Anne is a startup support manager at biotope by VIB, a Belgium-based preseed incubator for biotech startups developing Ag and Food innovations. She offers tailored support to portfolio companies, helping them grow various aspects of their ventures to prepare them for seed investment. She believes biotechnology has an important role to play in much needed changes in our food production systems.
Anne’s professional journey began with academic research on how plants sense changes in their environment. She transitioned to Ag corporate roles, with projects focused on yield improvement and crop protection, then leveraged her academic and industry background to spearhead translational research initiatives rooted in VIB’s cutting edge science.
