VC firm
Cascara Ventures
Also known as Cascara Ventures Bvba
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-20Source (opens in a new tab)
- Founded
- 2016
- Check size
- The volumes available in total under an individual CFA range between EUR 250k and EUR 5m.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Legal name
- Cascara Ventures Bvba
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Record updated 20 September 2026
About
Cascara Ventures is the new investment fund of Adriaan Hart de Ruijter , experienced entrepreneur and investor in life sciences.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Cascara is committed to building successful businesses through effective partnerships with outstanding entrepreneurs. We invest only in those areas where we have domain expertise.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Leads rounds
- Sometimes
- Lead policy
- We prefer to act as lead investor and take a board seat, providing strategic, operational and financial advice.
- Takes board seats
- Sometimes
- Board policy
- We prefer to act as lead investor and take a board seat, providing strategic, operational and financial advice.
- Eligibility
- Unique and proprietary technology, which provides a barrier to competition. The technology should improve the quality of life of patients and facilitate the work of medical professionals. We are not looking for only statistically significant improvements, but for clinically meaningful improvements in healthcare.
- Investing status notes
- Founded in 2016, Cascara invests in the seed stage of companies that apply technology to prevention, therapy and research.
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