Mr Kostas Kaloulis

KANDO id: 1046377

Bio

Kostas is Venture Partner with ND Capital. In parallel, he heads the Innovation for the Life Sciences school at EPFL, and on behalf of InnoSuisse (the Swiss Federal innovation initiative), acts as an expert for new healthcare startups and technologies across Switzerland. His main career motivation is to bring scientific breakthroughs to patients. As co-founder of the ReMedys Foundation, he supports the development of products with low commercial interest, but with potentially great impact to patients’ lives. He has more than 18 years of experience in research, entrepreneurship (founder of 3 start ups), and biopharmaceutical business development & strategic innovation (Merck KGaA), where he has structured, negotiated, and managed numerous licensing and strategic partnerships deals. Kostas holds a PhD in Molecular Embryology from the University of Geneva and Post Doctoral training in cancer genetics from the Swiss Institute of Cancer Research.

Education