Novo's Mission

Novo’s mission is to represent the economic interests of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and as such:

  • ensure that the Foundation receives sufficient dividends to cover its grants
  • ensure that the Foundation obtains a competitive return on its holdings in Novo Nordisk A/S and Novozymes A/S, as well as on the Novo Growth Equity investments, the Novo Ventures investments and on Novo’s financial investments
  • actively support the individual company in achieving its own goals, e.g. competitive financial results
  • invest in companies that are or will become successful and/or can support the development of other companies in the Group
  • expand the business areas of the Novo Group according to the vision
  • support the application of life sciences by investing in our seed and venture portfolio companies
  • maintain the 'Charter for companies in the Novo Group'
© Novo A/S 2010