ViroVet is a biopharmaceutical company with a clear objective to develop innovative technologies to improve the health and value of livestock. The company is headquartered in Leuven (Heverlee), Belgium and has a pipeline of antiviral drugs and thermostable vaccines. ViroVet is one of the top-20 disruptors & innovators in animal health and was named start-up of the year 2015 and 2017 by Animal Pharm (part of the Business Intelligence Division of Informa PLC).
For more information about ViroVet see: www.virovet.com.
For more information about ViroVet see: www.virovet.com.
Location: Belgium, Flemish Brabant, Leuven
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $5.66M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 10.01.2017 | Series A | $5.66M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.10.2023 | Can Innovative Biotech Solutions Curb Global Livestock Viral Diseases Impact? | Kick-starting our discussion on the growing impact of the revolutionary Biotech industry on livestock viral diseases, let’s have a closer look at the immensely promising Belgium-based start-up, Virovet. The company is taking significant str... |
| 28.05.2020 | Seventure Partners joins ViroVet in series B funding | Animal health company focused on combatting viral infections in livestock |
| 23.03.2020 | ViroVet to support COVID19 research and sample testing | Leuven, Belgium: 23 March 2019 – Belgian biotechnology company ViroVet announced today that it has made its expertise, research staff as well as part of its research facility available to support COVID19 research and sample testing in Belgi... |
| 04.12.2019 | Tech can halt African Swine Fever in Asia | Millions of pigs across Asia are being culled, burned and buried. Is this a tragic but frustratingly inevitable consequence of the latest lethal outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) — or is there more that can be done? At AFN, we believe t... |
| 05.12.2018 | AgriFood Tech Startup Spotlight: Europe’s ViroVet is Developing Novel Livestock Vaccines | This week we spoke with Belgian animal health startup ViroVet to learn more about its mission to tackle health and wellness in the livestock industry. The animal health space is a small but growing sector of agtech. Just a couple of months ... |
| 04.12.2018 | A List of Dairy Tech Startups and the Barriers to Adoption | Dairy production is one of the oldest agricultural industries on the planet, but today it is arguably one of the most troubled. Despite the world’s unending appetite for dairy products, dairy farmers are facing one of the toughest economic ... |
| 30.07.2018 | Agtech Dominates 20 Selected Startups for First Ever FoodBytes! London | Twenty food and agriculture startups have been selected from a total of over 150 applications to pitch at the first ever FoodBytes! London. FoodBytes! is the global pitch competition organized by food and agriculture bank Rabobank with the ... |
| 17.01.2018 | ViroVet wins “start-up of the year” award | Leuven, Belgium: 17 January 2018 – ViroVet NV, a leading Belgian biopharmaceutical company active in the development of innovative vaccines and antiviral drugs for livestock, is proud to announce that it has been presented with the best sta... |
| - | ViroVet succesfully raises € 5 million in series A funding | Animal health company focussed on combatting viral infections in livestock |