Jeroen Bakker

Partner at Novo Holdings

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Biography

Jeroen Bakker is a Partner at Novo Holdings Seed Investments. Novo Holdings says he has over a decade of biotech investment experience, driving investment processes and portfolio management for companies including Adcendo, Antag Therapeutics and Rappta Therapeutics, and that he is currently driving the firm's EUR 188m quantum investment strategy. Before Novo Seeds he was an Associate at M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Merck, and gained operational experience at Syntaxin, which was acquired by Ipsen, Inthera and ISD Immunotech. Earlier he was a Research Fellow at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology in San Diego. He holds a PhD in immunology from the University of Amsterdam, an MSc in biomedical sciences from Leiden University and a BSc from the Technical University of Delft.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Sparrow QuantumPhasecraftAdcendoAntag Therapeutics

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2025
Quoted as Partner, Seed Investments in Novo Holdings' announcement of its first direct quantum investment, in Sparrow Quantum.
2025
Quoted as Partner in the announcement of Phasecraft's USD 34 million Series B, in which he says he will join the board as an observer.
2025
Quoted as Partner, Novo Holdings Quantum Investments in the announcement that the firm's quantum portfolio has reached EUR 100 million.

Sources & References

Novo Holdings - Jeroen Bakker (people page, checked 6 September 2026) ↗Novo Holdings makes first direct quantum investment with Sparrow Quantum (10 April 2025) ↗Novo Holdings co-leads Phasecraft's $34 million Series B (2 September 2025) ↗Novo Holdings joins $135 million Series B financing for Adcendo (25 November 2024) ↗Novo Holdings participates in EUR 80 million Series A for Antag Therapeutics (4 December 2024) ↗