Fintan Walton

Active Investor

Chairman and Chief Executive at PharmaVentures

London, England

Fintan Walton, Chairman and Chief Executive at PharmaVentures is an active investor based in London, England. This profile covers what Fintan Walton backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Dr. Fintan Walton is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at PharmaVentures. Over a period of three decades, Fintan has built PharmaVentures into a global player in supporting transactions for blue chip corporations and emerging innovator corporations. In that time, the firm has delivered more than 1,000 transaction related assignments for companies in 38 countries. Clients have included major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as diversified chemical corporations, medical device, generic and OTC companies. Its clients have also included major banks, investment/merchant banks, as well as private equity and venture capital groups. Dr Walton majored in Genetics at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, where he also gained a Ph.D. Prior to his entrepreneurial activities at PharmaVentures, Fintan had built his R&D and commercial experience in biotechnology within management positions at Bass and Celltech plc . In 1996, he also founded PharmaDeals, the leading database and publishing business related to deal making data and analytics. Thousands of customers from around the world either bought or subscribed to these PharmaDeals publications. The PharmaDeals business was sold to IMS Health (now IQVIA) in Aug 2012.

Investor type: AngelVCPEInvestment Bank
Stages: Pre SeedSeedSeries ASeries BLate Stage Venture
Invests in: FintechPaymentsHealthcare & BiotechBiotech & PharmaMedTech & Medical DevicesSaaS & EnterpriseIoT & Connected Devices
Location: London, England
Typical check: $1M
Past investments: 6

Notable investments

BioMattersLyramid LimitedKarus TherapeuticsCONNECT Pharma LtdCellmid LimitedINTERACT Technology

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