DSM

DSM is a global leader in bio-based chemical manufacturing based in Heerlen, Netherlands. It operates three core business segments in nutrition, health, and materials. Major products include vitamins, pigments, sweeteners such as Stevia, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, yeast extracts, probiotics, enzymes, the Dyneema brand of fibers, the ForTii brand of high performance polymers, and more.

DSM was founded in 1902 as a state-owned coal mining company, originally called Dutch State Mines. It pivoted to petrochemicals in the 1970's and later to bio-based chemicals, which is the core focus today.

DSM Venturing is a venture capital company in the Netherlands focusing on start-up companies that create innovative products and services in the life sciences sector. Founded 2001 in Heerlen, Limburg, The Netherlands, this firm invests in early stage and late stage ventures. It usually funds seed rounds and venture rounds. Its portfolio companies include Inkbit, Voxel8, Chinova Bioworks, Bio2 Technologies, and ZeaVision. As of January 2020, the company had 8 exits and 52 investments. Since its inception in 2001, the company has invested in more than fifty emerging innovative companies in the US, Europe and Israel.

The company specifically invests in startups within the nutrition, biomedical, solar and 3D printing sectors.