We are a venture studio building globally relevant biotech companies in Africa Partnering with scientists and entrepreneurs, we provide the investment capital and support to venture build the companies of the future.
Portfolio Companies
Focus Areas
Global Biotech Market
DNA Seq. Cost Drop
What We Offer
Venture Studio Approach
We partner with biotech entrepreneurs to turn breakthrough science into impactful businesses. At OneBio, we work alongside founders from the earliest stages, providing capital, infrastructure, and hands on support to build companies that are original, scalable, and world changing.
By combining the power of biology and technology, we back ventures that push the boundaries of what is possible and address some of the world’s most pressing challenges, improving human, animal, and planetary health from pre seed through seed stage.
Our Thesis
Empowering
Biotech Innovation
Three converging trends are ushering in the Age of Biology: plummeting DNA sequencing costs, exponential data processing power, and CRISPR-driven gene editing breakthroughs.
Cost of DNA Sequencing
160,000×
The cost of sequencing DNA has fallen by a factor of 160,000 since 2001 and continues to fall, opening biotech to an entirely new generation of founders.
Data Processing Power
AI-Driven
Rapid advances in bioinformatics, artificial intelligence and machine learning are allowing us to understand the vast amounts of genomic data now being produced.
Gene Editing
CRISPR Era
CRISPR-Cas9, developed in 2007, allows scientists to efficiently and cheaply edit DNA, transforming what’s possible in the lab.
Portfolio
Meet the Innovators
We invest in pioneering biotech startups advancing human, animal, and planetary health. Explore the companies shaping a healthier, more sustainable future.
Meet the Team
THE PEOPLE BEHIND ONEBIO
Dr. Nick Walker
Gian-marco Melfi
Khumo Mokone
Anwani Siwanda
Charné Meaker
Francisco Pera
Dr. Nick Walker
Gian-marco Melfi
Khumo Mokone
Anwani Siwanda
Charné Meaker
Francisco Pera
"The rewards of biotechnology are tremendous - to solve disease, eliminate poverty, age gracefully. It sounds so much cooler than Facebook."
— George Church
Get Involved
Join The OneBio Ecosystem
Whether you’re a biotech founder, potential investor, or just curious about what we do, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out and let’s start a conversation.
Investors
We work with institutional and individual investors who share our conviction that biology is the next great technology platform.
Founders
Are you a scientist or entrepreneur with a breakthrough idea? We co-build companies from the ground up alongside exceptional founders.
Innovation Centre
Access world-class wet and dry lab infrastructure, plug-and-play office space and Africa’s leading biotech community at our Innovation Centre.
Innovative Solutions for
Human
Animal
Planetary
Health
From diagnostics and therapeutics to the future of food, we back founders solving real problems.