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Sofinnova Capital XI

Geography: France
Stage: Seed
Fund size: €650M
Focus: Biotech, Digital Health and MedTech
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Sofinnova Capital XI

Paris-based eleventh flagship vehicle, bringing AUM to ~€1.5B. One of Europe's largest life sciences funds, investing in 50-60 early-stage biotech and medtech startups.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFrance

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Biotech

Digital Health

MedTech

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Clinical-stage biotech with human trial data, AI-augmented discovery, pharma validation

biotech

clinical-stage

life sciences

therapeutics

women's health

computational-biology

drug-design

AI-driven-discovery

fibro-inflammatory

pharma-partnerships

European-biotech

patent-cliff-opportunity

Bullish Signals

Portfolio co hits Phase 1 human dataexternal

Freya Bio: positive Phase 1 IVF datawebsite

FB301: positive first-in-human IVF implantation datawebsite

Latent Labs agentic drug design: multi-lab validationexternal

Latent-Y: lab-ready sequences, zero computational experience neededexternal

Mediar: Ono Pharma collaboration validates platformexternal

Actithera strengthens leadership advancing clinical developmentexternal

French healthtech raised €709M H1 2026, up 70% YoYexternal

Pharma patent cliff drives urgent new molecule needexternal

Europe now middle ground: US dominance contested by Chinaexternal

Contrarian Signals

No contrarian signals recorded.

Founder Do's

Show clinical milestones clearly

Highlight Phase 1 data early

Lead with first-in-human results

Demonstrate computational/AI efficiency gains

Show lab-validated designs at scale

Secure pharma partnerships early

Build experienced leadership pre-clinic

Tap European talent + capital strategy

Founder Don'ts

Over-promise on computational shortcuts

Skip wet-lab validation

Ignore pharma patent-cliff urgency

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€650M

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Website

People

Key People

Sofinnova Partners

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