Prosus Ventures

VC AI focus Amsterdam, Netherlands · Founded 2019

Investing globally and in Africa in AI-driven startups that reshape value chains, including healthtech.

About Prosus Ventures

Prosus Ventures is the venture arm of one of the largest global technology investment groups, with deep roots in consumer internet, marketplaces, and education across emerging and developed markets. The firm writes $25M+ checks across Series A, B, C, and growth, which puts it firmly at the larger end of the venture spectrum and signals its preference for category leaders over speculative early bets. Founders engaging Prosus on a healthcare deal should understand that they are pitching one of the more disciplined growth-stage investors in the global ecosystem.

The declared healthcare sub-verticals are digital health and care delivery and tech-enabled services, with an AI focus across the broader portfolio. In practice that means interest in scaled telehealth and care delivery platforms, healthcare marketplaces, large digital health businesses with real revenue and growth, and AI-enabled care models that are reshaping how patients access care in major markets. The firm is generally less active in therapeutics, in early-stage seed companies, or in pure clinical workflow software without consumer or care-delivery scale. The strongest fits are companies that have moved past Series A and are scaling into category leadership in their markets.

Check sizes of $25M+ across Series A through growth let Prosus operate as a meaningful co-investor or co-lead at growth-stage rounds, typically joining sophisticated international syndicates. Geographically the firm operates globally, with particular density in Europe, India, and other emerging markets that reflect Prosus’s broader corporate footprint. The firm has cultivated relationships with strategic partners and downstream investors that matter at the late stages, and being on the cap table with Prosus often signals that the company has crossed a credibility threshold for global growth-stage capital.

The team is built around senior investors with backgrounds in technology, growth equity, and global emerging-markets investing. Diligence tends to be rigorous on financial structure, scalability, market dynamics, and the realistic path to liquidity, reflecting the firm’s broader institutional heritage. Founders should expect detailed conversations about unit economics, competitive positioning, regulatory dynamics across multiple geographies, and management team scalability.

For founders, the practical read is that Prosus is a credible growth-stage partner for scaled healthcare and care-delivery companies, particularly those with strong consumer or marketplace dynamics and ambitions to lead categories across multiple markets. It is less useful for early-stage founders, for therapeutics, or for purely small-market businesses. The engagement style is institutional and growth-focused, with serious attention to governance, scalability, and the path to public markets or strategic exits. Founders building scaled digital health businesses and looking for a global growth-stage anchor with deep emerging-markets and consumer internet expertise will find Prosus one of the more capable options at the larger end of the cap table.

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Healthcare AI tools backed by Prosus Ventures

Tools made by companies in Prosus Ventures's portfolio that we cover in the directory.

(Elements) Cranial SRS w/ Cones
Brainlab
Neurology AI
Brainlab Elements Cranial SRS w/ Cones is an AI-powered software for precise stereotactic radiosurgery planning, offering automated workflows for cranial lesions and functional diseases.
(Elements) RT Planning Platform
Brainlab
Oncology AI
The Brainlab Elements RT Planning Platform is a comprehensive suite of software applications for streamlined and enhanced radiation therapy and radiosurgery treatment planning, offering advanced capabilities and automated workflows for various clinical indications. [9, 11, 12, 27]
Elements Segmentation [Cranial
Brainlab
Neurology AI
Brainlab Elements Segmentation [Cranial] is an AI-powered software for automated, patient-specific anatomical segmentation of cranial structures, including basal ganglia, for precision surgical and radiotherapy planning.
TraumaCad Neo (1.1)
Brainlab
Radiology & Imaging AI
TraumaCad Neo (1.1) is an FDA-cleared, cloud-based orthopedic templating software by Brainlab, offering comprehensive tools for preoperative planning, including digital template libraries, automated measurements, and post-operative review for various orthopedic procedures.

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Team

Bob van Dijk
Former CEO
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Ervin Tu
Interim CEO
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Sandeep Bakshi
Head of Investments Europe
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Larry Illg
CEO Edtech
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Last updated 2026-05-06. Sourced from this fund's published materials.
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