Lukas Guenther
Directeur/Membre du Conseil chez Endostart SRL
Profil
Lukas joined us in 2019 and is a partner on the MD Start team.
He is a medical doctor and was trained in General Surgery at the Universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg.
As a former surgeon, the hands-on approach at MD Start appealed to him.
"We're not up there in the balcony giving the thumbs up or thumbs down" as entrepreneurs make their pitches, he says.
“We build the story; we bring in the necessary assets; we create the company, often from scratch."
Lukas was a postdoctoral scientist at the Novartis Center for Immunobiology at Harvard University, where he conducted preclinical research on protective genes.
Subsequently, Lukas completed a Fellowship at the University of Minnesota as Organ Harvest Fellow, where he participated in NIH-sponsored clinical trials on islet transplantation.
In 2007, he joined the life science investment team at Wellington Partners, a pan-European venture capital firm where he advanced to investment director and invested in several European early stage life science companies.
Lukas holds a summa cum laude doctorate from Humboldt University (Charité) Berlin.
He also obtained a Global One MBA degree from RSM Erasmus.
Postes actifs de Lukas Guenther
| Sociétés | Poste | Début |
|---|---|---|
Sofinnova Partners SAS
 Sofinnova Partners SAS Investment ManagersFinance Sofinnova Partners SA (Sofinnova) is an independent venture capital firm established in 1972 and headquartered in Paris, France. Originally known as Sofinnova, the first venture capital firm created in France, the firm created a U.S. subsidiary in San Francisco in 1976. In 1997, both firms were bought out by their management teams, which become the majority shareholders of the new companies, Sofinnova Partners in Paris and Sofinnova Ventures in San Francisco. | Private Equity Investor | 01/10/2019 |
Endostart SRL
 Endostart SRL Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Endostart SRL manufactures medical devices for gastrointestinal endoscopy. It specializes in medical devices based on ferrofluid and magnetic fields to guide a colonoscope along the colon, avoiding incomplete colonoscopies. The company was founded by Alessandro Tozzi on May 1, 2018 and is headquartered in Certaldo, Italy. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/06/2018 |
Anciens postes connus de Lukas Guenther
| Sociétés | Poste | Fin |
|---|---|---|
Wellington Partners GmbH
 Wellington Partners GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Wellington Partners GmbH (Wellington Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1991 by Rolf Christof Dienst. The firm is headquartered in Munich, with offices in Zurich, London, and Palo Alto. | Private Equity Investor | 30/09/2014 |
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Wellington Partners GmbH
Wellington Partners GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Wellington Partners GmbH (Wellington Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1991 by Rolf Christof Dienst. The firm is headquartered in Munich, with offices in Zurich, London, and Palo Alto. | Finance |
Sofinnova Partners SAS
Sofinnova Partners SAS Investment ManagersFinance Sofinnova Partners SA (Sofinnova) is an independent venture capital firm established in 1972 and headquartered in Paris, France. Originally known as Sofinnova, the first venture capital firm created in France, the firm created a U.S. subsidiary in San Francisco in 1976. In 1997, both firms were bought out by their management teams, which become the majority shareholders of the new companies, Sofinnova Partners in Paris and Sofinnova Ventures in San Francisco. | Finance |
Endostart SRL
Endostart SRL Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Endostart SRL manufactures medical devices for gastrointestinal endoscopy. It specializes in medical devices based on ferrofluid and magnetic fields to guide a colonoscope along the colon, avoiding incomplete colonoscopies. The company was founded by Alessandro Tozzi on May 1, 2018 and is headquartered in Certaldo, Italy. | Health Technology |
