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Sanofi Startup Programs & Corporate Open Innovation Analysis Healthtech · Pharmaceuticals

Sanofi offers research, development, manufacturing and marketing of innovative therapeutic solutions. It covers areas such as diabetes solutions, human vaccines, innovative drugs, consumer healthcare, emerging markets, animal health and the new G enzyme.
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In StartupBlink's Corporate Startup Activity Index, Sanofi ranks #63 globally and #4 in France. It ranks #6 in the Healthtech industry and #5 in the Pharmaceuticals subindustry.

Global
Corporate Startup Activity Index
#63
Industry
Healthtech
#6
Subindustry
Pharmaceuticals
#5
National · France
Corporate Startup Activity Index
#4
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Key metrics

Sanofi Startup Activity Metrics

Sanofi has supported 109 startups through programs and investments, with those companies raising a combined $17.3 billion over the last ten years. The company currently operates 5 active startup programs.

Overview

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

Sanofi has deployed more than $750 million in startup investments through Sanofi 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 109 startups worldwide across industries such as Ecommerce & Retail, Fintech, Hardware & IoT, and Healthtech. Its venture arm Sanofi Ventures has invested in over 109 startups since it was founded in 2001.

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

Activity breakdown

Where Sanofi-associated startups operate

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

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Programs & CVC

Sanofi Startup Programs and Corporate Venture Capital initiatives

Sanofi engages startups through 5 active programs, supporting 109 startups in total based on our database.

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Sanofi Device Innovation Challenge 2025
Startup Activation
Startup Activation Program
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Sanofi iAward
Startup Activation · est. 2015
Startup Activation Program
Sanofi multi-institutional award programme on Agorize backing startups and academic labs to move early-stage disease-relevant research toward the clinic; ~USD 150K per project.
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Sanofi iDEA-TECH Awards
Startup Activation
Startup Activation Program
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Sanofi iNext (by 14bis Lab)
Startup Activation
Startup Activation Program
Sanofi Ventures
Sanofi Ventures
Corporate Venture / Investment · est. 2001
Investment Program
Sanofi Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Sanofi. We have the ability to seed and to lead financings in early-stage companies with innovative ideas and transformative new produc
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List of Startups

Top startups associated with Sanofi

Sanofi's top 5 associated startups have raised 25% of the $17.3 billion raised in the last ten years across all 109 associated startups, led by BioNTech at $1.2 billion. Sanofi is associated with 105 active startups and 4 exits. Sanofi Ventures supports the largest number of startups, with 109 associated startups.

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Startups associated with Sanofi
StartupSB ScoreIndustryHQ cityLink Type to CorporationLinked via
Evidation HealthEvidation HealthSB 638Software & DataSan MateoDirect InvestmentSanofi Ventures
Omada HealthOmada HealthSB 629HealthtechSan FranciscoDirect InvestmentSanofi Ventures
BioNTechBioNTechSB 559HealthtechMainzDirect InvestmentSanofi 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. Sanofi ranks #63 globally and #4 in France. It accounts for 7.3% of the measured corporate startup activity in the Healthtech industry and 8.1% of the activity generated by corporations in France. Unlock more granular data on each corporation with StartupBlink Pro.

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