Alex Leech
Private Equity Investor at BiovelocITA Srl
Network origin in Alex Leech first degree
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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.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 41 |
Creabilis Holdings Ltd.
 Creabilis Holdings Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Creabilis Holdings Ltd. operates as a biotechnology company. The company was founded on June 7, 2013 and is headquartered in Canterbury, the United Kingdom.
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| Extinct | Pharmaceuticals: Major | 6 |
BiovelocITA Srl
 BiovelocITA Srl Investment ManagersFinance Biovelocita Srl (Biovelocita) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Silvano Spinelli, Gabriella Camboni and Sofinnova Partners. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.
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| Holding Company | Investment Managers | 3 |
Chart of Companies connected to the second degree
Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Alex Leech via their personal network
| Company | Sector | Related people | Main position |
|---|---|---|---|
SpineVision SA
 SpineVision SA Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology SpineVision SA develops and markets implants for the treatment of spinal disorders. It also designs instrumentation for the spinal treatments. Its products include Flex 2, Lumis, Plus/X-Plus, ULIS, Unithread, Spacevisions, and C3. The firm also offers solutions for spinal pathologies, such as lumbar degenerative disc diseases, deformities, cervical disorders, trauma, and tumors. The company was founded by Gérard Vanacker on July 16, 1999 and is headquartered in Antony, France. | Medical Specialties | Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member | |
Calliditas Therapeutics Suisse SA
 Calliditas Therapeutics Suisse SA Pharmaceuticals: GenericHealth Technology Calliditas Therapeutics Suisse SA engages in the development of NOX therapies. Its platform enables the identification of orally available small-molecules that selectively inhibit specific NOX enzymes, which amplify multiple disease processes such as fibrosis, inflammation, pain processing, cancer development, and neurodegeneration. The company was founded Chihiro Yabe, Robert A. Clark, David Lambeth, and Karl-Heinz Krause in 2006 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. | Pharmaceuticals: Generic | Chairman Director/Board Member | |
| MAINSTAY MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| ABLYNX | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| University of Pavia | College/University | Doctorate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| ABIONYX PHARMA | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| Université de Technologie de Compiègne | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| Ecole Polytechnique | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
France Biotech Association
 France Biotech Association Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services France Biotech Association is an independent association founded in 1997 that brings together healthtech entrepreneurs and their expert partners. The non-profit company is based in Paris, France. The association actively contributes to meeting the many challenges of the healthtech industry, such as companies' financing, innovation-related taxes, regulatory and market access related issues. It offers concrete competition and solutions through its commissions and working groups to help startups and SMEs become international leaders capable of rapidly developing and bringing innovative solutions to patients. The French company was founded by Philippe Pouletty, Pascal Brandys, Denis J. Lucquin. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Founder Director/Board Member | |
Iris Capital Management SAS
 Iris Capital Management SAS Investment ManagersFinance Iris Capital Management SAS (Iris Capital) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Iris Capital Partners SAS founded in 1986 by Pierre de Fouquet and Antoine Garrigues. Iris Capital Management SAS is headquartered in Paris with additional offices around the world. | Investment Managers | Director of Finance/CFO | |
France Invest
 France Invest Financial ConglomeratesFinance France Invest is a French association of investors for growth that supports private equity as a lever for business creators and managers to achieve growth. The private company is based in Paris, France and was founded by Maurice Tchenio. The association is at the heart of the economy and aims to share the value created by supporting companies in their innovation and energy transition efforts. | Financial Conglomerates | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| SENSORION | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| ORPHAZYME A/S | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| REDX PHARMA PLC | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
MD Start SA
 MD Start SA BiotechnologyHealth Technology MD Start SA develops medical device technology. It has collaboration between venture capital, institutional investors and industry to the development of innovative medtech ideas in Europe. The company was founded by Tim Lenihanin 2010 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | Biotechnology | Chairman Director/Board Member Chief Investment Officer | |
ReCor Medical, Inc.
 ReCor Medical, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology ReCor Medical, Inc. develops novel therapeutic ultrasound catheter technologies The firm develops a therapeutic non-focused ultrasound system for performing renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension. The company was founded by Mano Iyer and Jacques Seguin in July 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Founder | |
| PIXIUM VISION | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| BIOTALYS NV | Chemicals: Agricultural | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
MedDay Pharmaceuticals SAS
 MedDay Pharmaceuticals SAS BiotechnologyHealth Technology MedDay Pharmaceuticals SAS operates as a biotechnology company developing new drugs for nervous system disorders. The firm operates for the treatment of neuro-metabolic diseases. The company was founded by Frédéric Sedel and Guillaume Brion in 2011 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer | |
Asceneuron SA
 Asceneuron SA Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Asceneuron SA operates as a biotechnology company. It develops therapeutics for orphan tauopathis and Alzheimer?s disease. The firm specializes in small molecule drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded by Dirk Beher, Frank Murdoch Armstrong and Christoph Wiessner in October 2012 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
HighLife SAS
 HighLife SAS Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology HighLife SAS develops percutaneous mitral valve replacement therapies. It offers a minimally invasive prosthetic mitral valve that is implanted on a beating heart, while preserving the native valve structure and respecting the surrounding anatomy. The company was founded by Georg Börtle in 2010 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | Medical Specialties | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Synthace Ltd.
 Synthace Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Synthace Ltd. produces bio-based chemical and biological products through synthetic biology. It is a synthetic biology company with a platform of technologies for the rapid engineering and optimization of novel biological production systems. The bioengineering platform is broadly applicable across multiple industry sectors, including the production of specialty chemicals from renewable feed stocks using efficient and sustainable processes. The company was founded by Sean Ward and Markus Christian Gershater in January 2011 and is headquartered in, London, the United Kingdom. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Microphyt SA
 Microphyt SA BiotechnologyHealth Technology Microphyt SA researches, develops, produces and markets natural bioactive products from microalgae. Its solutions are intended to address the needs of personal-care, food and health-care industries worldwide, through a differentiated and sustainable approach and proprietary technologies allow controlled and industrial-scale supply of microalgae biomass and extracts. The firm''s Industrial scale photo bioreactors developed and patented and are designed to produce specific strains of microalgae by preserving cell integrity and yielding commercial quantities of slow-growing or biofilm-forming species. The company was founded by Arnaud Muller-Feuga in 2007 and is headquartered in Baillargues, France. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
CorWave SA
 CorWave SA Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology CorWave SA develops and manufactures blood pumps. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | Medical Specialties | Chairman Director/Board Member | |
| AFYREN | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
EnobraQ SAS
 EnobraQ SAS Chemicals: Major DiversifiedProcess Industries EnobraQ SAS develops yeast for the production of chemical compounds. The company was founded on November 13, 2015 and is headquartered in Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France. | Chemicals: Major Diversified | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| Creabilis SA | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | ||
| GENKYOTEX SA. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Chairman Director/Board Member | |
LimFlow SA
 LimFlow SA Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology LimFlow SA develops and offers medical devices which transformes the treatment of critical limb Ischemi. The firm?s proprietary and CE marked technology is a novel and purely percutaneous therapy for ?no-option? CLI patients. The company was founded by Martin T. Rothman in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | Medical Specialties | Founder Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
DNA Script SAS
 DNA Script SAS Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology DNA Script engages in the provision of research and development in biotechnology. It manufactures synthetic deoxyribonucleic acid using enzymatic technology. The company was founded by Thomas Ybert, Sylvain Gariel and Xavier Godron in 2014 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
SafeHeal SAS
 SafeHeal SAS Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology SafeHeal SAS develops anastomosis protection devices for improved patient recovery and reduced healthcare costs. The company is headquartered in Paris, France. | Medical Specialties | Chairman Director/Board Member President | |
May Health SAS
 May Health SAS Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services May Health SAS engages in the development of device for the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome infertility. The company was founded in September 2017 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Chairman Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member President | |
Nuvation Bio Operating Co., Inc.
 Nuvation Bio Operating Co., Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Nuvation Bio Operating Co., Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology company developing proprietary therapies focuse on oncology. It portfolio includes Seven Novel and Mechanistically Distinct Oncology Programs, Each with Multiple Drug Development Candidates. The company was founded by David Hung in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member | |
GeneSpire Srl
 GeneSpire Srl BiotechnologyHealth Technology GeneSpire Srl is a holding company, which engages in the development of transformative gene therapies for patients with genetic diseases. The company was founded by Luigi Naldini and Alessio Cantone in March 2020 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
CDR-Life Inc.
 CDR-Life Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology CDR-Life Inc. is a Swiss biotherapeutics company that develops novel immunotherapies to target the power of the immune system specifically to tumor cells. CDR-Life is based in Schlieren, Switzerland, and was founded in 2017 by Leonardo Borras, Christian Leisner, Dominik Escher, Rouven Bingel-Erlenmeyer, and Konstantin von Schulthess. The company's proprietary antibody platform targets intracellular tumor antigens presented on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) with high affinity and specificity, which allows them to develop a pipeline of first-in-class therapeutics across a broad range of solid tumors. The company is backed by leading cross-Atlantic investors and has an existing collaboration and licensing agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim for a novel antibody fragment therapy to treat macular degeneration. Christian Leisner has been the CEO since 2017. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member | |
Noema Pharma AG
 Noema Pharma AG BiotechnologyHealth Technology Noema Pharma AG is a biotechnology company, which engages in the development of orphan neurological disorder therapies. It focuses on understanding and meeting patient needs using novel therapies. The company was founded by Luigi Costa and George Garibaldi and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Tenpoint Therapeutics Ltd.
 Tenpoint Therapeutics Ltd. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Tenpoint Therapeutics Ltd. is a British biotechnology company that specializes in developing engineered cell-based therapies and in vivo reprogramming to restore vision for individuals with degenerative ocular diseases. The company is based in Cambridge, UK and was founded in 2020. Tenpoint Therapeutics brings together experts who are shaping the regenerative ocular medicine revolution and the technologies that are driving it. The company's focus is on replacing diseased cells with healthy ones to permanently restore vision. Eddy Anglade has been the CEO of the company since 2023. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Nephris Srl
 Nephris Srl Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Nephris Srl provides pre-clinical and research services for kidney diseases. The company is based in Milan, Italy. The Italian company was founded in 2021 by Paolo Fiorina, Francesca D'Addio. The CEO is Maria Gabriella Camboni. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Chairman Director/Board Member | |
Moon Surgical SAS
 Moon Surgical SAS Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Moon Surgical SAS is a French medical technology company that is creating a new category of robotic surgery. The company is based in Paris, France and is operated by renowned serial medical innovators and backed by leading venture capitalists. Its Maestro system enhances existing laparoscopic techniques and tools with new capabilities, benefiting the 93%% of patients who currently do not have access to minimally invasive robotic surgery. The CEO of the company is Anne Osdoit. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer | |
Comet Biorefining, Inc.
 Comet Biorefining, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Comet Biorefining, Inc. operates as a holding company, which engages in the provision of cellulosic glucose technology for applications in renewable biofuels and biochemicals. It proprietary technology allows for the conversion of wood, wheat straw, bagasse, corn stover and other agricultural waste materials into high purity cellulosic glucose syrup. These non-food sources offer lower cost and price stability when compared to food sugar sources such as corn or sugar cane. The company was founded by Andrew Richard in 2009 and is headquartered in London, Canada. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member |
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International
| France | 23 |
| United States | 7 |
| Italy | 7 |
| Switzerland | 6 |
| United Kingdom | 5 |
Sectoral
| Health Technology | 36 |
| Consumer Services | 5 |
| Finance | 4 |
| Commercial Services | 4 |
| Process Industries | 3 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 295 |
| Chairman | 58 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 50 |
| Private Equity Investor | 48 |
| Independent Dir/Board Member | 31 |
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| Antoine Papiernik | 48 |
| Joshua Makower | 37 |
| Catherine Moukheibir | 29 |
| Maina Bhaman | 26 |
| Denis Lucquin | 26 |
| Graziano Seghezzi | 26 |
| Gérard Hascoët | 25 |
| Claudio Nessi | 25 |
| Jacques Theurillat | 22 |
| Henrijette Richter | 21 |
| Joseph Anderson | 19 |
| Joško Bobanovic | 19 |
| Jean-Marie Paluel-Marmont | 19 |
| Martin T. Rothman | 16 |
| Cédric Moreau | 14 |
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