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We Don’t Bet on Science Experiments — We Build Pharma’s Next Blockbusters

Venture-built. Human-proven.
Ready for pharma deals from day one.

Negev Labs is a Venture Studio advancing overlooked drugs backed by human data. We move fast to pharma licensing—and target founder-level returns for our investors.

A New Playbook for Biotech Venture Building

Pharma is facing a $1.5T acquisition gap. But innovation has stalled—not due to science, but structure. Negev Labs is rewriting the model: we rapidly advance de-risked drug candidates with human data, structuring each for accelerated licensing or acquisition.

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Guided by Human Data. No science experiments.
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Capital-efficent development, not capital-intensive bets.
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Targeting pharma licensing from day one.
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Our Focus

A New Frontier in Neuropsychiatry

Neuroplastogens represent a next-generation class of therapies with the potential to address major unmet needs in depression, apathy, neurodegeneration, and beyond. The pharma industry is primed for disruption — and we’re positioned to lead it.

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Unprecedented Market Capacity

Addressing large, underserved markets with strong pharma demand and limited innovation.

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Fast, Capital Efficient Trials

Lean studies designed to show early efficacy with less capital and shorter timelines.

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Scalable & Clinic-Ready

Non-hallucinogenic drugs built for broad adoption and regulatory simplicity.

Why We Win

Repeatable. Scalable. Already Underway.

Our venture studio model is advancing promising development programs across neuropsychiatry - each supported by human data and built for pharma partnership. 

With one company launched and the next company on deck, we are in execution mode.

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We Know Where to Look

Insider access to overlooked, high-potential biotech assets.

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We Start with Human Insight

Every asset is backed by human data, dramatically reducing development risk.

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We Move with Speed & Certainty

Clear, focused development paths allow faster routes to pharma deals.

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We Build for the Exit

No long shots. Every drug is selected for licensing potential.

Management Team

Ken Belotsky

Founding Partner

Serial Founder and Venture Investor

Two exits and 25+ biotech deals (Negev Capital, Bright Box, BrightConsult)

Kostia Adamsky, PhD

Partner, Chief Operating Officer

Clinical-Stage Biotech Operator

Former VP Ops and co-CEO (multiple biopharmas); PhD, Weizmann Institute

Shlomi Raz

Managing Partner

Biotech Founder and Wall Street Dealmaker

Founder of Eleusis, ex-President of Beckley Psytech, former Goldman Sachs MD

Dan Jeffries

Principal

Scientist-Founder at The Intersection of Chemistry & Venture

ex-Roviant Sciences, PhD, Harvard/Vanderbilt

Bernard Lerer, MD PhD

Science Partner

A Global Authority in Neuropsychiatry

Founder, Hadassah Brain Labs; 300+ publications

C. Anthony Altar, Ph.D.

Head of Scientific Advisory Board

Veteran of CNS Drug Discovery

Leadership roles at Genentech, Roche, Otsuka

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News & Announcements

Investment
December 11, 2024
Exclusive: Negev Labs unveils with $30M in assets, striving to build a network of psychedelic biotechs...

A new psychedelic-focused startup incubator is debuting, backed by an investor behind some of the most prominent biotechs in the space...

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Investment
December 11, 2024
Negev Labs Emerges from Stealth with Announcement of Alexander Shulgin Research Institute

New biotechnology company builder focused on developing neuroplastogens, a novel class of therapeutics based on psychedelic medicines that lack hallucinogenic...

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Investment
December 11, 2024
Negev debuts with company creation engine centred around next-gen psychedelics

As some of the early psychedelic developers seeking FDA approval face setbacks, more biopharmas appear to be turning towards neuroplastogens...

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