# Hans van der Saag

> Hans van der Saag is a Series A investor at BioActor backing Health Care and Biotechnology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BioActor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bioactor)
- Location: Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2011
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/hans-van-der-saag/5/797/83

Hans van der Saag is a Series A investor at BioActor in Maastricht focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Hans van der Saag - Chief Executive Officer @ BioActor

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Dietary Supplements | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BioActor | BioActor develops proprietary health ingredients for use in functional foods, medical nutrition and dietary supplements. All these ingredients address chronic health concerns, such as diabetes,osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, that would benefit from preventative measures through the diet. BioActor's product development strategy relies onthree simple tenets: a new health ingredient must be based on a patentable scientific discovery; it must be food grade from a natural and renewable source; and its health effect must be clinically proven. BioActor's first product, BONOLIVE, a first in class bone health ingredient that is clinically proven to stimulate bone producing cells, is a great example of this strategy and will be launched in the USA this year. BioActor successfully implemented its product development strategy by establishing alliances with top nutrition research institutes (e.g. INRA, CSIC, Maastricht University, UCL, Ghent University) and by establishing production partnerships with industrial players to shorten the path to market. | $2.2M | Series A | Jul 26, 2011 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ICOS Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icoscapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Limburg Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/limburg-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nedermaas Hightech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nedermaas-hightech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BioActor

VC Fund · Maastricht, The Netherlands

BioActor develops proprietary health ingredients for use in functional foods, medical nutrition and dietary supplements. All these ingredients address chronic health concerns, such as diabetes,osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, that would benefit from preventative measures through the diet. BioActor's product development strategy relies onthree simple tenets: a new health ingredient must be based on a patentable scientific discovery; it must be food grade from a natural and renewable source; and its health effect must be clinically proven. BioActor's first product, BONOLIVE, a first in class bone health ingredient that is clinically proven to stimulate bone producing cells, is a great example of this strategy and will be launched in the USA this year. BioActor successfully implemented its product development strategy by establishing alliances with top nutrition research institutes (e.g. INRA, CSIC, Maastricht University, UCL, Ghent University) and by establishing production partnerships with industrial players to shorten the path to market.

4 contacts available at BioActor.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hans van der Saag | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hans-van-der-saag |
| Ariel Changyun Zhang | Business Development Manager for Asia Region | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ariel-changyun-zhang |
| Kevin Wilson | Commercial Manager of Health and Nutrition for Europe, Middle East, and Asia and North America | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-wilson-40ca |
| Yala Stevens | Head of Clinical Research | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yala-stevens |

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## FAQ

### What does Hans van der Saag invest in?

Hans van der Saag invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Dietary Supplements startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hans van der Saag last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hans van der Saag closed in Jul 2011. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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