Investing in transformative biotech companies
Humanity will always depend on medicines. Continuous innovation in the biotech sector is a given. Bringing better medicines to the market all the time. Aescap is able to select those companies that are developing tomorrow’s medicines. Thereby it can achieve excellent returns over the medium term, without taking large risks.
The Aescap funds invest in highly innovative publicly traded biotech/life sciences companies. The funds are supervised by an AIFM and managed by an experienced investment team with an excellent track record. The members of the investment team significally invest in the funds themselves. Aescap is heavily involved with the companies it invests in, acting as a private equity investor on the stock market. The name Aescap is derived from ‘Aesculapius’, the Roman god of Medicine, and ‘Capital’.
Sustainable investing
The Aescap funds are classified as article 8 fund, according to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). In addition to their financial aim to gain value, they promote a social characteristic by investing in companies that develop treatments for diseases with a high unmet medical need.
Investments can have a very positive impact on the quality of life of millions of people.
Update via webcast
We regularly organise information meetings for existing and potential investors. In these meetings we share our investment philosophy as well as methodology. The next meeting takes place on July, 11th.
Meet the investment team
The Aescap investment team, led by portfolio manager Patrick Krol, consists of experienced professionals with different backgrounds in the health care industry. We aim to provide a good financial return to our investors, and in parallel contribute to improving the well-being of millions of people. Our team members invest in the Aescap funds themselves with over 25 million euro.
Biotech market
The biotech sector, also known as the life sciences sector, is a large and fast-growing sector, driven by an aging population and a high pace of innovation. New medicines like RNA, gene and cell therapies will replace the vast majority of medicine over the coming decades. With around 1000 public biotech companies in the EU and US, it requires sector specific expertise to find de-risked companies with a high earning power that are still undervalued.
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Investment strategy
- Next-generation medicine
- Outstanding management
- High-growth companies
- Diversification within our focus
- Undervalued companies
- Buy and Sell discipline
Latest news
Aescap’s Fusion Pharmaceuticals acquired by AstraZeneca for 97% premium
AstraZeneca announced that it has come to an agreement to acquire Aescap Life Sciences portfolio company Fusion Pharmaceuticals for $ 21 and a CVR (Contingent value right) of $ 3 per share.
4D Molecular Therapeutics up 85% on good news for patients with macular degeneration
Aescap portfolio company 4DMT saw its share price increase by 85% yesterday after it announced positive results from its clinical trial for a gene therapy treatment of a form of macular degeneration (Wet AMD).
Opportunities & threats in biotech
The biotech sector has been going through some heavy turmoil since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic. Nonetheless, with the sector being back on track but still being seriously undervalued compared to other sectors, it is a promising sector for investors again. Read why!