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As part of Novo Holdings’ Planetary Health Investments team, Dr Sophia Heyde specializes in late-stage growth and private equity investments in science-driven greentech companies, focusing on agtech, food tech, novel materials, and industrial biotech. Sophia’s experience includes venture creation and R&D roles in greentech startups, along with project coordination for a large EU initiative on […]

Maximillian Souvereyns works as Investment Associate af Forbion, a global venture capital firm dedicated to advancing groundbreaking biotech innovations and other sustainable solutions that improve the health of people and our planet. Prior to Forbion, Maximilien worked at the public venture fund PMV in Flandres, Belgium, focusing on seed and series A investments in the health and bioeconomy industry. Here he was responsible for the investment in Amphistar, a start-up […]

Victor de Leeuw began his career at Barclays Investment Bank in London, after which he moved into deeptech venture at US-headquartered Paladin Capital. He was a Principal at Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures, where he focused on early-stage fintech companies. Most recently, he is Principal Seed at Graduate Ventures, with both international experience and strong investing […]

Passionate about biology in the broadest sence. After starting her career as an academic scientist, she became an innovator with lots of energy to turn science into impact. Over the past 30 years, she has focused on the interphase between research and business in the food sector; developing and introducing radically new products to the market, building high performance teams, and nowadays building an […]

​Carolina Villa, Principal at Nucleus Capital, is a scientist turned investor with over 10 years of experience in the food and synthetic biology sectors. At Nucleus Capital, she focuses on programmable biology. She’s an expert in TEAs and scaleups. In 2021, she obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Rotterdam School of Management, […]