We invest in therapeutics to defeat dementia.

Dementia Discovery Fund

The Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), managed by SV Health Investors, is the world’s largest family of specialized venture capital funds that invests exclusively in companies developing or enabling novel therapeutics for dementia. Dementias including Alzheimer’s Disease are arguably the largest unmet medical need with over 55m patients worldwide. With more than $500m raised for this strategy, and offices in London and Boston, DDF capitalizes on global investment opportunities to fulfill its dual mandate of delivering measurable impact and generating significant financial returns. Utilizing its network of venture partners, entrepreneurs, leading scientists, and strategic partners, DDF invests in and creates new biotech companies and provides thought leadership in the field.
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Nitrase Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data Demonstrating Antibody Prevents Spread of Pathology of Parkinson’s Disease at SfN’s Neuroscience 2024 Scientific Congress

October 7, 2024

-Development Candidate NDC-0524 is a First-in-Class, Humanized Therapeutic Antibody with High Affinity and Selectivity for Nitrated -Synuclein, which is Rapidly Being (…)

LoQus23 Therapeutics announces £35 million (c.$43 million) Series A financing to advance its small molecule somatic expansion inhibition therapy for Huntington’s disease

October 2, 2024

Financing led by leading life sciences venture capital firm Forbion, with participation from existing investors SV Health Investors’ Dementia Discovery (…)

­­­QurAlis Doses First Participant Cohort in Phase 1 Multiple-Ascending Dose (MAD) Clinical Trial Evaluating QRL-101, a First-in-Class Kv7 Precision Therapy for ALS

September 10, 2024

QRL-101 aims to reduce hyperexcitability-induced neurodegeneration, which is present in approximately 50 percent of all ALS patients Completed Phase 1 (…)

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