EF Alumni

Jack O’Meara

CEO, Ochre Bio

Founded:

Cofounder:

Interests / background:

Biotechnology, Engineering, Healthcare and Medicine

Location:

London

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LinkedIn , Twitter

Jack is a biomedical engineer by training, with a background in bringing new technologies to market. His career spans management consulting, company creation, health technology and biopharma market launches. He helped to see one of the first blockbuster gene therapies through FDA approval and onto commercial launch.

Meet the founders - OchreBio

Company:

Ochre Bio

Genomic medicine for transplanted livers

Forbes

Forbes 30 under 30 Europe List: Over a dozen Entrepreneur First alum have been recognised for their transformative work

7 March, 2023

Ochre bio pic

Financial Times

EF alum Ochre Bio raises funds to make RNA treatments for liver disease

10 October, 2022

Man and woman crossed arms and smiling

Ochre Bio and GenoMines named techbio startups to watch by investors.

29 September, 2022

Dr Jordy Tasserie

Neuroscientist, PhD in Brain Stimulation & Medical Imaging (Paris), researcher Toronto & Harvard.

Jeffrey Schuster

CTO, Miist Therapeutics

Physics PhD with 30 years of industry experience developing advanced inhaled drug delivery systems.

Lucie Kriegshauser

Postdoctoral researcher in Plant Biotechnology. Focus on secondary metabolism & genetic engineering.

Brett Cotten

CEO, Arda Biomaterials

Alternative protein domain expert. Food and materials book author. Cambridge MBA for biotech (MBE).

Cyril Deroy

CSO, Celerity Labs

PhD Bioengineering at Oxford. Microfluidics & 3D print specialist. Work used in academia & industry.

Lazar Jovanovic

CTO, Summations

PhD graduate with 9 academic publications and multiple presentation awards in the last 4 years

Andrew Jajack

2x YC founder in diagnostics space with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Mark Caffrey

Applied Physicist, Biomedical & Electrical Engineer, PhD (c) Medical Tech NUI Galway, 2x CTO

Sujaan Das

CTO, Crane Biosciences

Biochem PhD at the Crick Institute, Curie Fellow. Experience in biochemical processing of cells.

Luca Bolondi

CEO, Crane Biosciences

Engineer experienced in growing deeptech startups, raised >$1M. Spent >1000hrs learning biotech.

Phil Haynes

PhD Molecular Biophysics at UCL and Imperial College London. Specialist in AI and microscopy R&D.

Rory Ryan

3x founder, exited 1x biotech company, experienced in engineering, 3 years working in Shenzhen China

Dr. Emilia McLaughlin

PhD in cell and molecular biology, 6+ years experience studying evolutionarily diverse life forms

Madeleine Moscatelli

CTO, EndoGene.Bio

PhD & Post-Doc in Genetics & Epigenetics with extensive stem cell experience ex-Université de Paris

Maria Teresa Perez Zaballos

CEO, EndoGene.Bio

Ex-Merck Fertility Portfolio Expansion Manager. PhD in Medical Devices, & MSc in Biotech Management

Sujoy Deb

Expert in Advanced molecular biology and genomics

Divya Sriram

PhD in cancer biology, expert in innovating the infectious diseases diagnosis with molecular biology

Cuong To

CTO, Cinference

Expert in machine learning, previously lead data scientist at AI startup

Christian Wirsching

CEO, Cinference

Former management consultant with degrees in engineering and business

Dali Rashid

Post Doc in Plant Biotechnology with extensive experience in plant metal hyperaccumulation

Fabien Koutchekian

Former Strategy Consultant and Mining Engineer, 2nd time deep-tech startup founder

Alexandros Pantalis

Tech entrepreneur, built & managed successful startups in e-commerce, software development & fintech

Adèle James

PhD in molecular microbiology, one of 20 world experts in phage therapy applied to aquatic organisms

Gabriel Dumy

PhD in acoustophoresis with experience in developing cell growing acoustic devices

Amélie Quilichini

Engineer with experience in managing tech & hardware projects as a strategy consultant

Adam Glen

CTO, Unicorn Biotechnologies

PhD in cell biology, experience at the intersection of biology and engineering

Jack Reid

CEO, Unicorn Biotechnologies

Trained chemist and philosopher, experience developing and commercializing new technologies

Cristiana Banila

PhD in Molecular Epidemiology, developed cancer screening tool for NHS, Oxford and Princeton grad

Shakiba Kaveh

Developed and sold technologies to the skincare industry, PhD Materials Science from Cambridge

Giovanni Rovere

Developed biomedical wearables, ETH Zurich PhD graduate. Expert in acquiring data from the body

Ludovico Mitchener

CTO, PhycoWorks

AI engineer & interdisciplinary scientist

Stefan Grossfurthner

CEO, PhycoWorks

Prize-winning synthetic biologist with a PhD in algal biotechnology from Cambridge

Dr Dinaz Zenobia Stutterheim

Expert in advanced mechanics of materials, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Prakruti Kodali

Degree in Civil Engineering, experience driving growth strategy and innovation as a consultant

Yudi Ding

CEO, Hide Biotech

Cambridge PhD specialised in organic and protein chemistry

Ling Ka Yi

CTO, Shiok Meats

PhD in Endocrinology and Reproductive physiology, specialist in stem cells

Sandhya Sriram

CEO, Shiok Meats

PhD in Biological Science, specialist in stem cells, a serial entrepreneur, and a thought leader

Rishita Changede

CEO, TeOra.Life

Award-winning scientist, experience in genetic engineering, biosensors and biophysics

Kishan Kishan

Co-founder, Neurobit

Expert in bioelectronic design and soft condensed matter physics

Amiya Patanaik

Experience studying sleep and cognitive neuroscience. PhD in Computer Engineering

Amber Hill

Expertise in medical research and engineering, PhD in Biomedical Neuroscience

Ed Cartwright

Paediatric doctor with a PhD in Microbiology & Epidemiology

Micol de Ruvo

CTO, Cogniscent

PhD and postdoc in Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Kai Lammel

CEO, Cogniscent

Commercial experience in Marketing, Sales and Consulting

Carlos Chacón-Martínez

PhD in Cell Biology, experience in skin/hair stem cells & regenerative medicine

Jurek Kozyra

PhD in DNA Nanotechnology, background in complex AI

Syed Shakeel Ahmed

PhD in Cancer Biology, experience leading collaborative projects with cancer clinics

Harold Mollison

Head of Sales and Marketing, Spidfier

Background in marketing and management

Stylianos Makrogkikas

Founder, FALCONBIO

PhD in Genome Engineering, experience in genetic manipulation

Nina Patrick

PhD in Drug Discovery and Development, previously senior scientist for biotech startups

Steven R Tsitas

PhD in Planetary Science, produced innovative work on 6U CubeSat

Sheetal Sinha

PhD in Biophysics, expert in microbial interactions & detection

Amit Kumar

PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dan Greenfield

Degrees in Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computer Engineering

Dimitris Athanasiou

CTO, Neurofenix

Master’s in Biomechanics, experience in medical device development and clinical trials

Guillem Singla Buxarrais

CEO, Neurofenix

Prize-winning biomedical engineer

Peter Clarke

CEO, Resurgo Genetics

Computational biologist

Will Moss

Data scientist and Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology graduate

Lionel Mora

Background in business and product, ex-Google

Patrick Torbey

PhD in Genome Editing with 3 published papers

Ewan Munro

CTO, Entropica Labs

Specialist in modelling physical platforms for quantum computing and information processing

Tommaso Federico Demarie

CEO, Entropica Labs

Physicist with experience in the field of quantum computing

Ernestas Sirka

Leading researcher in proteomics and clinical test development

Michael Dove

Worked in consulting and business development at top pharmaceutical and healthcare organisations

Quin Wills

Medical doctor with PhD in system genomics, founded Cellular and Systems Genomics department

Cesar Valencia-Gallardo

Former academic, deep expertise across biophysics and biotechnology

Ben Lakey

CEO, Syndi Health

Impact-driven Bioengineer, specialised in Medical Device regulatory navigation and commercialisation

Trisha Chatterjee

CTO, immunitoAI

Experienced in R&D, applying AI & ML solutions to various real world problems

Aridni Shah

CEO, immunitoAI

Experience in immunoassays, molecular techniques & molecular data analytics

Dr Akhilesh Chaurasia

Leader in field of genetically modified organisms

Hubert Tse

Experience in capital markets, launched successful energy trading ventures

Ollie Graham

CEO, Surge Analytics

Experience in financial services and software engineering

Dr Abhijit Salvekar

Co-founder, Polymerize

Polymer scientist with expertise in Process-Structure-Property Relationships and DoE.

Mona Kab Omir

Specialist in nanomedicine with multidisciplinary research experience in industry and academia

Alex Sheppard

Experience in the diagnostics industry space and successfully scaling medtech startups

Christopher Thompson

CTO, Micrographia Bio

Molecular biologist, machine learning engineer and roboticist

Julia Fan Li

CEO, Micrographia Bio

Immunologist and recovering VC

Andrea Mambrini

Award winning data scientist, developed bio-inspired algorithms for European Space Agency

Federico Paoletti

Award-winning computational oncology PhD, previously WHO

Ting Lye

Experience implementing data-driven health solutions

Dr Akbar Vahidi

Co-founder, Allozymes

PhD in enzyme technology, delivered industrial projects to big pharma, food and biofuel companies

Dr Peyman Salehian

Co-founder, Allozymes

Entrepreneur-scientist, managed international team as Head of Business Development

Ian Hu

CTO, Phycobloom

PhD in Evolutionary Biology, experience studying algae, synthetic biologists and leading teams

John C. Waite

CEO, Phycobloom

Developed technology for sustainable energy with a background in Material Science

Christian Mellor

Expertise in Biomedical Engineering and medical devises

Jonathan Baptista

Experienced in managing international teams with an MSc in complex systems simulation

Aditya Nayak

CTO, Plantik Biosciences

Structural and molecular biologist, leader in field of Ambient Temperature Sensing in plants

Ying Shao

CEO, Plantik Biosciences

Experience in company building, leading business development, strategy and marketing

Grant Aarons

CEO, FabricNano

PhD in Economics, worked in systems engineering and mathematical modelling

Dr. Mohammad H. D.A. Farahani

Entrepreneurial scientist, PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Moses Kakanga

PhD in biochemistry, experienced running clinical trials

Emiliano Lepore

PhD in biomaterials with experience in product innovation and business development

Ali Naderi

Deep researcher in field of gas processing membranes

Andre Lorenceau

Experienced in scaling and raising from VCs

Karol Rogowski

CTO, ElementZero Biolabs

PhD in Biochemistry, experienced in RNA/DNA research

John Moura

CEO, ElementZero Biolabs

Led product development, sales, and operations in global companies

David Gorgan

CEO, Nostos Genomics

Experienced with medical ML products and in the healthcare industry

Rocio Acuna Hidalgo

CTO, Nostos Genomics

Medical doctor with PhD in human genetics, previously Max Planck Institute

Joanne Kanaan

PhD from Ecole Normale Supérieure, research at the frontier of biochemistry and biophysics

Anna Shirinskaya

PhD in bioelectronics from Ecole Polytechnique, expert in bio-sensing devices

Hana Janebdar

Biochemical engineer, previously UCL and Imperial College London

Leighton Turner

Interdisciplinary scientist, PhD in Molecular Genetics

Alexandre Reeber

CEO, Core Biogenesis

Master's degree in Neuroscience, former project manager in Neurotechnology

Chouaib Meziadi

CTO, Core Biogenesis

PhD in Plant Genetics, postdoc in Epigenetics

Alexandra Boussommier

Biomedical engineer, using AI to tackle infertility

Peter Kecskemethy

Background in high-performance computing and statistical genetics

Christopher Reynolds

CTO, Better Dairy

Synthetic biologists, led projects to optimise protein expression in cells

Jevan Nagarajah

CEO, Better Dairy

Experienced across banking and technology

Avlokita Tiwari

Bioinformatician with expertise in computational biology and genomic data

Praapti Jayaswal

Molecular and microbiologist combatting anti-microbial resistance

Marie-Christine Imbert

Molecular biologist

Timothy Bouley

Medical doctor and environmental scientist

Kate Ma

COO, Neptune Robotics

Experience software engineer with an MSc in Financial Statistics from London School of Economics.

Elizabeth Chan

CEO, Neptune Robotics

Experienced software engineer and full stack developer with a MA and BA in economics from Cambridge.

Cyril Nie

Master’s degree in Computer Science from University College London. Experienced full-stack engineer.

Arthur Sousa

Repeat founder with 10+ years in B2C Growth, Product & Engineering for global tech companies.

Peter Little

CTO, StartScreen

Software Engineering Graduate. Led teams at scale-ups and specialised in augmenting 3rd party UIs.

Alex Wilton

Experienced technologist and entrepreneur.

Robert Ihnatisin

CTO, Orbital Matter

Electrical Engineer. Ex-R&D @ Formlabs & Google. 7 Hackathon wins, Microsoft Imagine Cup Finalist.

Jeffrey Schuster

CTO, Miist Therapeutics

Physics PhD with 30 years of industry experience developing advanced inhaled drug delivery systems.

Kevin Bonte

Experienced Engineer in B2B payments.

Omar Dekkiche

Engineer. Former M&A banker. Second time deep tech startup founder.

Duncan Ryan

Experienced developer in regulated environments, and integrating unstructured, disparate data.

Chris Parsons

CTO, Grey Swan Finance

Oxford-trained software engineer. Professional experience in backend, and solidity development.

Chris Gudde

Self-taught data scientist & full stack developer. Led 1000+ teams in risk, compliance & operations.

Alex Hooper

Self-taught software engineer, previously building and leading engineering teams at 11:FS.

Kit Burgess

Founding-team engineer at US$100M Startup. Cambridge Mathematician.

Elaf Deyab

2x Founder. Ex-Goldman Sachs. Engineering graduate.

Cyril Deroy

CSO, Celerity Labs

PhD Bioengineering at Oxford. Microfluidics & 3D print specialist. Work used in academia & industry.

Rumessa Raja

CEO, Celerity Labs

Designed & scaled e-commerce platforms leading B2B companies in advanced industries (ex-McKinsey).

Manick Kalra

CEO, Lumeros AI

NUS EEE Valedictorian (Highest Distinction). Built AI to generate over US$10M in tyre sales.

Ramya Seetharaman

CTO, Haemetrics

Multidisciplinary scientist with eight years of expertise executing academic and industrial projects

Priya Ramani

CEO, Haemetrics

PhD, deep expertise in human health & disease. Commercialised innovative technologies.

Burhan Ul Tayyab

AI Researcher with Global Awards.

Ulysse Mizrahi

Serial early-start-upper, passionate about all things productivity

Pierre Yser

Double expert in simulation and Deep Learning, PhD in computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Nicolas Rasamimanana

Entrepreneur with tech background, PhD in Machine Learning

Bhargav Sosale

Software engineer and product designer

Reza Larimi

Background in design, control systems & automation. Multiple international patents & publications

Tony Qu

Engineer with a background leading business development @ energy companies in developing countries

Siyavash G. Nia

Former VP of Product, dual masters in Tech & Science, built FDA approved AI medical imaging product

Jacob John

Former product lead and second-time founder with experience taking startups from 0-1

Lazar Jovanovic

CTO, Summations

PhD graduate with 9 academic publications and multiple presentation awards in the last 4 years

Sudipta Biswas

Expert in AI, machine learning, deep learning and product development.

Andrew Jajack

2x YC founder in diagnostics space with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Dana Mihal Aronovici

CTO, FemXX Health

Expert SW Engineer from ETH Zürich with MedTech experience. Endometriosis patient & advocate

Mahmut Martin Yüksel

Medical Doctor, Harvard Neuroscientist, PhD (c) Neuroengineering at EPFL, 2x CEO & Medical Founder

Marcus Hott

Developed cardiac ML algorithms at Harvard Medical School & nano-satellites at NASA. TUM graduate

Claire Trant

7+ years in wastewater engineering strategy and innovation, PhD with Rolls-Royce Aerospace

Cameron Whitehead

Previously Senior Engineer at Series A tech company. Expert in building scalable consumer solutions.

Ojas Shukla

Second time founder. University of Singapore dropout. Successfully exited first company at age 19

Yat Chi Fong

PhD in Electrical Engineering, designed controllers and management systems

Raghu Raman Sekhar

PhD in Electrical Engineering, expertise in designing power electronic converters

Mohammad Reza Vedady

Award-winning engineer and pioneer researcher

Mansoor Rahimat Khan

CEO, Beatoven.ai

Engineer combining classical music training and a background in live and recording industry

Fuad Becirbasic

CTO, Forwardize

Full stack developer, expertise creating scalable marketplaces and leading engineering team

Christian Wirsching

CEO, Cinference

Former management consultant with degrees in engineering and business

Holger Nießner

Full-stack developer with experience leading engineering teams, MSc in Space Science and Technology

Ceyhun Derinbogaz

CTO, Text Cortex AI

Led a data engineering team at trivago, patents in energy industry and publications in deep learning

Carmine Paolino

Began programming at 5, developed machine learning and anti-corruption systems

Fabien Koutchekian

Former Strategy Consultant and Mining Engineer, 2nd time deep-tech startup founder

Amélie Quilichini

Engineer with experience in managing tech & hardware projects as a strategy consultant

Wilmer Daza

Full-stack software & machine learning engineer with experience in the software development industry

Adam Glen

CTO, Unicorn Biotechnologies

PhD in cell biology, experience at the intersection of biology and engineering

Alistair Thomson

Expert software development skills in building graphically-intense & high-traffic products and games

Martin Postel

Expert in automation and optimisation for supply and production, with a PhD in AI in Manufacturing

Helen Murphy

Strong expertise in leading commercial and technical businesses across consumer goods and operations

Lorenzo Sani

CTO, Shopscribe

Product-obsessed full-stack software engineer. Imperial dropout

Rob Minford

Built metric driven, high growth end user products, where focusing on the user has been paramount

Nicolas Carmont

CTO, Connect Earth

Experience creating sustainability startups with background in AI and software engineering

Kartik Arora

Full-stack developer and engineering manager across fast-growing startups

Tamir Shklaz

Computer Science nerd, 3x startup founder & South African Entrepreneur of the Year (2019)

Pulkit Agarwal

Math nerd, Stanford GSB Alum and Ex-Palantir, Top of class at Georgia Tech at the age of 20

Daniil Moskovtsov

Fullstack engineer with experience in marketplaces and e-commerce. Ex-Redmart and Shopback

Harry Conor Lucas

Software engineer with a background in technical project leadership at JPMorgan Chase and the Europe

Dr Saeid Masudy Panah

CTO, SunGreenH2

Award-winning scientist in field of nanoscale materials and renewable energy devices

Dr Dinaz Zenobia Stutterheim

Expert in advanced mechanics of materials, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Prakruti Kodali

Degree in Civil Engineering, experience driving growth strategy and innovation as a consultant

Michele Riccardo Esposito

Product-thinker & part-time coder

Prashant Maurice Dhara

Built multiple deep learning solutions, experience building tech in startups

Sreenadh Narayanan

Degree in Engineering, helped tech companies accelerate growth and monetise new products

Raja Srivastav Chirravuri

Master's in Engineering, experience building and scaling natural language processing products

Jedd Cheong Jia Hao

Co-founder, Qandela

PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, expert in medical imaging

Amiya Patanaik

Experience studying sleep and cognitive neuroscience. PhD in Computer Engineering

Tanguy Serrat

CTO, SquareMind

MSc in Machine Learning, developed state-of- the-art deep learning systems for medical surgery

Amber Hill

Expertise in medical research and engineering, PhD in Biomedical Neuroscience

Micol de Ruvo

CTO, Cogniscent

PhD and postdoc in Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Amir Nejadmalayeri

PhD in Electrical Engineering, specialising in optics and photonics

Henry Irish

Full-stack developer, MEng doing security research

Vivek Sheraton

Degree in Chemical Engineering, developed cancer simulation models for PhD

Rose Haft

Studied Biomedical Optics at some of the world's leading engineering schools

Xavier Millot

Co-founder, Nectar

Computer Science graduate, grew team and technology at Hinge Health

Sagar Setu

CTO, Milky Way AI

Robotics and computer vision expert, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Sandip Gangakhedkar

CTO, Imperium Drive

Wireless systems engineer, developed the first 5G-based teleoperated driving prototype

Koosha Kaveh

CEO, Imperium Drive

Experience in strategy consulting, MEng in Electrical Engineering

Hrishi Olickel Arumaraj

Full stack engineer, built tech products for non-early adopter markets

Vishvesh Suriyanarayanan

Software engineer turned product manager

Amit Kumar

PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Simon Spurrier

Engineer and product manager, built financial optimisation algorithms

Petar Besevic

Conducted research in Chemical Engineering, worked on energy policy

Siddhartha Gunti

Co-founder, Adaface

Researched in context based machine translation, ex-Quant

Deepti Chopra

Co-founder, Adaface

Engineer, former researcher at Caltech

Francesco Montomoli

PhD in Energy Engineering, Imperial College reader and REng Enterprise Fellow.

Robin Tindale

CTO, Zeroheight

Computer scientist with versatile engineering background

Jerome de Lafargue

CEO, Zeroheight

Award-winning computer scientist with deep knowledge of the app industry

Animesh Kumar Jha

Co-founder, Volt14

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, developed novel nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing methods

Raz Ghafoor

Prize winning engineer, developed machine learning algorithms

Mandeep Gill

PhD focused on distributed systems engineering, experience in startups and finance

Leo Anthias

Former founder solving issues he encountered as a CTO

Avni Agrawal

Computer science engineer, experience in big data analytics and machine learning

Akanksha Jagwani

Mechanical engineer, led digital product design and management teams

Vadim Toader

CEO, Proportunity

Valuation and forecasting experience, degree in Engineering, Economics and Management

Dan Greenfield

Degrees in Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computer Engineering

Will Hanschell

Systems engineer with experience in creative service

Hemang Rishi

MSc in Electrical Engineering, worked and published in Computer Vision

Guillem Singla Buxarrais

CEO, Neurofenix

Prize-winning biomedical engineer

Ben van Enckevort

Creator and engineer, started first software business aged 18

Jack A. Cohen

PhD in Theoretical and Computational Physics, lifelong maker and creator

Arnor Davidsson

Experienced in software engineering, product management and UX, MSc in Computer Science

Majed Chaaraoui

Experience in consulting and investment banking

Dennis Sandmark

Full stack software engineer, built robust, scalable systems

Morris He

CEO, Caelus Technologies

Experience in chip and circuit design

Chi Fung Lok

CTO, Caelus Technologies

Design experience in analog, mixed-signal and RF architectures and circuits

Alex Nodeland

Serial innovator with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Alex Kosenkov

Experience in high performance computing

Misha Filippov

Chief Scientist, Quod AI

Mathematical physicist, built AI models for prestigious institutions

Herve Roussel

Experience building software in the US, mentor for IBM AI XPRIZE

Nidhi Gupta

Experience in the logistics industry

Tuhin Chakraborty

Software engineer, previously led engineering teams

Mathieu Johnsson

Designed planes for Airbus Future Projects, MSc Engineering

Mislav Stipetic

CTO, Magic Sandbox

Full-stack engineer, previously led the IoT platform at Infarm

Abhishek Agrawal

Experience in high precision manufacturing sector

Surbhi Krishna Singh

Award-winning engineer, experience in manufacturing and industrial automation

Yazan Al Alami

Co-founder, Creative AI

Helped local and global brands 10x their reach and engagement on social media

Ran Fan

CTO, ArrayStream

Experience in building real-time automated trading systems for companies

Leon Farrant

CEO, Green Li-ion

Accomplished leader with experience in energy and engineering sectors

Reza Katal

CTO, Green Li-ion

Industry expert in lithium battery recycling

Bashir Beikzadeh

CTO, Metis Labs

Experienced software engineer with a background in electrical and electronic engineering

Alex Appelbe

CEO, Metis Labs

Mechanical engineer, experienced in factory operations and new product development

Sven Mischkewitz

Award-winning software engineer, worked on annotation tools for brain cells

Fouad Al Noor

Master's in Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology

Nick La Rooy

Co-founder, LoopPerfect

Full-stack developer, ex-Barclays Capital with MA in AI and Philosophy

Efe Surekli

A cambridge graduate and serial founder, competent in software engineering, specialising in AI & ML.

Haïkel Balti

Trained mechanical engineer and material scientist

Victor Moreau

Ex-strategy consultant with expertise in financial services, engineering degree from CentraleSupélec

Sigurjon Isaksson

Strong interest and background in Machine Learning and Financial Engineering

Evan Kervella

Data scientist with extensive network in the medical industry

Han Lai

Co-founder and Director, Open Cosmos

Led industrial projects, degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Alex Tupper

Experienced full-stack engineer, data engineer and product specialist

Ben Lakey

CEO, Syndi Health

Impact-driven Bioengineer, specialised in Medical Device regulatory navigation and commercialisation

Shourya Lala

Computer science engineer and an accomplished application developer

Dr Elias Willemse

CTO, Waste Labs

Expert in optimisation modelling, developed AI to optimise waste collection

Dr Akhilesh Chaurasia

Leader in field of genetically modified organisms

Atual Yadav

FCull-stack engineer with experience in building and scaling world-class SaaS products

Dr Vishvak Kannan

CTO, Surge Analytics

PhD in Chemical Engineering with a focus on energy systems

Ollie Graham

CEO, Surge Analytics

Experience in financial services and software engineering

Julia Fan Li

CEO, Micrographia Bio

Immunologist and recovering VC

Nyasha Japondo

Electronic and hardware engineer, expert in designing electronic sensor devices

CJ Cassar

PhD with a focus on building augmented and virtual reality tools for engineers

Chris Whitehead

Former systems engineer and technology specialist, experience in B2B sales

Mark Stokes

Mechanical and machine learning engineer, experience in startups and the aerospace industry

Harry Grieve

Full stack data scientist, developed and sold enterprise AI solutions

Mark Aaron Chan

CTO, Thermosphr

PhD in Mechanical Enginereing, expert in thermal systems

Kannan Reghu

Experienced in product and tech, ex-VP of Engineering at Grover

Maria Silvia Scetta

CEO, Deltablock

Ex-trader and portfolio manager, financial engineer

Tarik Dadi

Led data science projects around the world, Master's Degree in Machine Learning

Nitish Mutha

Software engineer, coding since the age of 5

Chris Butcher

Engineer, experience scaling business to serve SMEs

Dr Stefan Glatzel

CTO, CheMastery

Experience in building software and hardware technologies

Ankit Parashar

Engineer, built SAAS-based analytics product for hardware

Dr. Mohammad H. D.A. Farahani

Entrepreneurial scientist, PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Emir Nurov

Expert in product development and commercialisation

Shivam Mani Tripathi

Deep research in AI and automation, experience in product building

Aaron Lim

Expertise in high-end client engagement, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate

Nicolas Ang

Co-founder, F-drones

Aeronautical Engineering specialist, experienced bringing investment to Singapore

Yeshwanth Reddy

Co-founder, F-drones

Aerospace engineer, experienced in drone product development

Puneet Chhabra

CTO, Headlight AI

Experienced in LiDAR, Radar, and Sonar technologies, PhD in Electrical Engineering

Sahil Tapiawala

CEO, Atomionics

M.Sc. Chemistry and B.Eng. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, experience in product development

Brittany Harris

Experienced civil engineer, recognised thought leader in building sustainable futures

Jade Cohen

Environmental advisor, managed environmental impact on Crossrail

Theo Saville

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer, background in metals 3D printing

Tomide Adesanmi

CEO, Circuit Mind

Electronics engineer, Master's from University of Leeds

Basilio Gentile

CTO, Circuit Mind

PhD in mathematical algorithms for complex systems from ETH Zurich

Saurabh Jejurikar

CEO, Endovision

5x founder, experienced in business development, AI and mathematics.

Hannah Burrow

Frustrated dentist automating boring bits of work.

Noreen Wu

Repeat founder experienced in global high-end B2B design, marketing and business development.

Arthur Sousa

Repeat founder with 10+ years in B2C Growth, Product & Engineering for global tech companies.

Dan Pappo

CPO, Agota Health

Healthcare delivery innovation expert. Ex Phreesia, Columbia, Field Trip, Parsley Health.

Phil Protomanni

CEO, Agota Health

Tech sales leader turned healthcare executive. Led COVID vaccination and testing team across Canada.

Pr Andreas Horn

World class professor at Harvard University specialised in Deep Brain Stimulation & medical imaging.

Dr Jordy Tasserie

Neuroscientist, PhD in Brain Stimulation & Medical Imaging (Paris), researcher Toronto & Harvard.

Dr. Claus Gruber

Medical Doctor (LMU, Harvard), researcher on telemedicine/shared care at Moorfields in London.

Dominik Pederzani

Second-time founder, ex-McKinsey, Wharton MBA, COO of publicly-listed fintech.

Agathe de Vulpian

BSc Ecole Polytechnique in Maths & Computer Science. MPhil Cambridge University in Machine Learning.

Adrian Ahne

CTO, Akuity Care

PhD in AI applied to digital health, studying psychological factors of chronic diseases.

Grégory Lista

CEO, Akuity Care

Ex-strategy consultant & sr leader in Pharma, track record in market access & commercial operations.

Dr. Leslie Dickson-Tetteh

Leslie is an MD and ex-product manager at Cera Care, he’s also an Oxford alumni with 5 publications.

Dilip Rajeswari

Led the R&D team, working at the intersection of Machine Learning, Neuroscience and Psychiatry.

Bali Lee

PhD in Neuroscience. Five years establishing preclinical, translational and clinical collaborations.

Stefan Bostock

CTO, Kanjo Health

Expert in digital biomarkers, machine learning & computer vision. Merck Innovation award winner.

Sophia Parvizi-Wayne

CEO, Kanjo Health

Mental health expert. Tech founder. Pioneered the largest education campaign of its time as a teen.

Cyril Deroy

CSO, Celerity Labs

PhD Bioengineering at Oxford. Microfluidics & 3D print specialist. Work used in academia & industry.

Dr. Trishala Punjabi

Medical doctor (MBBS) and second-time entrepreneur.

Ramya Seetharaman

CTO, Haemetrics

Multidisciplinary scientist with eight years of expertise executing academic and industrial projects

Priya Ramani

CEO, Haemetrics

PhD, deep expertise in human health & disease. Commercialised innovative technologies.

Florian Savoy

Computer vision and machine learning expert

Bhargav Sosale

Software engineer and product designer

Siyavash G. Nia

Former VP of Product, dual masters in Tech & Science, built FDA approved AI medical imaging product

Jacob John

Former product lead and second-time founder with experience taking startups from 0-1

Giancarlo De Lio

CEO, Trust Chain

Seasoned entrepreneur with 20+ yrs including co-founding VitalHub (IPO) and multiple exists

Andrew Jajack

2x YC founder in diagnostics space with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Dana Mihal Aronovici

CTO, FemXX Health

Expert SW Engineer from ETH Zürich with MedTech experience. Endometriosis patient & advocate

Luise Müller

CEO, FemXX Health

Experienced founder & business leader; focus on building impact B2C platforms, brands & communities

Mahmut Martin Yüksel

Medical Doctor, Harvard Neuroscientist, PhD (c) Neuroengineering at EPFL, 2x CEO & Medical Founder

Mark Caffrey

Applied Physicist, Biomedical & Electrical Engineer, PhD (c) Medical Tech NUI Galway, 2x CTO

Marcus Hott

Developed cardiac ML algorithms at Harvard Medical School & nano-satellites at NASA. TUM graduate

Oliver Weiss

Serial founder. Developed ISO standard. Public Health speaker. CBS graduate

Jay Bullen

Developed new, low-cost methods for water quality monitoring. PhD from Imperial College London

Claire Trant

7+ years in wastewater engineering strategy and innovation, PhD with Rolls-Royce Aerospace

Madeleine Moscatelli

CTO, EndoGene.Bio

PhD & Post-Doc in Genetics & Epigenetics with extensive stem cell experience ex-Université de Paris

Maria Teresa Perez Zaballos

CEO, EndoGene.Bio

Ex-Merck Fertility Portfolio Expansion Manager. PhD in Medical Devices, & MSc in Biotech Management

Maria Corlianò

Maria is an award-winning scientist and brings experience in the field of the gut microbiome.

Ian Chong

An experienced founder, founded & exited 2 businesses prior, specialising in performance marketing.

Divya Sriram

PhD in cancer biology, expert in innovating the infectious diseases diagnosis with molecular biology

Gabriel Dumy

PhD in acoustophoresis with experience in developing cell growing acoustic devices

Amélie Quilichini

Engineer with experience in managing tech & hardware projects as a strategy consultant

Cristiana Banila

PhD in Molecular Epidemiology, developed cancer screening tool for NHS, Oxford and Princeton grad

Shakiba Kaveh

Developed and sold technologies to the skincare industry, PhD Materials Science from Cambridge

Giovanni Rovere

Developed biomedical wearables, ETH Zurich PhD graduate. Expert in acquiring data from the body

Stefan van der Fluit

Led growth at Facebook and 2018 Dutch national Ironman age group champion

Kit Logan

Founded a product studio at 14, winning awards for activity tracking products loved by 350k people

Charlie Leggate

Experienced founder and commercial strategist, grew a FitTech community from 0-450k

Jedd Cheong Jia Hao

Co-founder, Qandela

PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, expert in medical imaging

Kishan Kishan

Co-founder, Neurobit

Expert in bioelectronic design and soft condensed matter physics

Amiya Patanaik

Experience studying sleep and cognitive neuroscience. PhD in Computer Engineering

Eoin Hyde

Co-founder Innersight Labs

PhD in Computer Science from University of Oxford

Lorenz Berger

Co-founder, InnersightLabs

PhD in Computer Science from Oxford University

Ali Khachlouf

CEO, SquareMind

Experience in private equity and consulting, advised on strategy and growth

Tanguy Serrat

CTO, SquareMind

MSc in Machine Learning, developed state-of- the-art deep learning systems for medical surgery

Amber Hill

Expertise in medical research and engineering, PhD in Biomedical Neuroscience

Alex Palmer-Walsh

PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Ed Cartwright

Paediatric doctor with a PhD in Microbiology & Epidemiology

Micol de Ruvo

CTO, Cogniscent

PhD and postdoc in Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Kai Lammel

CEO, Cogniscent

Commercial experience in Marketing, Sales and Consulting

Vivek Sheraton

Degree in Chemical Engineering, developed cancer simulation models for PhD

Caleb Chiu

Expert in consumer applications, developed AI-enabled digital therapeutics

Megan Lam

Held research fellowship at Yale School of Medicine and advisor to HealthTech developments

Rose Haft

Studied Biomedical Optics at some of the world's leading engineering schools

Xavier Millot

Co-founder, Nectar

Computer Science graduate, grew team and technology at Hinge Health

Jurek Kozyra

PhD in DNA Nanotechnology, background in complex AI

Syed Shakeel Ahmed

PhD in Cancer Biology, experience leading collaborative projects with cancer clinics

Joshua Oppenheimer

CEO, Transformative

Emergency medicine doctor

Marek Sirendi

CTO, Transformative

Ex-researcher at CERN, PhD in High Energy Physics

Dimitris Athanasiou

CTO, Neurofenix

Master’s in Biomechanics, experience in medical device development and clinical trials

Guillem Singla Buxarrais

CEO, Neurofenix

Prize-winning biomedical engineer

Kaveh Taghipour

PhD in Natural Language Processing, developed information extraction and text classification systems

Aneesh Sathe

PhD in Mechanobiology, developed computer vision systems to identify cancer cells

Jonathan O’Keefe

CEO, Machine Medicine

Doctor, neuroscientist and machine learning engineer

Abhishek Agrawal

Experience in high precision manufacturing sector

Ewan Munro

CTO, Entropica Labs

Specialist in modelling physical platforms for quantum computing and information processing

Tommaso Federico Demarie

CEO, Entropica Labs

Physicist with experience in the field of quantum computing

Deepanshu Malik

CTO, EndoVision

Experience building deep tech platforms and using computer vision and machine learning on video

Saurabh Jejurikar

CEO, EndoVision

MSc in Mathematics, experienced in building and managing talented tech teams

Ernestas Sirka

Leading researcher in proteomics and clinical test development

Michael Dove

Worked in consulting and business development at top pharmaceutical and healthcare organisations

Laura Douglas

Experience building AI health products, degrees in Machine Learning and Statistics

Quin Wills

Medical doctor with PhD in system genomics, founded Cellular and Systems Genomics department

Jack Weston

PhD researching sequential pattern recognition problems in particle physics using deep learning

Emil Fristed

CEO/CSO, Novoic

Computational neuroscientist, leading for Impact Fellow with the Skoll Centre in Oxford

Sven Mischkewitz

Award-winning software engineer, worked on annotation tools for brain cells

Fouad Al Noor

Master's in Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology

Sebastiaan de Vries

Track record of developing intuitive apps and digital interfaces

Ross Harper

PhD in Computational Neuroscience, led on 4 Innovate UK projects

Helene Guillaume

Ex-hedge fund quant, MSc in financial risks and ultra athlete

Evan Kervella

Data scientist with extensive network in the medical industry

Dimitri Labat

PhD in theoretical physics with expertise in superconductivity and its applications

Jorge Alexander

CTO, Syndi Health

2x CTO with a track-record of implementing scalable and disruptive machine learning solutions

Ben Lakey

CEO, Syndi Health

Impact-driven Bioengineer, specialised in Medical Device regulatory navigation and commercialisation

Trisha Chatterjee

CTO, immunitoAI

Experienced in R&D, applying AI & ML solutions to various real world problems

Aridni Shah

CEO, immunitoAI

Experience in immunoassays, molecular techniques & molecular data analytics

Mona Kab Omir

Specialist in nanomedicine with multidisciplinary research experience in industry and academia

Alex Sheppard

Experience in the diagnostics industry space and successfully scaling medtech startups

Julia Fan Li

CEO, Micrographia Bio

Immunologist and recovering VC

Federico Paoletti

Award-winning computational oncology PhD, previously WHO

Ting Lye

Experience implementing data-driven health solutions

Dr Stefano Goria

Expert in mathematical modelling & multi-modal ML (17 years), PhD in Theoretical Physics, ex-quant

Dr Emilia Molimpakis

Expert in language use as cognitive biomarker (12 years), Neuroscience PhD, Innovation Award Winner

Nick Shaw

CTO, Spotted Zebra

Chartered occupational psychologist and thought leader in the assessment industry

Dr Yousef Amar

PhD in distributed networks and edge computing, avid marathoner

Jose Martin Quesada

Experience in digital, consumer growth and data, CrossFit competitor

Christian Mellor

Expertise in Biomedical Engineering and medical devises

William Nash

Strong knowledge of IG problems and solutions, experience of working with healthcare systems on data

Jean-Baptiste Morlot

PhD in machine learning applied to genetics, pioneer in deep learning to decode sequencing data

Jonathan Baptista

Experienced in managing international teams with an MSc in complex systems simulation

Renan Pereira

Data scientist, experience developing and managing scalable machine learning models

Dora Sabino

Experience in cancer research, led projects in industry-modelling cancer treatment response

Alice Pelton

CEO, The Lowdown

Built and monetised digital products, passionate about contraceptive healthcare

Manasa Nadipally

Co-founder, Litmus Eye

Expert in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Medical Image Processing

Moses Kakanga

PhD in biochemistry, experienced running clinical trials

Emiliano Lepore

PhD in biomaterials with experience in product innovation and business development

Dornoosh Zonoobi

PhD in AI medical imaging, experience in leading clinical research

Karol Rogowski

CTO, ElementZero Biolabs

PhD in Biochemistry, experienced in RNA/DNA research

Pedro Freire Silva

Expert in low-cost Nuclear Magnetic Resonance solutions, ex-researcher at world-leading institutions

Clemens Tepel

MSc in Sustainable Energies, began his career at McKinsey

Rayna Patel

CEO, VineHealth

Doctor and neuroscientist, previously Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Columbia

Georgina Kirby

CTO, VineHealth

Data scientist, previously Imperial College London and GSK

Laina Emmanuel

CEO, Brainsight AI

Healthcare business expert, previously Clinton Health Access Initiative

Rimjhim Agrawal

CTO, Brainsight AI

PhD in AI in Psychiatry from National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience

Pahini Pandya

Cancer researcher, post-doctorate from Cambridge

David Gorgan

CEO, Nostos Genomics

Experienced with medical ML products and in the healthcare industry

Rocio Acuna Hidalgo

CTO, Nostos Genomics

Medical doctor with PhD in human genetics, previously Max Planck Institute

Pandu Raharja

Machine learning expert, experienced in developing models for cancer detection

Sadaf Monajemi

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Milad Mohammadzadeh

PhD in Biomedical Fluid Dynamics

Joanne Kanaan

PhD from Ecole Normale Supérieure, research at the frontier of biochemistry and biophysics

Anna Shirinskaya

PhD in bioelectronics from Ecole Polytechnique, expert in bio-sensing devices

Hana Janebdar

Biochemical engineer, previously UCL and Imperial College London

Leighton Turner

Interdisciplinary scientist, PhD in Molecular Genetics

Dr Sripad Devalla

CTO, Origin Health

PhD in clinical AI algorithms for medical imaging and worked with global health systems

Jens Thang

CEO, Origin Health

Experience in building companies with specific expertise in the technology industry

Alexandra Boussommier

Biomedical engineer, using AI to tackle infertility

Arun Bhatia

Master's in Computer Science, built deep tech AI products for companies in India and Japan

Ravi Chandra

Serial entrepreneur in healthcare with experience of working with B2C health businesses

Tobias Rijken

Machine learning scientist with a focus on deep learning

Peter Kecskemethy

Background in high-performance computing and statistical genetics

Laurence Bargery

Developer, skilled in producing high-quality usable scalable software in a production environment

Jacob Haddad

Co-founder, accuRx

Experienced in improving healthcare provider efficiency and quality

Avlokita Tiwari

Bioinformatician with expertise in computational biology and genomic data

Praapti Jayaswal

Molecular and microbiologist combatting anti-microbial resistance

Timothy Bouley

Medical doctor and environmental scientist