Forbion Capital Partners
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Naarden, Netherlands
Countries of investment
- Netherlands
- Germany
- United States
Investment stages
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
- Growth
Industries
- Biotechnology
- Life Sciences
- Pharma
- Biologics
About
Forbion is a global venture capital firm dedicated to advancing groundbreaking biotech innovations and other sustainable solutions that improve the health of people and our planet. They invest across early to late clinical stages through distinct Ventures, Growth, and BioEconomy funds, providing founders with strategic capital and operational backing. Their mission is to generate substantial patient impact, societal benefits, and sustainability by integrating core ESG principles into human and planetary health sectors.
Forbion is a global venture capital firm dedicated to advancing groundbreaking biotech innovations and other sustainable solutions that improve the health of people and our planet. They invest across early to late clinical stages through distinct Ventures, Growth, and BioEconomy funds, providing founders with strategic capital and operational backing. Their mission is to generate substantial patient impact, societal benefits, and sustainability by integrating core ESG principles into human and planetary health sectors.
Investment Thesis
Forbion is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm investing across all stages of biopharmaceutical drug development, from early company creation to later clinical-stage growth. Their core thesis focuses on backing science-led therapeutics and sustainable solutions that maximize patient impact. What makes Forbion unique is its dual-fund model (Ventures + Growth vehicles) and its close alignment with strategic pharma LPs like Eli Lilly, letting them internally spin out, build, and continuously back high-conviction biotech winners without losing ownership stakes to external late-stage competitors.
Manager's Experience
Founded in 2006 and led by co-founders Sander Slootweg, Geert-Jan Mulder and Martien van Osch, Forbion has financed 142 life sciences companies over 20 years, created 37 of them, and seen 21 drugs or medical products reach the market. It manages about €7.5B.
Team
Sander Slootweg - Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Geert-Jan Mulder - Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Martien van Osch - Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Holger Reithinger - Senior Advisor
Vanessa Carle - Principal
Portfolio
argenx
NewAmsterdam Pharma
Gate Bioscience
Sling Therapeutics
Solstice Oncology
Braveheart Bio
AAVantgarde Bio
Mestag Therapeutics
Tropic Biosciences