DvH Ventures launches Digital Health Fund

The vehicle expects to hold a second close in the coming months, according to a statement, with investment from additional LPs.

The vehicle will back early-stage digital health startups.

DvH Ventures was founded in 2014 and focuses on early-stage startups in areas including financial technology, digital health and education.

Investors
The fund is currently backed by corporate investors and family offices. It has received commitments from pharmaceutical business Noventi, the Wort & Bild publishing group and the family office of pharmaceutical company Ursapharm. Wort & Bild is able to offer the fund's portfolio companies access to the readership of publications such as Die Zeit, Handelsblatt and Apotheken Umschau, according to a statement.

Investments
The fund will make investments in digital health startups, focusing on companies that it views as having innovative business models in the changing healthcare landscape. The fund will target startups involved in the local pharmacy sector in particular.

The vehicle will invest in early-stage and series-A rounds. DvH Ventures generally invests up to €2m per company.

People
Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures – Peter Richarz, Fabian von Trotha (managing partners).

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