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Pfizer Startup Programs & Corporate Open Innovation Analysis Healthtech · Pharmaceuticals

Pfizer provides access to safe and effective and affordable medicines and health care services. They have a portfolio of products and medicines that support wellness and prevention, as well as treatment and cures for diseases across a broad range of therapeutic areas; and they have an industry-leading pipeline of promising new products that have the potential to challenge some of the most feared diseases of their time, like Alzheimer's disease and cancer.
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In StartupBlink's Corporate Startup Activity Index, Pfizer ranks #33 globally and #19 in the United States. It ranks #1 in the Healthtech industry and #1 in the Pharmaceuticals subindustry.

Global
Corporate Startup Activity Index
#33
Industry
Healthtech
#1
Subindustry
Pharmaceuticals
#1
National · United States
Corporate Startup Activity Index
#19
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Key metrics

Pfizer Startup Activity Metrics

Pfizer has supported 136 startups through programs and investments, with those companies raising a combined $13.3 billion over the last ten years. The company currently operates 5 active startup programs.

Overview

Explore Pfizer's investments, startup programs, and corporate open innovation activity

Pfizer has deployed more than $1.5 billion in startup investments through Pfizer Ventures and partnership programs, strengthening its position as one of the leading innovation-driven corporations globally.

The company currently runs 5 active startup programs supporting 136 startups worldwide across industries such as Healthtech, Software & Data, and Transportation. Its venture arm Pfizer Ventures has invested in over 123 startups since it was founded in 2004.

The corporate-innovation activity is concentrated in Healthtech, Software & Data, and Transportation, categories where Pfizer's scale provides outsized leverage to early-stage startups.

Activity breakdown

Where Pfizer-associated startups operate

Sector, HQ-city and program-location breakdowns for the startups associated with Pfizer. Unlock the full breakdown with StartupBlink Pro.

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Programs & CVC

Pfizer Startup Programs and Corporate Venture Capital initiatives

Pfizer engages startups through 5 active programs, supporting 136 startups in total based on our database.

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Pfizer — Corporate Self
Corporate Venture / Investment
Investment Program
21 startups
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Pfizer Breakthrough Growth Initiative
Corporate Venture / Investment
Investment Program
4 startups
PC
Pfizer CDI Digital Minds Meetup
Ecosystem Activation
Ecosystem Activation Program
Recurring tech/innovation meetup convened by Pfizer's Center for Digital Innovation in Thessaloniki; latest listed theme "Agentic AI: Insights, Innovation, Impact".
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Pfizer Start4Health
Startup Activation · est. 2022
Startup Activation Program
Open call by Pfizer's Center for Digital Innovation for Greek digital-health startups; top 5 enter a six-week acceleration ending in a pitch day. Prizes EUR 25k and EUR 10k.
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Pfizer Ventures
Corporate Venture / Investment
Investment Program
Pfizer Ventures
Pfizer Ventures
Corporate Venture / Investment · est. 2004
Investment Program
Pfizer Venture Investments is a corporate venture capital firm that invests in areas of current or future strategic interest to Pfizer. It aims to remain at the forefront of life science adva
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List of Startups

Top startups associated with Pfizer

Pfizer's top 5 associated startups have raised 28% of the $13.3 billion raised in the last ten years across all 136 associated startups, led by Resilience at $2.1 billion. Pfizer is associated with 127 active startups and 9 exits. Pfizer Ventures supports the largest number of startups, with 123 associated startups.

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Startups associated with Pfizer
StartupSB ScoreIndustryHQ cityLink Type to CorporationLinked via
ResilienceResilienceSB 534HealthtechLa JollaProgram InvestmentPfizer Ventures
Epic SciencesEpic SciencesSB 486HealthtechSan DiegoProgram InvestmentPfizer Ventures
Kymera TherapeuticsKymera TherapeuticsSB 470HealthtechCambridgeProgram InvestmentPfizer Ventures
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Corporate Startup Activity Index · 2025

Global Corporate Open Innovation Rankings

Explore the top 372 corporations in StartupBlink's Corporate Startup Activity Index. Pfizer ranks #33 globally and #19 in the United States. It accounts for 12.3% of the measured corporate startup activity in the Healthtech industry and 0.8% of the activity generated by corporations in the United States. Unlock more granular data on each corporation with StartupBlink Pro.

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