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Forbion

04.01.2024

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About Company
Netherlands-based venture capital firm investing in life sciences and MedTech companies.

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Forbion Capital Partners

founded date

01.01.2006

Offices

The Netherlands, Gooimeer 2-35 1411 DC Naarden

The Netherlands, Gooimeer 2-35 1411 DC Naarden

Germany, Gärtnerplatz 6 80469 München

Germany, Gärtnerplatz 6 80469 München

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IPO status

Private

Description

Forbion was born out of ABN AMRO Capital Life Sciences in 2000. Six years later, we transitioned to Forbion Capital Partners. Today, to emphasize our value-add beyond merely providing capital, we are simply known as Forbion. For more than two decades, our investment team has built an impressive track record of sourcing, building and guiding life-sciences companies resulting in many breakthrough therapies and valuable exits. Forbion currently manages over €2.3 bn across ten funds. As of October 2022, Forbion holds 43 active portfolio companies bringing its investments to 95 companies to date with 46 employees. Forbion’s investors include the European Investment Fund (EIF), notably through its European Recovery Programme (ERP), LfA, the Dutch Venture Initiative (DVI) and AMUF facilities, and the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KFW) through the ERP – Venture Capital Fondsfinanzierung facility.
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Forbion Capital Partners Management Services, B.V.
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Sander Slootweg
Sander Slootweg

Sander Slootweg

He currently serves on the boards of Forbion’s portfolio companies Xention Discovery Ltd, Provesica Ltd, Pulmagen Therapeutics, Ltd, Oxyrane Ltd and uniQure. In addition, Sander was responsible for two of Forbion’s recent exits: Biovex, Inc. was sold to Amgen in March of this year for up to USD 1 billion and Fovea Pharmaceutics SA was sold to sanofi-aventis for up to EUR 390 million in 2009. In recent years Sander has served on the boards of Argenta Discovery Ltd (sold to Galapagos in 2010), Alantos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (sold to Amgen in 2007), Impella Cardiosystems AG (sold to Abiomed, Inc. in 2005), Glycart AG (sold to Roche in 2005), Cambridge Drug Discovery Ltd (sold to Biofocus Plc in 2001), Pieris AG and has acted as the Chairman of the Board of AMT N.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands / Euronext: AMT). Before co-founding Forbion Capital Partners, he was an Investment Director at ABN AMRO Capital Life Sciences. His other activities at ABN AMRO included buy-out/ growth equities at ABN AMRO Capital, Equity Capital Markets Syndications (HQ Amsterdam) and Financial Institutions Relationship Management Latin America (Regional Office Miami). Sander holds degrees in Business and Financial Economics from the Free University of Amsterdam and Business Administration from Nijenrode University, The Netherlands.

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Nanna Lüneborg

Nanna Lüneborg

General Partner

Dmitrij Hristodorov

Dmitrij Hristodorov

Partner

Juliette Audet

Principal

Carlo Incerti

Carlo Incerti

Operating Partner

Dirk Kersten

Dirk Kersten

General Partner

Dirk Kersten

Dirk Kersten

General Partner

Patrick Round

Patrick Round

Venture Partner

Sander van Deventer

Sander van Deventer

CEO

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