Novalis Biotech is an early stage venture capital fund in life sciences, focusing on enabling technologies in healthcare, such as digital health, diagnostics, genomics and bio-informatics.
Location: Belgium, East Flanders, Ghent
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2018
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 18
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 11.07.2025 | Clouds of ... | cloudsofcare.com | $5.54M | - |
| 20.03.2024 | RheumaFind... | rheumafinder.ai | - | - |
| 09.12.2023 | 301 Moved ... | myneotx.com | - | - |
| 07.02.2023 | Rarity Bio... | raritybioscience.com | $10.23M | Sweden, Up... |
| 31.01.2023 | C-mo Medic... | c-mo.solutions | $9.33M | - |
| 24.05.2022 | Alithea Ge... | alitheagenomics.com | $4.22M | Switzerlan... |
| 07.06.2021 | Rheavita | rheavita.com | $3.05M | - |
| 09.02.2021 | Grapheal | grapheal.com | $2.3M | France, Au... |
| - | Cergentis | cergentis.com | - | Argentina,... |
| - | Trince Bio | trincebio.com | $15.05M | Belgium, E... |
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Persons 9
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Cedric | Bogaert | - | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Jan | Van den Be... | - | linkedin.c... | - | j*n@noval.... | - |
| - | Kathleen | Van den Be... | - | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Wim | Van Crieki... | - | linkedin.c... | - | w*m@noval.... | - |
| - | Jaroslav | Belotserko... | - | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Kjell | Mortier | - | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Liesbeth | Ceelen | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Michael | Hengartner | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Bart | Rossel | - | - | - | - |
News 49
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.02.2026 | Grapheal receives funding from the The European Innovation Council (EIC) – for its project PFAST | Grapheal is honored with the EIC accelerator award. This funding, provided by EIC, European Innovation Council, will enable our startup to scale its graphene biosensor... |
| 13.02.2026 | Trince raises €5,2 million ($6 million) funding to fuel commercial expansion and technology development | Ghent, Belgium – January 20, 2026 — Trince, a life‑sciences tools company and winner of the 2024 Global Nature Spinoff Prize, developing innovative cell engineering... |
| 13.02.2026 | Altavo concludes Series A2 for the development of its Artificial Voice | January 22, 2026, Altavo, a medtech startup in AI-based voice rehabilitation, successfully closed a Series A2 financing round on January 12, 2026. |
| 03.11.2025 | Liesbeth Ceelen, CEO of BioLizard, wins Vlerick Business School – Venture Award | Liesbeth Ceelen, CEO of Novalis fund 1 portfolio company BioLizard has been awarded the Vlerick Business School Venture Award. |
| 07.07.2025 | Novalis Biotech Acceleration Fund Joins Investor Syndicate in €2M Financing Round to Accelerate Clinical Development in Neuroscience | June 27th 2025, Ghent (BE), Clouds of Care welcomes the Novalis Biotech Acceleration Fund, a prominent venture capital firm specializing on Life Sciences innovation, to their... |
| 22.03.2025 | Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and Rarity Bioscience AB sign Partnership | March 5th, 2025, Indianapolis, US. Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, in partnership with Rarity Bioscience AB offers a... |
| 22.03.2025 | BioLizard Awarded Grant from VLAIO to Advance AI-Powered Biomedical Solution for Accelerated Drug Development | March 6th 2025, Ghent BE, BioLizard, a leading bioinformatics, data analytics and data engineering consulting company driving digital transformation in the life sciences industry, has... |
| 30.11.2024 | RheaVita Announces Strategic Partnership With IMA Life | Ghent, Belgium, 18 November 2024, RheaVita Announces Strategic Partnership With IMA Life, Part of the IMA Group, to Drive Further Technological Development and Commercial Growth. |
| 08.08.2024 | Anacura acquires OHMX.bio, a Novalis fund I portfolio company, and extends its service with multi-omics for drug discovery and diagnostics | July 4th, 2024. Ghent, Belgium Anacura acquires OHMX.bio, a Novalis fund I portfolio company, and extends its service with multi-omics for drug discovery and diagnostics |
| 08.08.2024 | Novalis II portfolio company Trince awarded winner of Nature Spinoff Prize 2024 | July 11th 2024, Ghent (BE). Novalis II portfolio company Trince is awarded the Spinoff Prize from the prestigious Nature Magazine |
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Mentions in press and media 17
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.07.2025 | Novalis Biotech Acceleration Fund Joins Investor Syndicate in €2M Financing Round to Accelerate Clinical Development in Neuroscience | June 27th 2025, Ghent (BE), Clouds of Care welcomes the Novalis Biotech Acceleration Fund, a prominent venture capital firm specializing on Life Sciences innovation, to their... |
| 17.03.2024 | Alithea Genomics Revolutionizes RNA Sequencing with CHF 2.8 Million Seed Financing Extension | Alithea Genomics, a game-changer in RNA sequencing, secures CHF 2.8 million in seed financing extension led by Novalis Biotech. Their innovative BRB-seq and DRUG-seq technologies streamline RNA sample preparation, slashing costs and time. B... |
| 14.03.2024 | Alithea Genomics Closes CHF 2.8 Million in Seed Financing Extension Led by Novalis Biotech | Alithea Genomics, an emerging leader in the field of large-scale RNA sequencing and transcriptomics, announced today the closing of a CHF 2.8 million ($3.2 million)... |
| 14.03.2024 | Alithea Genomics secures CHF 2.8 million in Seed financing extension led by Novalis Biotech | Alithea Genomics secures CHF 2.8 million in Seed financing extension led by Novalis Biotech 14.03.2024 08:01, Rita Longobardi linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube --> The funding will support the commercialization and manufacturin... |
| 14.03.2024 | Alithea Genomics secures CHF 2.8 million in Seed financing extension led by Novalis Biotech | Alithea commercializes multiplexed library preparation solutions for RNA sequencing, most notably BRB-seq and DRUG-seq. These technologies prepare hundreds of RNA samples for sequencing in a single tube and, in the case of DRUG-seq, without... |
| 14.03.2024 | Alithea Genomics eyes the US market after closing seed round | Based in Lausanne, Alithea Genomics is an emerging company in the field of large-scale RNA sequencing and transcriptomics. The company commercializes massively multiplexed library preparation solutions for RNA sequencing, with two products... |
| 08.09.2022 | France-based Carroucell raises EUR 1.5 million in Series A | Grenoble, a France-based microcarrier supplier for cell culture in the bioreactor, Carroucell raised EUR 1.5 million. The Series A funding took place on September 7, 2022. Novalis Biotech Acceleration fund led the financing for the company.... |
| 10.06.2022 | Alithea Genomics Raises CHF 1 Million in Seed Financing Round Led by Novalis Biotech | |
| 24.05.2022 | Alithea Genomics completes seed round | |
| 01.07.2021 | Novalis Biotech closes second fund on €25M | Early-stage investor Novalis Biotech has closed its second Biotech Acceleration Fund on €25 million. The vehicle will be used to back startups and scale-up companies reshaping healthcare with technologies such as bioinformatics and genomics... |
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