DSM Venturing — Seed & Pre-Seed VC Firm
DSM Venturing is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm investing in Healthcare, Consumer, EdTech. The firm has 10 portfolio companies in our records.
- Portfolio
- 10 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Healthcare, Consumer, EdTech, Food / AgTech, Climate / Energy
- Check size
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-26
Seed, Pre-Seed
$500M
10+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Corporate venture investor backing materials and industrial technologies with strategic relevance to energy transition.
How DSM Venturing invests
DSM Venturing is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Healthcare, Consumer, EdTech, Food / AgTech, Climate / Energy.
DSM Venturing manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.
DSM Venturing has backed 10 companies in our records, including Segetis Inc., S-Biomedic NV, Brains Bioceutical Corp..
Partners & Team
Scott Horner
Managing Partner
Amanda Donohue-Hansen
Principal
Akshat Kshetrapal
Principal
Arpesh Mehta
Principal
Philip Mertens
Principal
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
DSM Venturing Fund III
DSM Venturing Fund II
DSM Venturing Fund I
Recent Activity
Raised DSM Venturing Fund III ($200M)
2023 · fund records
Raised DSM Venturing Fund II ($150M)
2018 · fund records
Raised DSM Venturing Fund I ($100M)
2014 · fund records
Portfolio Companies (10)
Other
Segetis Inc.
Green chemistry company.
S-Biomedic NV
Skin microbiome company developing microbiome-based products for skin health.
Brains Bioceutical Corp.
Produces cannabinoid ingredients and therapeutics-focused bioceuticals.
Upfront Chromatography
Develops customized industrial protein chromatography processes.
Sciona
Personalized nutrition company.
The Compliers Group International B.V. (TCG)
Smart pharmaceutical packaging with microchips to monitor therapy compliance.
Food Quality Sensor International Inc. (FQSI)
Develops food freshness sensing devices.
Deep Branch
Carbon dioxide recycling company producing nutritional feed ingredients from captured CO2.
Inkbit
AI- and machine-vision-based 3D printing technology company.
Voxel8
Multi-material digital manufacturing / 3D printing company.
- •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Consumer, EdTech — the sectors they actively back.
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