Stefano Portolano

Forbion Capital Partners Management Holding BV (Forbion) is a Netherlands-based venture capital firm which was founded by Bart Bergstein. Headquartered in Naarden, the firm specializes in late-stage and early-stage clinical development programs to optimize the commercial potential of their investee company's technologies.

VectorY BV is a biotech company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that is dedicated to developing transformative medicines for people with neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Huntington's, and Parkinson's. VectorY's platform combines the promise of precise therapeutic antibodies with one-time AAV-based delivery to the CNS, enabling long-lasting CNS treatment after a single administration using cutting-edge antibody, AAV, and manufacturing technologies. The Dutch company's unique in-house expertise in antibodies, AAV vectors, protein degradation, manufacturing, and neuroscience drives the rapid development of much-needed disease-modifying therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded by Sander J. van Deventer and Pavlina Konstantinova, with Sander J. van Deventer serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Genzyme Therapeutics Ltd. develops transformative therapies for patients affected by rare and debilitating diseases. Its treatment areas include thyroid cancer, sclerosis, Fabry disease and Pompe. The company was founded on November 5, 2001 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Numab Therapeutics AG is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of cancer immunotherapy. Its focuses on creating multi-specific antibodies that enable the pursuit of novel therapeutic strategies. The company was founded by Oliver Middendorp, David Urech, and Peter Lichtlen in 2011 and is headquartered in Wadenswil, Switzerland.

Part of Forbion Capital Partners Management Holding BV, the venture capital firm, Forbion Co-Investment II Coöperatief UA, is based in Naarden, Netherlands. Forbion Co-Investment II Coöperatief UA operates as a venture capital firm. The Dutch company was founded in 2000 by Bart Bergstein, Hugo Alexander Slootweg, Martien van Osch.

PricewaterhouseCoopers BV operates as an association of accounting and consultancy firm. It offers assurance, tax and advisory services. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Gotham Therapeutics Corp. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical medicines. The firm develops new treatment options for patients suffering from cancers, auto-immune and neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded by Samie Jaffrey in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Inversago Pharma, Inc. develops novel gastrointestinal drugs. The company was founded by Fran?ois Ravenelle in and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

EryDel SpA offers medical research. It develops drugs and diagnostics delivered through human red blood cells via a medical device technology. The company was founded by Luigia Rossi and Mauro Magnani in 2007 and is headquartered in Bresso, Italy.

Alentis Therapeutics AG develops novel medications to treat advanced liver diseases and cancers. The company was founded by Neil Goldsmith on March 1, 2019 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

BioMedPartners AG (BMP), is an independant venture capital firm headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. BMP originated in 2002 as Seed Capital Advisors AG. The firm manages sector-focused venture capital funds including BioMedInvest, BioMedInvest II and BioMedCredit. They specialize in the biomedical sector.

Amal Therapeutics SA engages in the development of peptide-based therapeutic cancer vaccines. It offers KISMA, a novel peptide/protein-based immunization technology platform, which is self-adjuvanting and enables the assembly within one chimeric fusion protein of elements essential to generate potent immunity. The company was founded by Madiha Derouazi on September 3, 2012 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It offers pharmaceutical drugs, pharmaceutical instruments, and diagnostics solutions. The company was founded by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche on October 1, 1896 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

TOLREMO therapeutics AG engages in discovering and developing therapies for treating cancer patients. The firm serves on academic research laboratories, flourishing life sciences spin-offs and cutting-edge technology platforms. The company was founded by Stefanie Flückiger-Mangual, Wilhelm Krek, Karl-Heinz Altmann, Isaac Kobrin, and Emmanuel Savioz in March 2017 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Ventaleon GmbH is a biotechnology company, which engages in the development of inhaled treatments against viral infections. Its products include LASAG (D,L-lysine acetylsalicylate • glycine), a lysin-salt formulation of well known acetyl salicylic acid. The company was founded by Gerhard Scheuch in 2012 and is headquartered in Gauting, Germany.

Part of NewAmsterdam Pharma Co. NV, NewAmsterdam Pharma Holding BV is a Dutch company that engages in research and development of transformative therapies for cardio metabolic diseases. The company is based in Naarden, the Netherlands. The company was founded in 2019 by John Jacob Pieter Kastelein. Michael H. Davidson has been the CEO of the company since 2020. NewAmsterdam Pharma Holding was acquired by Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corp. on November 22, 2022 for $468.74 million.

Oxyrane UK Ltd. engages in the development of novel enzyme replacement therapies for lysosomal storage disorders. Its product is a pre-clinical ERT for Pompe Disease - a serious muscle disease - produced using engineered yeast cells. The firm develops recombinant enzyme products using a proprietary, engineered yeast expression platform based on Yarrowia lipolytica. The company was founded by Robin Kumar Mitra, Adriana L. Botes and Michael Campbell in 2006 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

Xention Pharma Ltd. develops and researches drugs. The firm develops novel therapies for the treatment of atrial fibrillation; modulators of IKur and IKACh for atrial fibrillation. The company was founded by John W. Word and is headquartered in Newmarket, the United kingdom.

BioVex, Inc. develops vaccines for the treatment of cancer and the prevention of chronic infectious diseases. Its products include OncoVEX oncolytic and ImmunoVEX technology. The company was founded in 1999 by Dr. Robert Coffin and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

BioVex Group, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It focuses on the development and commercialization of targeted treatments for cancer and the prevention of infectious disease. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Pulmagen Therapeutics Ltd. manufactures and develops respiratory drugs. Its services include pulmagen respiratory product pipeline, pulmagen crth2 antagonist product pipeline, new generation bronchodilators-astrazeneca collaboration, theocort-inhaled corticosteroid re-sensitisation, inhaled ppar gamma agonists and chiesi collaboration-anti-inflammatory agents. The company was founded in February 2010 and is headquartered in Slough, the United Kingdom.

NewAmsterdam Pharma BV develops novel drugs to treat dyslipidemia. It operates as a biotechnology company and develops anti-dyslipidemic compounds in cardiovascular disease indications. The firm's product DEZ-001 develops a potent cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor that has shown a decrease of low-density lipoprotein levels, and an increase of high-density lipoprotein levels. The company was founded by John J. P. Kastelein in 2012 and is headquartered in Naarden, the Netherlands.

Part of Xention Pharma Ltd., Xention Ltd. is a British company that develops and researches drugs. The company is based in Newmarket, UK. Xention was founded in 2002.

Pulmagen Therapeutics (Synergy) Ltd. develops therapeutics for respiratory diseases. It engages in developing various internal proprietary programs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and cystic fibrosis. The company was founded in August 2000 and is headquartered in Stevenage, the United Kingdom.

NorthSea Therapeutics BV operates as a biotechnology company. It develops oral, structurally engineered fatty acid therapeutics. The company was founded by Hilde H. Steineger and David A. Fraser and is headquartered in Naarden, the Netherlands.

Impella Cardiosystems AG develops, manufactures, and markets minimally invasive cardiovascular support systems. The company is based in Aachen, Germany. The German company was founded by Thorsten Sieß.