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Ventures

Invest in breakthrough healthtech solutions that transform patients' lives.

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Invest in transformative health innovations
Invest in transformative health innovations

We vet over 1500 innovations yearly and identify, build, and invest in 20 to 25 ventures that address crucial, unmet needs in the healthcare sector. Our ventures lead in areas such as personalized medicine, AI diagnostics, and medical devices, all of which show substantial potential for growth, return, and impact.

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Invest alongside NLC
Invest alongside NLC

As an investor in an NLC venture, you always invest alongside NLC. Our team of 80+ experts offers comprehensive support to our ventures, including regulatory guidance, product development assistance, and clinical trial setup. This extensive, tailored support system de-risks your investment and enhances the likelihood of venture success. Single-company investments start at €25K.

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Invest with impact
Invest with impact

By investing in one of our ventures, you help bring transformative health solutions to patients in need, directly impacting their lives. NLC is a certified B Corp and supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 9, and 17, our funds are SDFR-9 compliant, which means we adhere to the strictest impact regulations. Investing in NLC ventures can be your pathway to high-impact capital deployment.

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a highlight from our portfolio

Angiogenesis Analytics

Angiogenesis Analytics

Angiogenesis Analytics is transforming prostate cancer diagnosis by integrating artificial intelligence with advanced ultrasound technology. Our mission is to make the detection of prostate cancer quicker, more affordable, and significantly less invasive than traditional methods. By pioneering the innovative PCAVision technology, we are setting new standards in healthcare.
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PEP Health

PEP Health

PEP Health is revolutionizing how healthcare providers understand and improve patient experiences by leveraging machine-learning technology to give healthcare organizations, regulators, and insurers the real-time, actionable insights they need to have a direct and dramatic impact on patient experiences.
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Charm
Empowering low-resource healthcare professionals around the world

ChARM, or the Children’s Automated Respiration Monitor, addresses the challenge of pneumonia misdiagnosis in low-resource settings. This battery-powered device provides accurate breathing rate monitoring for children under five, empowering healthcare workers to make correct diagnoses swiftly. By streamlining the diagnostic process, ChARM facilitates timely treatment, potentially saving thousands of young lives annually.

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🇳🇱 Netherlands
Charm
Rheumasense
Rheumasense delivers real-time, precise RA insights with LC-MS biomarker testing and AI, empowering personalized, proactive care

Rheumasense combines LC-MS biomarker testing with advanced machine learning to provide real-time, objective insights into rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity. Our technology measures specific metabolites linked to RA progression, offering accurate, quantitative data for timely, personalized treatment adjustments. With a simple at-home blood collection kit and clinically validated testing at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, we deliver actionable results quickly and cost-effectively, improving patient outcomes and supporting proactive care.

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Rheumasense
Haermonics
Less complications after open-heart surgery

Haermonics addresses the challenge of complications after open heart surgery with a transformative solution. Excessive blood loss and clots post-surgery lead to numerous issues, including reoperations and cardiac tamponades, resulting in significant healthcare costs and loss of lives. The Haermonics Flush device offers a preventive approach by flushing the pericardial cavity after surgery, limiting blood loss and clot formation. By providing medical professionals with better patient status monitoring, Haermonics Flush empowers doctors to make more informed decisions, ultimately saving thousands of lives and billions in hospital costs.

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🇳🇱 Netherlands
Haermonics
Nilocas
A cardiac device for the detection of coronary artery disease

Nilocas offers a revolutionary solution for detecting coronary artery disease non-invasively and without radiation. Patients wear a lightweight chest patch that captures the sounds of turbulent blood flow through arteries using microphones and accelerometers. Advanced machine learning and AI rapidly analyze the data, providing a clear diagnosis in just 10 minutes. This innovation eliminates the need for costly and invasive procedures, making cardiac diagnosis more accessible in both clinical and non-clinical settings.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Nilocas
Heat2move
Non-medical and non-invasive pain relieving technology

Heat2Move offers a revolutionizing approach to chronic back pain treatment. Unlike traditional methods relying on medications or heat patches, Heat2Move combines blue light and infrared warmth to enhance blood flow and muscle repair. This innovative solution provides therapists and patients with a new tool for managing chronic pain effectively. With its potential to make a significant impact on treatment options, BlueTouch offers hope for those suffering from back pain worldwide.

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🇳🇱 Netherlands
Heat2move
Venous Stent
World's first in length adjustable multi-segmented venous stent

The Venous Stent is a new type of stent designed to help with conditions like deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS). Unlike older stents, this one can adjust in length and has multiple parts, making it more flexible and better for the veins. It helps improve blood flow and healing in the veins, potentially reducing the need for long-term medication.

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🇳🇱 Netherlands
Venous Stent
Ansana
A new sterilisation technology for the healthcare & pharmaceutical industry

Ansana offers a smart sterilization container for surgical instruments, designed to tackle key challenges in the healthcare sector. By integrating electronic sensors, it ensures sterility in operating rooms, reducing the risk of infections by 10% and lowering the environmental impact of sterilization processes by 85%. Ansana's enhances patient safety with real-time monitoring and traceability features, with complex instruments like endoscopes, while also cutting costs for healthcare facilities in terms of labor and materials.

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🇳🇱 Netherlands
Ansana
Karla Therapeutics
Innovating mental health treatments through neuroimmunology

Karla Therapeutics is exploring an approach, treating mental disorders by leveraging our immune system. Neurodevelopmental disorders like ADHD and OCD are increasingly prevalent, yet treatment options often have side effects and limited effectiveness. By bridging between the immune system and mental health, Karla aims to revolutionize treatment methods. Their research focuses on a specific protein identified by top-tier immunologists, showing promising results in early experiments for OCD, anxiety, and ADHD.

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🇫🇷 France
Karla Therapeutics

Our impact

15
Countries active in
2.4M
Patients impacted
20-25
Ventures built annually
70+
Active ventures in our portfolio
80+
Healthcare experts
€160M+
Raised by NLC ventures

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Maurits Schouten
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I consider the medical sector to be very attractive. However, without the right expertise, network, and diversification, the risks can be significant. NLC removes these barriers and creates an attractive opportunity for me to participate as an investor in this sector.
Maurits Schouten

Maurits Schouten

Impact investor and Board Member of PYM

Peter Veldman
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What I really like about NLC and what triggered my investment in the company is the strong culture and the quality of the team. NLC is able to de-risk the innovation cycle by building ventures at scale, thereby playing a leading role in shaping the future of healthcare.
Peter Veldman

Peter Veldman

Advisor and previous Deputy Head of Fund Operations at EQT Group

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Create a healthier future with us

Lars Olthof
Head of Venture Finance, Venture Investment Director