Microbiome Invest 2018
Microbiome Invest 2018
23 May, 2018
Novotel London West, London, UK

Why Attend

The Microbiome Invest Congress 2018 is dedicated to showcasing the most innovative emerging companies and academics with commercially viable research that manipulates the microbiome. Active investors, and multi-national nutrition and pharmaceutical companies will also share their knowledge and perspectives on commercialisation and discuss the most cutting-edge products and research in the microbiome space. 

“The human microbiome market is expected to reach USD 658 Million by 2023 from USD 294 Million in 2019 growing at a CAGR of 22.3% during the forecast period (2019–2023)” Human Microbiome Market Industry Report – Markets and Markets

100+
Delegates
50:50
Ratio of Academics - Industry
8+
Microbiome Niches Covered
16+
Industry Leading Speakers
4+
Hours of Dedicated Networking

'Pitch Your Microbes' Finalists

Author:

Dominik Burziwoda

CEO
Perfood GmbH

Prior to founding MillionFriends Dominik worked as Head of Operations at the German E-Commerce company Springlane. The company scaled from 8 to >100 people within 3 years. He started his career as an Investment Banker with Lincoln International and worked at Innogy on M&A and financing transactions of renewable energy plant across Europe. He graduated with an LL.M. from University of Munster, with a Master in Finance from IE Business School and holds a BSc in Business from Rotterdam School of Management. He is a passionate snowboarder and healthcare tech enthusiast.

Dominik Burziwoda

CEO
Perfood GmbH

Prior to founding MillionFriends Dominik worked as Head of Operations at the German E-Commerce company Springlane. The company scaled from 8 to >100 people within 3 years. He started his career as an Investment Banker with Lincoln International and worked at Innogy on M&A and financing transactions of renewable energy plant across Europe. He graduated with an LL.M. from University of Munster, with a Master in Finance from IE Business School and holds a BSc in Business from Rotterdam School of Management. He is a passionate snowboarder and healthcare tech enthusiast.

Author:

Evelina Vågesjö, PhD MBA

CEO
Ilya Pharma

Co-founder of and developed the concept during PhD 2011-2016, is now CEO and heading the drug and business development in Ilya Pharma. Also BSc in Management Accounting and finished an MBA 2018. Raised >4.3 M€ in grant funding to the project, lead the first private share issue in 2017 and designed stock option programs for key employees.  

Evelina Vågesjö, PhD MBA

CEO
Ilya Pharma

Co-founder of and developed the concept during PhD 2011-2016, is now CEO and heading the drug and business development in Ilya Pharma. Also BSc in Management Accounting and finished an MBA 2018. Raised >4.3 M€ in grant funding to the project, lead the first private share issue in 2017 and designed stock option programs for key employees.  

Author:

Kristofer Cook

CEO & Co-Founder
Carbiotix

Kristofer is a serial entrepreneur who, over the past 15 years, has co-founded six biotechnology companies in the areas of clean technology, food-technology and life science. In addition to holding multiple board positions in several private and public companies, Kristofer is currently CEO of Carbiotix, an award-winning biotechnology company pioneering microbiome healthcare through a portfolio of microbiome modulators covering prebiotic ingredients, medical foods and therapeutics, along-side a range of cost-effective gut health testing services. Kristofer holds a MSc. degree from Lund University, Sweden, and a M.B.A. degree from Solvay Business School, Belgium.

Kristofer Cook

CEO & Co-Founder
Carbiotix

Kristofer is a serial entrepreneur who, over the past 15 years, has co-founded six biotechnology companies in the areas of clean technology, food-technology and life science. In addition to holding multiple board positions in several private and public companies, Kristofer is currently CEO of Carbiotix, an award-winning biotechnology company pioneering microbiome healthcare through a portfolio of microbiome modulators covering prebiotic ingredients, medical foods and therapeutics, along-side a range of cost-effective gut health testing services. Kristofer holds a MSc. degree from Lund University, Sweden, and a M.B.A. degree from Solvay Business School, Belgium.

Author:

Grégory Lambert

VP & CEO Research and Development
Targedys

Pharmacist and Ph.D. in pharmaceutical technology, Gregory’s carrier is split between Biotech and Pharma where he occupied the positions of Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Executive Officer. Gregory drove the development of a number of drugs, medical devices and food supplement from the laboratory to market. Since 2014, Gregory is the CEO of TargEDys.

Grégory Lambert

VP & CEO Research and Development
Targedys

Pharmacist and Ph.D. in pharmaceutical technology, Gregory’s carrier is split between Biotech and Pharma where he occupied the positions of Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Executive Officer. Gregory drove the development of a number of drugs, medical devices and food supplement from the laboratory to market. Since 2014, Gregory is the CEO of TargEDys.

Author:

Mats Wallstrom

CEO
Lavivo

Mats is an engineer by education with a special interest in what makes the body perform. He has dedicated years of development of the Qualvivo bacterial boxed-system technology.

Mats is motivated to grow a company and to introduce products on the international market. He identified a window of opportunity to develop the power of bacteria and combined partnering expertise in biotechnology with an engineering approach to develop Qualvivo.

Mats Wallstrom

CEO
Lavivo

Mats is an engineer by education with a special interest in what makes the body perform. He has dedicated years of development of the Qualvivo bacterial boxed-system technology.

Mats is motivated to grow a company and to introduce products on the international market. He identified a window of opportunity to develop the power of bacteria and combined partnering expertise in biotechnology with an engineering approach to develop Qualvivo.

Author:

Richard Andrews

CEO
Azitra

Mr.  Andrews has spent most of his career as a C level executive leading operations, finance, and commercial and clinical development for biotechnology firms focused on new products that address inflammatory disease. Mr. Andrews has been instrumental in translating research and academic discoveries into product development and advanced clinical programs, building alliances and partnerships and organizing operational teams. Financing processes led by Mr. Andrews have secured over $130M in equity funding for new ventures. His work has been primarily focused on skin disease, pneumonia, infant hypoxic ischemia and kidney failure. Early in his career, Mr. Andrews led the commercialization of several natural cell systems to prevent disease on fruits and vegetables and launched several DNA diagnostic tests for periodontal disease. Mr. Andrews received graduate degrees in physical biochemistry (MS), and technology management (SM) from Purdue University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively. He also has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry (BS) from Hobart College.

Richard Andrews

CEO
Azitra

Mr.  Andrews has spent most of his career as a C level executive leading operations, finance, and commercial and clinical development for biotechnology firms focused on new products that address inflammatory disease. Mr. Andrews has been instrumental in translating research and academic discoveries into product development and advanced clinical programs, building alliances and partnerships and organizing operational teams. Financing processes led by Mr. Andrews have secured over $130M in equity funding for new ventures. His work has been primarily focused on skin disease, pneumonia, infant hypoxic ischemia and kidney failure. Early in his career, Mr. Andrews led the commercialization of several natural cell systems to prevent disease on fruits and vegetables and launched several DNA diagnostic tests for periodontal disease. Mr. Andrews received graduate degrees in physical biochemistry (MS), and technology management (SM) from Purdue University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively. He also has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry (BS) from Hobart College.

Author:

Gregory McKenzie, Ph.D.

Vice President of Research and CSO
ConsortiaTX

Gregory McKenzie, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, has over ten years of experience developing microbial-based products and leading discovery and development teams. Greg was formerly Senior Principal Scientist at Seres Therapeutics where he was a key senior member of the teams that brought the live biotherapeutics SER-109, SER-262, and SER-287 from discovery through proof-of-concept in animals to clinical stage programs. 

Gregory McKenzie, Ph.D.

Vice President of Research and CSO
ConsortiaTX

Gregory McKenzie, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, has over ten years of experience developing microbial-based products and leading discovery and development teams. Greg was formerly Senior Principal Scientist at Seres Therapeutics where he was a key senior member of the teams that brought the live biotherapeutics SER-109, SER-262, and SER-287 from discovery through proof-of-concept in animals to clinical stage programs. 

Author:

Dr Soren Krogsgaard Thomsen

CEO
BioMe Oxford

Dr Soren Krogsgaard Thomsen is co-founder and CEO of the UK-based start-up company BioMe Oxford. Trained in medical genetics at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Soren has a background in both academic and industrial life sciences research. His publication record spans work on the genetics of complex diseases and academic entrepreneurship. Since co-founding BioMe Oxford, he has successfully led the company to raising pre-seed investment, winning a number of international business competitions along the way (incl. Imagine IF and Idea Idol). Soren dreams of enabling a revolution in precision medicine through population-wide studies of our second genome within. 

Dr Soren Krogsgaard Thomsen

CEO
BioMe Oxford

Dr Soren Krogsgaard Thomsen is co-founder and CEO of the UK-based start-up company BioMe Oxford. Trained in medical genetics at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Soren has a background in both academic and industrial life sciences research. His publication record spans work on the genetics of complex diseases and academic entrepreneurship. Since co-founding BioMe Oxford, he has successfully led the company to raising pre-seed investment, winning a number of international business competitions along the way (incl. Imagine IF and Idea Idol). Soren dreams of enabling a revolution in precision medicine through population-wide studies of our second genome within. 

Author:

Dr Luis Gosalbez

Director of Business Development
OptiBiotix Ltd

Luis is the Director of Business Development at OptiBiotix Health in the UK. Previously, he held different positions in the biotechnology industry and in pharmaceutical consulting in Spain and Germany. His scientific career was developed between Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa-CSIC (both in Spain) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST, South Korea). His research was always focused on microbiology, the human microbiome and on the development of antimicrobials and antivirals. He received his BSc and MSc in Biotechnology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, his PhD in Life Sciences from the Catholic University of San Antonio (Spain) and a Master’s in Bioscience Enterprise from the University of Cambridge in the UK.

Dr Luis Gosalbez

Director of Business Development
OptiBiotix Ltd

Luis is the Director of Business Development at OptiBiotix Health in the UK. Previously, he held different positions in the biotechnology industry and in pharmaceutical consulting in Spain and Germany. His scientific career was developed between Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa-CSIC (both in Spain) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST, South Korea). His research was always focused on microbiology, the human microbiome and on the development of antimicrobials and antivirals. He received his BSc and MSc in Biotechnology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, his PhD in Life Sciences from the Catholic University of San Antonio (Spain) and a Master’s in Bioscience Enterprise from the University of Cambridge in the UK.

The Speakers

 

Adrian Ferrero

CO-founder and CEO
Biome Makers Inc

Adrian Ferrero

CO-founder and CEO
Biome Makers Inc

Adrian Ferrero

CO-founder and CEO
Biome Makers Inc
 

Andrew Morgan

Chair
KTN Microbiome Innovation Network

Dr Andrew Morgan is Chair of the UK’s KTN Microbiome Special Interest Group and has close to 40 years’ experience in health & nutrition research & innovation related to microbe-host interactions including human, animal and plant. He held the role of Chief Scientist to DuPont’s Nutrition & Health and legacy Danisco business (2008-2019) and was a DuPont Fellow. Having joined the company as a member of the pioneering FFI animal nutrition enzyme team, he then went on to play a key role in helping build DuPont’s microbiome platform. Andrew retired from DuPont at the end of 2019.

Andrew Morgan

Chair
KTN Microbiome Innovation Network

Andrew Morgan

Chair
KTN Microbiome Innovation Network

Dr Andrew Morgan is Chair of the UK’s KTN Microbiome Special Interest Group and has close to 40 years’ experience in health & nutrition research & innovation related to microbe-host interactions including human, animal and plant. He held the role of Chief Scientist to DuPont’s Nutrition & Health and legacy Danisco business (2008-2019) and was a DuPont Fellow. Having joined the company as a member of the pioneering FFI animal nutrition enzyme team, he then went on to play a key role in helping build DuPont’s microbiome platform. Andrew retired from DuPont at the end of 2019.

 

Marie Drago

Founder
Gallinée

Marie Drago is a Doctor in Pharmacy and the founder of Gallinee. Launched in 2016 in London, the brand has been caring for the skin and its microbiome though innovative products across a number of categories.

Marie Drago

Founder
Gallinée

Marie Drago

Founder
Gallinée

Marie Drago is a Doctor in Pharmacy and the founder of Gallinee. Launched in 2016 in London, the brand has been caring for the skin and its microbiome though innovative products across a number of categories.

 

Artem Khlebinkov

Director of Strategist Partnerships
Danone Nutrica Research

Artem Khlebinkov

Director of Strategist Partnerships
Danone Nutrica Research

Artem Khlebinkov

Director of Strategist Partnerships
Danone Nutrica Research
 

Isabelle De Cremoux

CEO
Seventure Partners

Isabelle De Cremoux

CEO
Seventure Partners

Isabelle De Cremoux

CEO
Seventure Partners
 

David Berry

General Partner
Flagship Ventures

David Berry

General Partner
Flagship Ventures

David Berry

General Partner
Flagship Ventures
 

Bram Vanparys

Investment Director
Merck Ventures

Bram Vanparys

Investment Director
Merck Ventures

Bram Vanparys

Investment Director
Merck Ventures
 

Derek Butler

CEO
MyMicroZoo

Derek Butler

CEO
MyMicroZoo

Derek Butler

CEO
MyMicroZoo
 

Jim Weston

Vice President and Head of Regulatory Affairs
Seres Therapeutics

Jim Weston

Vice President and Head of Regulatory Affairs
Seres Therapeutics

Jim Weston

Vice President and Head of Regulatory Affairs
Seres Therapeutics
 

Dr David Cook

Chief Scientific Officer
Seres

David Cook is the Executive Vice President of R&D and Chief Scientific Officer of Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (“Seres”). He has over 20 years of experience as a scientist and entrepreneur and has held senior operating and management positions in the biotechnology industry throughout his career. Prior to joining Seres, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a global R&D organization. Prior to IAVI, Dr.

Dr David Cook

Chief Scientific Officer
Seres

Dr David Cook

Chief Scientific Officer
Seres

David Cook is the Executive Vice President of R&D and Chief Scientific Officer of Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (“Seres”). He has over 20 years of experience as a scientist and entrepreneur and has held senior operating and management positions in the biotechnology industry throughout his career. Prior to joining Seres, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a global R&D organization. Prior to IAVI, Dr. Cook was the founding CEO at Anza Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup that focused on developing a microbial vaccine platform to induce cellular immune responses. Before launching Anza, Dr. Cook held positions of increasing responsibility at the biotechnology corporations Cerus and Eligix, overseeing R&D, program management, manufacturing, and clinical and regulatory affairs. He has led teams in the development and commercialization of several biotech products and has been directly responsible for obtaining marketing authorization from the European Union for four medical products. Dr. Cook is also a co-inventor on more than 25 patents. He earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.

 

John Hambour

Director of Research Beyond Borders
Boehringer Ingelheim

John Hambour

Director of Research Beyond Borders
Boehringer Ingelheim

John Hambour

Director of Research Beyond Borders
Boehringer Ingelheim
 

Luc Sterkman

CEO
Caelus Health B.V.

Luc Sterkman

CEO
Caelus Health B.V.

Luc Sterkman

CEO
Caelus Health B.V.
 

Mike Romanos

Chief Executive Officer
Microbiotica Ltd.

Mike Romanos is a co-founder and Chief Executive of Microbiotica. He has 30 years’ experience in the biotech and pharma industry and previously co-founded Crescendo Biologics which he built and led as CEO and CSO, developing a leading antibody fragment discovery platform and pipeline in oncology and inflammation. Prior to that he held global VP roles in GlaxoSmithKline R&D over 10 years, during which time he formed and led major transnational divisions which helped shape the company’s discovery platforms and pipelines across therapeutic areas and modalities.

Mike Romanos

Chief Executive Officer
Microbiotica Ltd.

Mike Romanos

Chief Executive Officer
Microbiotica Ltd.

Mike Romanos is a co-founder and Chief Executive of Microbiotica. He has 30 years’ experience in the biotech and pharma industry and previously co-founded Crescendo Biologics which he built and led as CEO and CSO, developing a leading antibody fragment discovery platform and pipeline in oncology and inflammation. Prior to that he held global VP roles in GlaxoSmithKline R&D over 10 years, during which time he formed and led major transnational divisions which helped shape the company’s discovery platforms and pipelines across therapeutic areas and modalities. In his last role he led a transnational group of 300 staff providing genomics, target and biomarker discovery, and platform biology for R&D. Mike is highly experienced in biotech translation and commercialisation, currently serving as a Non-Exec Director of the life-sciences charity LifeArc, and previously as Translational Adviser in Biomedicine at Imperial College, Venture Partner to UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund, and committee member on the MRC’s Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme for translational academic research. Mike holds a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, a PhD in Molecular Virology from Imperial College, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.

 

Assaf Oron

Chief Business Officer
Biomx

Assaf Oron

Chief Business Officer
Biomx

Assaf Oron

Chief Business Officer
Biomx
 

Xavier Duportet

CEO
Eligo Biosciences

Xavier Duportet

CEO
Eligo Biosciences

Xavier Duportet

CEO
Eligo Biosciences

The Agenda

Event Agenda

Pitch Your Microbes

Central to MICROBIOME INVEST is ‘Pitch Your Microbes’, a platform for 12 of the most exciting emerging companies in microbiome to pitch their innovative ideas to a room full of potential advisors, investors and partners. Our esteemed selection committee will handpick these final
12 presenting companies from the list of all applicants.

To apply, you should meet one of the following entry criteria:

- An academic with a desire to develop and commercialise an innovative idea or piece of research that will benefit patients.
- A recent spin-out from an academic institution looking for financial investment, partnerships and advice.
- A biotech company at the pre-revenue or post-revenue stage, looking for financial investment, partnerships, licencing deals and advice.

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DEADLINE: 6th APRIL 2018

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