulating therapies for rare neurological disorders. The company discovers, develops, and delivers therapies for CNS disorders. Its initial focus is on SCA which is a subgroup of hereditary ataxia, HD which is a neurodegenerative disorder, and RTT-a neurodevelopmental disorder primarilyaffecting girls that enable clients with providing therapy for it.Vico Therapeutics was founded in 2019 by Luc Dochez, Josh Mandel-Brehm, Judith van Deutekom, and Gail Mandel and it is headquartered in Leiden, The Netherlands. | $12.3M | Series B | Jun 24, 2024 |  |
| Frontier Medicines | Frontier Medicines’is a developer of a chemoproteomics platform intended to further accelerate the path to drug discovery. The company's platform integrates advanced computational approaches and machine learning to discover and pharmacologically target new binding pockets on proteins, making them accessible to small-molecule drug discovery anddevelopment, enabling patients to consume breakthrough medicines that redefine the course of debilitating diseases. | $80M | Series C | Feb 22, 2024 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Polaris Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polaris-partners) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Novo Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/novo-a-s) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [RA Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ra-capital-management) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Atlas Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Kurma Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurma-life-science-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [EQT Life Sciences](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/life-sciences-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Droia Ventures invest in?

Droia Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Medical and Therapeutics startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Droia Ventures's check size?

Droia Ventures typically joins rounds of $12M–$75M at Series A, $29M–$89M at Series B and $75M–$125M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Droia Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Droia Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Droia Ventures?

The team at Droia Ventures includes George Golumbeski (Partner), Luc Verelst (Founder & Chairman) and Thomas Martz (Entrepreneur-In-Residence). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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