Ysios Capital
VC Fund
San Sebastian, Spain
Ysios Capital is a leading Spanish independent venture capital firm that provides private equity financing to early and mid-stage life science companies that develop disruptive therapeutic products and platform technologies. Founded in 2008, Ysios Capital manages c.a. €350 M through three dedicated funds in life sciences and is led by a team ofprofessionals experienced in building biotech companies.
- Total investments:
- 86
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
- Fund size:
- $246M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Ysios Capital invests in
Stages Ysios Capital invests in
Countries Ysios Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Series A
- $3.8M–$65M
- Series B
- $17M–$135M
- Series C
- $29M–$83M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 34 (40%)
- Health Care 26 (30%)
- Medical 19 (22%)
- Pharmaceutical 12 (14%)
- Therapeutics 10 (12%)
Stage
- Series A 19 (22%)
- Series B 19 (22%)
- Series C 14 (16%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (7%)
- Series D 5 (6%)
Country
- Spain 12 (14%)
- United States 8 (9%)
- Switzerland 6 (7%)
- The Netherlands 6 (7%)
- France 3 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cristina Garmendia
Founding Partner and Member of the Board
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Founding Partner and Member of the Board | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Claudia D’Augusta
Venture Partner
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Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Guillem Laporta
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Joel Mairet
Managing Partner and Co - Founder
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Managing Partner and Co - Founder | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
Karen Wagner
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda Biomed, headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, is among the world's most innovative early stage medical technology companies. The company was founded by Dr. Ofir Arad and Dr. Marc Ribó in 2015, and is developing the ANCD BRAIN™, a novel 3rd Generation Stented Aspiration Thrombectomy System for the treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS). | $56M / Series C / Sep 23, 2026 | ||
| Kynexis is advancing the first potential precision medicine for the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS). | $112.3M / Series A / Aug 19, 2026 | ||
| Ona Therapeutics is a biotech company that specializes in the discovery and development of therapeutic biologics targeting tumor metastatic-initiating cells and lipid metabolism. Founded in 2019 by Salvador Aznar-Benitah and Valerie Vanhooren, it was a spin-off from ICREA and Advanced Studies, and the IRB Institute for Research in Biomedicine. | $86.6M / Series B / Jun 04, 2026 | ||
| ADCendo ApS is a biotech company dedicated to developing new types of anti-cancer drugs. We focus on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) directed at novel targets, that have been found to be overexpressed by several cancer forms, that are all characterized by a significant unmet need for novel treatment. | $75M / Series C / Apr 14, 2026 | ||
| Ona Therapeutics is a biotech company that specializes in the discovery and development of therapeutic biologics targeting tumor metastatic-initiating cells and lipid metabolism. Founded in 2019 by Salvador Aznar-Benitah and Valerie Vanhooren, it was a spin-off from ICREA and Advanced Studies, and the IRB Institute for Research in Biomedicine. | $11.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 09, 2025 | ||
| Splice Bio is a gene therapy company based on technology developed in the Muir Lab at Princeton University. The company is developing novel gene therapies based on its proprietary intein platform technology to treat patients that suffer from incurable genetic diseases. The company’s platform has the potential to address two existing limitations ofadeno-associated viruses (AAVs), both by increasing the size of the cargo gene that can be delivered and by expanding the range of tissues that can be targeted. | $135M / Series B / Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| ReproNovo is providing patients all over the world with significant improvement by developing cutting-edge therapeutic solutions for uterine disorders including adenomyosis and for male and female infertility. | $65M / Series A / May 21, 2025 | ||
| Neurona Therapeutics is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company that was founded by four neuroscientists and stem cell pioneers at The University of California, San Francisco. They are focused on the discovery and development of cell-based therapies to treat intractable neurological disease. Its initial aim is to generate therapeuticcompositions of a specific type of nerve cell (or neuron) for targeted delivery into the injured nervous system. Based on nearly two decades of research, they believe that particular subpopulations of neurons have the unique ability to integrate and repair dysregulated neural circuits. Its talented team of scientists, scientific advisors, and board directors is working to accelerate breakthrough treatments for patients with significant unmet medical needs. | $102M / Series F / Apr 03, 2025 | ||
| ADCendo ApS is a biotech company dedicated to developing new types of anti-cancer drugs. We focus on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) directed at novel targets, that have been found to be overexpressed by several cancer forms, that are all characterized by a significant unmet need for novel treatment. | $135M / Series B / Nov 25, 2024 | ||
| ADCendo ApS is a biotech company dedicated to developing new types of anti-cancer drugs. We focus on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) directed at novel targets, that have been found to be overexpressed by several cancer forms, that are all characterized by a significant unmet need for novel treatment. | $17.3M / Series A / May 29, 2024 | ||
| See all 86 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Ysios Capital invest in?
Ysios Capital invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 86 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ysios Capital's check size?
Ysios Capital typically joins rounds of $3.8M–$65M at Series A, $17M–$135M at Series B and $29M–$83M 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 Ysios Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at Ysios Capital?
The team at Ysios Capital includes Cristina Garmendia (Founding Partner and Member of the Board), Claudia D’Augusta (Venture Partner) and Guillem Laporta (Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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