
Panakes is a venture capital firm with the ultimate goal of providing a better life to people all around the world.
We back promising teams by providing both financial and business support to build the next generation of game-changing technologies companies in the field of Life Sciences. We invest in ambitious early stage start-ups and SMEs with innovative products globally, mainly across Europe and Israel.
We bring strong entrepreneurial and financial expertise to portfolio companies well beyond just capital, relying on a wide network of clinicians and industry experts. We have established relationships with selected industrial partners to assist our founders in accelerating their development.
We invest in people, believing that a strong and dedicated team is one of the most important factors in the success of our investments. We aim to work together with entrepreneurs to develop successful businesses as an active and well-connected investor.
We invest for people, supporting the growth of companies and people that will reshape the medical world, answering real medical needs, saving lives and providing a better quality of life for patients and care-givers.
An overall positive impact that will produce intrinsic value for both investors and society.
Panakes derives from Panacea (Greek Πανάκεια, Panakeia), who was the goddess of Universal remedy, said to have a potion with which she healed the sick.
Location:Italy, Lombardy, Milan
Member count:11-50
Founded date: 2015
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
News 37
Date | Title | Description | _References |
27.09.2021 | PANAKÈS PARTNERS APPOINTS DR. ROB WOODMAN AS PARTNER TO LEAD... | PANAKÈS PARTNERS APPOINTS DR. ROB WOODMAN AS PARTNER TO LEAD BIOTECH INVESTMENT DR. ROB WOODMAN BRI... | - |
28.07.2021 | Panakes Partners Announces the hiring of Dr. Marco Sardina a... | Panakes Partners SGR, a leading Venture Capital investor creating and building the next generation o... | - |
20.07.2021 | PANAKÈS PARTNERS ANNOUNCES THE FIRST CLOSING OF ITS NEW “PUR... | PANAKÈS PARTNERS ANNOUNCES THE FIRST CLOSING OF ITS NEW “PURPLE” GLOBAL BIOTECH/ MEDTECH FUND AT €1... | - |
01.07.2021 | Salvia BioElectronics B.V. ("Salvia"), a neurostim... | Salvia BioElectronics B.V. ("Salvia"), a neurostimulation platform company targeting chron... | - |
09.06.2021 | CarThera, a French company that designs and develops innovat... | CarThera, a French company that designs and develops innovative ultrasound-based medical devices to ... | - |
04.06.2021 | Endostart,startup toscana che ha sviluppato una piattaforma ... | Endostart, startup toscana che ha sviluppato una piattaforma endoscopica che mira alle colonscopie i... | - |
13.05.2021 | Diadem srl, a company developing the first blood-based test ... | Diadem srl, a company developing the first blood-based test for the early prediction of Alzheimer's ... | - |
06.04.2021 | Vivasure Medical®, a company pioneering fully absorbable sol... | Vivasure Medical®, a company pioneering fully absorbable solutions for large hole percutaneous vesse... | - |
12.03.2021 | Panakès Partners sgr, società di venture capital specializza... | Panakès Partners sgr, società di venture capital specializzata in investimenti in aziende innovative... | - |
12.02.2021 | Aileens Pharma, società di biotecnologia impegnata nella ric... | Aileens Pharma, società di biotecnologia impegnata nella ricerca clinica, attiva nello sviluppo di t... | - |
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Team 13
Date | Name | Title | Description | ||
22.04.2022 | Andrea Ste... | Financial ... | At Panakes since end of 2020, Andrea supports the CFO in the finance and administration area, includ... | linkedin.c... | andrea.ste... |
03.03.2022 | Alessio Pi... | Investment... | At Panakes since 2015, Alessio is supporting the team in deal sourcing, due diligence processes and ... | linkedin.c... | alessio.pi... |
03.03.2022 | Giacomo Pi... | Associate | At Panakes since 2018, Giacomo is supporting the team in deal sourcing and due diligence processes t... | linkedin.c... | giacomo.pi... |
15.10.2021 | Rob Woodma... | Partner | At Panakes since 2021, Dr. Rob Woodman has global experience in biotech gained in both institutional... | linkedin.c... | rob.woodma... |
- | Lorenzo Gi... | CFO | At Panakes since 2021, Lorenzo manages the back office of Panakes, since his long outstanding experi... | linkedin.c... | lorenzo.gi... |
- | Marco Sard... | Scientific... | At Panakes since 2021, physician by education and training, with a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology, Mar... | linkedin.c... | marco.sard... |
- | Fabrizio L... | Founder an... | Founder of Panakes, Fabrizio has a long career in the Life Science sector, started with Bayer in 197... | linkedin.c... | fabrizio.l... |
- | Michele Al... | Analyst | At Panakes since 2016, Michele is supporting the team in running due diligence processes through tec... | linkedin.c... | michele.al... |
- | Barbara Ca... | Partner | At Panakes since 2016, Barbara brings a specific expertise in cardiovascular sector as well as a bro... | linkedin.c... | barbara.ca... |
- | Paola Crov... | Office and... | At Panakes since 2016, Paola has more that 20 years of experience in administration. She worked as O... | linkedin.c... | paola.crov... |
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Portfolio 16
Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
02.08.2023 | Allotex | allotex.co... | - | United Sta... |
02.08.2023 | EBAMed | eba-med.co... | $16.937915... | Switzerlan... |
01.05.2023 | Complement... | complement... | $84.65616M | United Kin... |
11.08.2022 | Vivasure M... | vivasureme... | $73.838202... | Ireland, G... |
11.08.2022 | SamanTree ... | samantree.... | $16.425841... | United Sta... |
10.04.2022 | Neuromod D... | neuromodde... | $60.564526... | Ireland, D... |
21.12.2018 | DIADEM DX | diademdx.c... | $12.7531M | Italy, Lom... |
- | Carthera | carthera.e... | $59.956179... | France, Il... |
- | Aileens Ph... | aileenspha... | $3.521469M | Italy, Lom... |
- | MMI | mmimicro.c... | $17.648616... | - |
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Mentions in press and media 13
Date | Title | Description | Source |
28.06.2023 | EUR 14.35 million to advance cardiac radiation ablation ther... | Heart arrhythmias affect around 50 million individuals worldwide and are expected to grow in the n... | startuptic... |
11.05.2023 | Il mercato del Venture Capital ad aprile 2023 | Come è andato il mercato del Venture Capital ad aprile 2023? Facciamo insieme una carrellata delle s... | startup-ne... |
04.10.2021 | Finanțări pentru startup-uri medicale europene prin fonduri ... | Startup-urile și firme mai dezvoltate, care inovează în medicină și alte științe ale vieții, au la d... | startupcaf... |
14.04.2020 | SwissDeCode selected by European Innovation Council for Covi... | SwissDeCode developed DNAFoil technology, a portable, self-administered, on-site DNA detection kit... | startuptic... |
14.04.2020 | SwissDeCode selected by European Innovation Council for Covi... | SwissDeCode developed DNAFoil technology, a portable, self-administered, on-site DNA detection kit, ... | startuptic... |
07.05.2019 | SamanTree Medical raises CHF 9.5m in Series A round | Panakès Partners, the Medtech European leading venture capital mixing strong corporate and investm... | startuptic... |
21.12.2018 | Diadem, an academic spin-off active in early Alzheimer diagn... | Diadem, an academic spin-off active in early Alzheimer diagnostic, raises €1,5 million in its A Roun... | panakes.it... |
25.07.2018 | Aileens Pharma Raises €3M in Series A Funding | Aileens Pharma S.r.l., a Milan, Italy-based developer of treatments to improve clinical outcomes in ... | finsmes.co... |
07.09.2016 | Seventeen Raises €4.2M in Series A Funding | Seventeen, a Naples, Italy-based medtech startup, raised €4.2m in Series A funding. Backers include... | finsmes.co... |
09.03.2016 | Panakès Partners Adds Barbara Castellano to the Investment T... | Panakès Partners SGR, a Milan, Italy-based medtech venture capital firm, announced that Barbara Cast... | finsmes.co... |
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