About Sofinnova Partners
Sofinnova Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1972. It is primarily based out of Paris, France. As of Apr 2025, Sofinnova Partners is an active investor, having invested in 148 companies, with 5 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in France based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Life Sciences to High Tech and Food and Agriculture Tech. Most recently it led the $40M Series A round of along with Flying Fish Ventures. This round also saw participation from Isomer Capital and other investors.
Overall, Sofinnova Partners portfolio has seen 23 IPOs and 29 acquisitions including key companies like MaxCyte, Flexion Therapeutics and Ascendis Pharma. A lot of funds co-invest with Sofinnova Partners, with names like Bpifrance sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Sofinnova Partners has team of 81 people including 33 partners.
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Sofinnova Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Sofinnova Partners has invested in 148 companies over the last 27 years, with an average of 10 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 19 investments, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 5 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in BioClec and most recent follow-on round was in SafeHeal.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2024 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
2023 | 16 | 12 | 28 |
2022 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
2021 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
2020 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
2019 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
2018 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
2017 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2016 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
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Sofinnova Partners' Investment Trends by Stage
Sofinnova Partners is primarily an Early Stage Investor investor majorly investing in Series A (76) rounds where average round size is $1.98B, Seed (34) rounds where average round size is $178M and Series B (10) rounds where average round size is $289M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 76 |
Seed | 34 |
Series B | 10 |
Series C | 9 |
Post IPO | 6 |
Others | 4 |
Sofinnova Partners' Investment Trends by Sector
Sofinnova Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, High Tech, Sustainability Tech, Healthcare and Food and Agriculture Tech. Notably, it has invested in 122 Tech companies, 110 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 21 Tech hardware companies and at least 5 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Life Sciences | 106 |
High Tech | 25 |
Sustainability Tech | 25 |
Healthcare | 15 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 8 |
Others | 45 |
Sofinnova Partners' Investment Trends by Geography
Sofinnova Partners has made most investments in France (43), followed by United States where it has made 29 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 42 |
United States | 29 |
United Kingdom | 21 |
Italy | 11 |
Switzerland | 10 |
Others | 26 |
Sofinnova Partners' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Sofinnova Partners:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 30, 2025 | France | Series C | $39.9M | [+1] | |
Mar 19, 2025 | Italy | Seed | Undisclosed | - | |
Mar 19, 2025 | United Kingdom | Seed | Undisclosed | ||
Feb 12, 2025 | - | Series A | $40M | Radical Ventures [+8] | |
Jan 14, 2025 | France | Series A | $41M | [+8] |
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Here are Sofinnova Partners' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 01, 2021 | Feb 12, 2019 | Series A | $23.7M | |
Jul 02, 2021 | Apr 04, 2017 | Series B | $3.41M | |
Jun 11, 2020 | - | - | - | |
Apr 18, 2019 | Oct 17, 2011 | Series A | $9.71M | |
Sep 28, 2017 | Nov 29, 2011 | Series A | $10.4M |
Acquired companies in Sofinnova Partners' Portfolio
Here are Sofinnova Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 27, 2025 | May 07, 2020 | Seed | $1.78M | |
Apr 05, 2024 | Jan 26, 2014 | Series A | $12.5M | |
Mar 14, 2024 | Jan 06, 2023 | Series C | $137M | |
Nov 01, 2023 | Apr 16, 2018 | Series C | $33.5M | |
Oct 18, 2023 | Oct 14, 2022 | Series A | $30.2M |
Team profile of Sofinnova Partners
Sofinnova Partners has a team of 81 membersÌýincluding 33 Partners, 6 Venture Partners and 10 PrincipalsÌýlocated in France, Italy and . Sofinnova Partners' team sits on the board of 2 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Sofinnova Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Amsterdam | - | ||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | Milan | - | ||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | Munich | - | - | |
Partner | Madrid | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - |
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Over the past 27 years, 741 investors have co-invested in Sofinnova Partners's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Sofinnova Partners:Ìý, HHS and 158 others have invested in rounds before Sofinnova Partners. There are 5 companies where European Union has invested before Sofinnova Partners and 4 companies where HHS has invested before Sofinnova Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Sofinnova Partners:Ìý240 investors entered a company along with Sofinnova Partners. These include investors like Bpifrance (10 companies).
- Invested after Sofinnova Partners:ÌýA total of 341 investors have invested in Sofinnova Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include (12 companies), Bpifrance (10 companies) and Orbimed (7 companies).
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