# SAGANA

> SAGANA is a VC fund in Zürich backing Financial Services, Education and Biotechnology. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/saganacapital/
- Website: https://sagana.com/

Sagana is a dedicated team of investors, thinkers, and doers, working to unleash the potential of people, capital and business to create a better future for all. Driven by this bold vision, we leverage decades of experience in private equity, impact investing and entrepreneurship to discover, invest in and grow companies that are successfullysolving some of the biggest challenges of our time.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$4.2M |
| Series A | $3M–$11M |
| Series B | $18M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 23% |
| Education | 2 | 15% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 15% |
| Sustainability | 2 | 15% |
| Legal | 1 | 8% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 38% |
| Series A | 5 | 38% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 3 | 23% |
| Kenya | 1 | 8% |
| France | 1 | 8% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 8% |
| Singapore | 1 | 8% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ekko | Ekko offers Earned Wage Access (EWA), allowing employees to access their earned wages at any time, rather than waiting for a certain payday. | $4.2M | Seed | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Colorifix | Colorifix is a biotechnology company that has pioneered the first entirely biological process to produce, deposit and fix pigments onto textiles. Using a synthetic biology approach, it offers a radically different solution to incumbent dyeing technologies that entirely cuts out the use of harsh chemistry and leads to huge reductions in waterconsumption. Colorifix’s investors include Cambridge Enterprise, H&M, Mills Fabrica, Primera Impact and Sagana, whose collective backing is funding its expansion. For more information, visit www.colorifix.com | $18M | Series B | Jun 23, 2025 |  |
| Promethean Energy | Promethean Energy is a waste heat recovery and water saving solution for industrial and commercial applications. It also develops systems to recover waste heat and reduce fuel consumption across industries such as chemicals, textiles, dairy, food, and hospitality, enabling clients to increase fuel efficiency and reduce their carbon footprint. | $2M | Seed | May 22, 2025 |  |
| Cancrie | Cancrie produces sustainable advanced material for energy storage devices. It transforms waste into quality advanced battery material that increases the efficiency of energy storage devices through a simple drop-in solution. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| inHEART | inHEART is a spin-off from IHU Liryc and Inria, two top-tier research centers respectively in cardiac electrophysiology and digital science and technology, that develops software solutions for medical image analysis and cardiac modeling in heart rhythm disorders. inHEART vision is to make the bridge between radiology and cardiology to become aworldwide leader in image-guided diagnosis, therapy planning and navigation software solutions for heart rhythm disorders. | $11M | Series A | May 06, 2024 |  |
| Meridia | Meridia is a mobile platform that provides smallholder farmer families with documentation of their land. We also provide them a profile with which they can access inputs and financial services that are precisely tailored to their circumstances. | $5.6M | Series A | Apr 23, 2024 |  |
| Colorifix | Colorifix is a biotechnology company that has pioneered the first entirely biological process to produce, deposit and fix pigments onto textiles. Using a synthetic biology approach, it offers a radically different solution to incumbent dyeing technologies that entirely cuts out the use of harsh chemistry and leads to huge reductions in waterconsumption. Colorifix’s investors include Cambridge Enterprise, H&M, Mills Fabrica, Primera Impact and Sagana, whose collective backing is funding its expansion. For more information, visit www.colorifix.com | $22.7M | Series B | May 27, 2022 |  |
| Homage | Homage provides non-medical and medical services to seniors and adults. Their services include disability assessments, activities of daily living assistance, nursing procedures, and rehabilitation services, including physiotherapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy. They also provide health screening, mobile medicine, telemedicine,ambulance, and medication delivery services. | $29.8M | Series C | Sep 03, 2021 |  |
| Colorifix | Colorifix is a biotechnology company that has pioneered the first entirely biological process to produce, deposit and fix pigments onto textiles. Using a synthetic biology approach, it offers a radically different solution to incumbent dyeing technologies that entirely cuts out the use of harsh chemistry and leads to huge reductions in waterconsumption. Colorifix’s investors include Cambridge Enterprise, H&M, Mills Fabrica, Primera Impact and Sagana, whose collective backing is funding its expansion. For more information, visit www.colorifix.com | $6M | Series A | Jul 10, 2020 |  |
| Colorifix | Colorifix is a biotechnology company that has pioneered the first entirely biological process to produce, deposit and fix pigments onto textiles. Using a synthetic biology approach, it offers a radically different solution to incumbent dyeing technologies that entirely cuts out the use of harsh chemistry and leads to huge reductions in waterconsumption. Colorifix’s investors include Cambridge Enterprise, H&M, Mills Fabrica, Primera Impact and Sagana, whose collective backing is funding its expansion. For more information, visit www.colorifix.com |  | Seed | Dec 17, 2018 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [H&M Group Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/h-m-co-lab) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [WENVEST Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wenvest-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Regeneration.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/regeneration-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [University of Cambridge Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-cambridge-enterprise) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [IIMA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ciie-iim-ahmedabad) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SAGANA invest in?

SAGANA invests primarily in Financial Services, Education and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is SAGANA's check size?

SAGANA typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$4.2M at Seed, $3M–$11M at Series A and $18M–$23M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SAGANA participates in.

### When did SAGANA last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for SAGANA closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 13 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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