NLC Health Ventures

About

NLC Health Ventures is a European healthtech venture builder dedicated to advancing health by bringing science-based healthtech inventions to life and making them accessible to everyone. Founded in 2015 by Bert-Arjan Millenaar, the company was born from the realization that a staggering 95% of healthtech inventions, regardless of their brilliance or relevance, never reach the market. This means that countless innovations with the potential to significantly improve lives worldwide remain inaccessible to patients. NLC's mission is to bridge this critical gap between groundbreaking scientific discoveries and market-ready solutions that can benefit patients globally. The company operates with an entrepreneurial approach at scale, finding promising inventions, and then creating and supporting ventures to navigate the complex journey from idea to patient impact. NLC's unique model involves building a diverse portfolio of ventures, currently exceeding 100, across various domains including medtech, biotech, and digital health. This scaled approach allows NLC to leverage shared learnings, resources, and expertise across its portfolio, thereby increasing the chances of success for each individual venture. The company has a dedicated team of over 80 healthcare, finance, and business professionals representing 30 nationalities, further supported by an extensive network of over 1,000 experts, advisors, and venture CEOs. NLC actively collaborates with universities, academic hospitals, and corporate R&D departments across Europe and beyond to identify innovations with strong potential. They provide comprehensive support to these ventures, including assistance with securing finance, navigating patents and certifications, team training, and strategic guidance. NLC also manages captive funds, such as the NLC Health Impact Fund, to invest in its portfolio companies, facilitating faster scaling and reducing risk for investors. The company is a Certified B Corporation, underscoring its commitment to social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.