Carine Claeys

MyCartis NV develops technologies for healthcare personalization needs. It offers Evalution, a multiplex analysis platform to develop protein and nucleic-acid based clinical biomarkers. The company provides disruptive solutions in the fields of clinical and translational research for various applications in the detection of proteins and nucleic acids, such as sandwich immunoassays, antibody assays, genotyping assays, and mutation analysis assays to customers and partners. It offers products for various disease areas, including cell signalling, cardiovascular, oncology, and preeclampsia. The company was founded by Koen Kas in August 2004 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Smile Invest Management Co. NV (Smile Invest) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Urbain Vandeurzen. The firm is headquartered in Linden.

Valetusan Ltd. is an Irish private company located in Dublin that provides business and management consultancy services.

RespiVert Ltd. operates as a small molecule drug discovery company. The firm develops small-molecule inhaled therapies for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and cystic fibrosis. The company was founded by William Garth Rapeport, Peter Strong, Kazuhiro Ito, John Murray and Peter Barnes in 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Advent Venture Partners LLP (AVP) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1981 by David James Scott Cooksey. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Tibotec-Virco NV develops drugs and individualized disease management products. The firm also offers early stage research programs concentrating on the development of treatments for cancer, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases. The company also provides HIV drug resistance testing and other analytical services in the United States, Japan, Europe, Canada, and Australia. It has operations in Belgium, North Carolina, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It was founded in by Paul Stoffels in March, 2001 and is headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium.

Biocartis SA develops molecular diagnostic solutions. It focuses on Oncology. The firm’s products include Idylla and Oncology assays and mutation tests. It also provides instant access to personalized medicine for patients. The company was founded by Rudi Pauwels in 2007 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

ANeuroTech is a Belgian mental health company that specializes in developing innovative treatments with minimal or no side effects. ANeuroTech is located in Belgium. The private company's lead asset, ant-01, is an adjunctive anti-depression drug that has shown positive results in late-stage clinical trials. The drug is a low-dose of an existing substance, pipamperone dihydrochloride, and has an excellent safety profile. ANeuroTech plans to begin a pivotal phase iiib clinical trial of ant-01 as an adjunctive anti-depression drug for major depressive disorder (MDD) in 2023. The company was founded by CEO Dr. Erik Buntinx, an experienced clinician and key opinion leader in the field.