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    dsm-firmenich Ventures

    Heerlen, NetherlandsFounded 2001

    dsm-firmenich Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of dsm-firmenich, a global leader in nutrition, health, and beauty. It invests in early-stage startups across perfumery & beauty, taste, texture & health, and health, nutrition & care.

    Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is series-a (53% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.2M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    29

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Scott Horner

    Scott Horner

    Managing Director

    Akshat Kshetrapal

    Akshat Kshetrapal

    Investment Director

    Amanda Donohue-Hansen

    Amanda Donohue-Hansen

    Investment Director

    Arpesh Mehta

    Arpesh Mehta

    Investment Director

    Philip Hul

    Philip Hul

    Senior Director Fund Operations

    Philip Mertens

    Philip Mertens

    Investment Principal

    Iulian Baxan

    Iulian Baxan

    Associate

    Maxime Overgaag

    Maxime Overgaag

    Associate

    Adrienne Zitka

    Adrienne Zitka

    Legal Counsel

    DP

    Diana Pepels

    Team coordinator

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    36 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    PP2 Science Inc.Unknown$23MMay 2026
    ATRO Medical logoATRO MedicalUnknown—Feb 2026
    Octarine Bio logoOctarine BioSeries A—Jan 2026
    EExoLabSeries A—Feb 2025
    EExoLab ItaliaSeries A—Feb 2025
    Inkbit logoInkbitSeries B$19MMay 2024
    Octarine Bio logoOctarine BioSeed$4.7MNov 2023
    Meatable logoMeatableGrowth$35MAug 2023
    Incredo logoIncredoSeries C$30MMay 2023
    PP2 Science Inc.Series A$23MFeb 2023
    Paleo logoPaleoSeries A$12.7MFeb 2023
    MMEALAPre-Seed$1.9MFeb 2023
    Miach Orthopaedics logoMiach OrthopaedicsBridge—Jan 2023
    Chinova Bioworks logoChinova BioworksSeries A$6MJun 2022
    inne logoinneUnknown$10MMay 2022
    OK Capsule logoOK CapsuleSeed$9.5MMar 2022
    Rootine logoRootineSeries A$10MJan 2022
    LLeading Edge EquipmentSeries A$7.6MOct 2020
    Panaceutics logoPanaceuticsSeries A—Apr 2020
    PPhynovaUnknown—Jan 2020
    LLeading Edge EquipmentSeries A$7.6MJan 2020
    inne logoinneSeries A$8.8MOct 2019
    AAdditive Manufacturing Technologies LtdSeries A—Oct 2019
    S-Biomedic logoS-BiomedicSeries A—Jan 2019
    AAdditive Manufacturing Technologies LtdSeries A$5.2MJan 2019
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026