# Thia Ventures

> Thia Ventures is a VC fund in Genève backing Biotechnology and Health Care. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Genève, Switzerland
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thia-ventures
- Website: https://thiaventures.com/

Thia Ventures is an Early-stage investor in one of the most dynamic and essential fields of current human endeavor.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Thia Ventures. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Thia Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/thia-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.4M–$20M |
| Series A | $6.8M–$48M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 13 | 59% |
| Health Care | 3 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 14% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 14% |
| AgTech | 2 | 9% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 36% |
| Seed | 7 | 32% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 9% |
| Series B | 2 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 41% |
| France | 2 | 9% |
| Denmark | 2 | 9% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 5% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bart Van Hooland | Managing Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-van-hooland-ab7a |
| Samuelle Thevenet | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samuelle-thevenet |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| uFraction8 | uFraction8 provides scalable bioprocessing technology enabling biomass filtration, separation and dewatering, used with wide range of microbes like micro algae, yeast and bacteria, sorting biomass from culture medium with no harm and no flocculants unlike centrifuges, filters and membranes. | $4.3M |  | Feb 24, 2025 |  |
| uFraction8 | uFraction8 provides scalable bioprocessing technology enabling biomass filtration, separation and dewatering, used with wide range of microbes like micro algae, yeast and bacteria, sorting biomass from culture medium with no harm and no flocculants unlike centrifuges, filters and membranes. | $4.3M |  | Feb 24, 2025 |  |
| Switch Bioworks | Switch Bioworks produces sustainable nitrogen fertilizer by reprogramming naturally occurring symbiotic microbes to produce fertilizers. | $17M | Seed | Sep 05, 2024 |  |
| EvodiaBio | EvodiaBio is a bio-industrial firm that creates natural, sustainable scents for the food and beverage industries. Founded in 2021 and is based in Copenhagen, Capital Region. | $7.2M | Series A | Jun 07, 2024 |  |
| Protealis | Sustainable plant proteins for Europe​ | $23.9M | Series B | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| Clever Carnivore | Clever Carnivore is a cell-cultured meat startup that uses stem cell biology, recombinant protein, and bioengineering to create cost-effective lab grown meats. With the company's high-efficiency model, cruelty-free, environmentally friendly, and cost-competitive technology it aims to produce sausage, burgers, and chicken nuggets. | $7M | Seed | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| Pow.bio | Pow.bio provides intelligent fermentation services for industrial and synthetic biology, helping turn great ideas into profitable products. We combine continuous fermentation with advanced control methodology to quickly optimize your fermentation process and deliver high yields at low costs. Our scale runs from 1-100 liter capacity for bacteria,yeast, and filamentous fungi. | $9.7M | Series A | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| Allozymes | Allozymes is a leading deep technology company applying innovative ultrahigh-throughput microfluidics technology to accelerate enzyme evolution and development. We develop sensitive, accurate, and generic assays to detect enzymatic reactions, proprietary microfluidic chips, and proteomics technologies to take enzyme development to the next level. | $15M | Series A | Aug 07, 2023 |  |
| Chromologics | Chromologics develops innovative natural food colorants. Chromologics is a Danish biotech spin-out from the Technical University of Denmark. We have developed a fungal biotech platform for the production of novel, natural colorants. | $7.6M | Seed | Mar 06, 2023 |  |
| People Science | People Science is a tech-led R&D platform for alternative medicine. | $5.3M | Seed | Jan 26, 2023 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blue Horizon Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-horizon-corporation) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-enterprise) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Alwyn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alwyn-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Thia Ventures invest in?

Thia Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 22 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 Thia Ventures's check size?

Thia Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.4M–$20M at Seed and $6.8M–$48M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Thia Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Thia Ventures?

Public channels for Thia Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Thia Ventures?

The team at Thia Ventures includes Bart Van Hooland (Managing Partner) and Samuelle Thevenet (Chief Operating Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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