# Nikolaus Sturm

> Nikolaus Sturm is a seed investor backing Life Science and Biotechnology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Nikolaus Sturm is a seed investor focused on Life Science and Biotechnology. Nikolaus Sturm

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Life Science | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DNTOX | We are building up a bioanalytical testing laboratory for animal-free screening of chemicals, regarding their potential to disturb brain development and cause developmental neurotoxicity (DNT). Our in vitro testing battery is based on human cell models and enables chemical screening in a high-content and medium-throughput fashion. Furthermore, itis supported by an in-house developed software, using artifical intelligence. We support our customers during the identification of safe lead structures during substance development, as well as the safety assessment during approval and re-approval processes of chemicals. With our innovation, we want to realize our company vision: Safe chemicals without animal experiments! | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 14, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AQAL Integral Investing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aqal-integral-investing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bool Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bool-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Nikolaus Sturm invest in?

Nikolaus Sturm invests primarily in Life Science and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nikolaus Sturm last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nikolaus Sturm closed in Jun 2023. 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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