Thoughts on Novo Holdings
Hi fellow monkeys,
First post here after watching from the sidelines for a couple years. Just wanted to know what do people in the industry think of Novo Holdings and its relative prestige to other PE firms, as I understand they do everything from seeds to buyouts.
Would be nice if you could toss in additional information about comp (analyst/associate level), deal flow, etc.
Thanks!
Don’t know anything about comp, not sure about relative prestige, but do know they have done some interesting things in pharma and I respect them as a similarly sized competitor.
Top player in biotech VC as well as growth (Novo Growth). Not sure about their PE group
Have worked with them and interacted with them. Extremely nice group of people. Genuinely a pleasure to work with. Also because their HQ is in Denmark they have constant outings to Europe for team events.
The senior investors I’ve worked with were great and knew their stuff. The associates were lower quality than the usual PE associates I’ve worked with though.
Anyone have insight on their model test? Interested in an associate role there. Looks like they take a decent number of consultants?
Have an initial modelling test with them soon, can you let me know how yours went? What was the model like and just any advice in general is appreciated. Thanks!
How did this end up going? Any insight as to how best to prepare? Thanks in advance.
Hi Vicky, could you please let me know how this one went for you?
Hi Vicky, can you please update on this? TIA!!
Anyone know what associate / senior associate comp looks like?
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Known for a great culture, know several people that work there. Strong firm overall
They do Coinvest and fund of funds. Building out US team, but they also mostly covinest.
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Interviewed in the US team a couple years ago. Happy to share insight. PM me.
Hi Palpe, could we connect on this?
I would suggest you either go anonymous or don't use your real name.
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Any updated experiences w them? Interested in the firm and wonder what the process looks like
If we have gone through an interview process with their Life Sciences Growth Team, can we please share what the process is and what to expect for interview questions? Thank you!
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Their parent is flush with cash from Ozempic so they have a ton of $$$ to throw around
Indeed, any color on internal culture / comp / overall (perceived) prestige?
OP here, did an internship stint with them so could finally answer these :)
Culture is crazy good (mentorship program, senior folks from HQ/Asia are really friendly, offsites overseas - at least for my team, opportunities to go on exchange to offices overseas, esp Copenhagen HQ, etc.). Comp not entirely sure, but should be on par at least with street (associates/senior associates from my team were ex-BB/EB so good indication). Well-recognized in the life sciences/pharma/hospital chains space
could I PM you?
Thanks a lot - was that at the Boston office?
Anyone know who their HH is? Also is the principal investments team only in Boston?
Bump. Any updated insight?
Bump - any updated thoughts?
Sweatshop, hours for pay not worth it
What about their growth team in SF? How do the hours compare?
Interviewed with one of the departments within the Novo Nordisk US team that interacts with them and got rejected =(
They do really cool stuff from what I was told during the interview process. Definitely an interesting place to be in if pharma / biotech interests you
Bump any insight into 2026 -- culture, hours, comp, deal flow?
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