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Cascara Ventures

Venture Capital Flemish Brabant, Belgium ·Founded 2016

Overview

Cascara Ventures is a Belgian venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in life sciences companies. Founded in 2016 by Dr. Adriaan Hart de Ruijter, the firm focuses on technologies that enhance prevention, therapy, and research, including areas such as vaccines, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, imaging, software, medical data, robotics, healthcare services, diagnostics, and cell therapy. The firm emphasizes active management and utilizes its expertise in regulatory and clinical development to support portfolio growth. Cascara Ventures is an accredited investor with the European Investment Fund, allowing them to match investments on a pari passu basis, thereby increasing their commitment to a larger number of startups. They prefer to act as lead investors and take board seats, providing strategic, operational, and financial advice to portfolio companies. Their long-term investment approach aims to build market-leading companies through effective partnerships with outstanding entrepreneurs. Cascara Ventures has invested in companies such as Surgify Medical, a Finnish MedTech startup that raised €7 million in May 2025 to develop tissue-selective surgical tools. The firm is based in Overijse, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, and operates in countries including Belgium, Finland, Germany, and the United States.

Investment Focus

Seed-stage companies
Life sciences sector
Technologies enhancing prevention, therapy, and research

Portfolio Companies

Surgify Medical

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What sectors does Cascara Ventures invest in?

Cascara Ventures invests in Software, Life Sciences, Healthcare Services, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices and Diagnostics, and is based in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Cascara Ventures is listed as a venture capital in the ConnectSafely investor database.