Network origin in Lukas Guenther first degree
| Entity | Entity type | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Wellington Partners GmbH
 Wellington Partners GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Wellington Partners GmbH (Wellington Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1991 by Rolf Christof Dienst. The firm is headquartered in Munich, with offices in Zurich, London, and Palo Alto.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 12 |
Endostart SRL
 Endostart SRL Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Endostart SRL manufactures medical devices for gastrointestinal endoscopy. It specializes in medical devices based on ferrofluid and magnetic fields to guide a colonoscope along the colon, avoiding incomplete colonoscopies. The company was founded by Alessandro Tozzi on May 1, 2018 and is headquartered in Certaldo, Italy.
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| Holding Company | Medical Specialties | 7 |
Chart of Companies connected to the second degree
Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Lukas Guenther via their personal network
| Company | Sector | Related people | Main position |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFIZER, INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
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 | |
NeoTract, Inc.
 NeoTract, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology NeoTract, Inc. develops surgical devices for urological and gynecological disorders. It offers UroLift System, a minimally invasive device to treat lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. The company was founded by Joshua Makower, Joseph Catanese, Theodore C. Lamson and Earl A. Bright II in 2004 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA. | Biotechnology | Founder President | |
Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as pharmaceuticals company which focuses on the clinical development of new therapies for dyslipidemia. The company was founded by Jerry Wisler and Michael Davidson in 2008 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | 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 | |
| Imperial College London | College/University | Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| INSEAD | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| Université de Technologie de Compiègne | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| Ecole Polytechnique | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | College/University | Graduate Degree Undergraduate 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 | |
Molecular Vision Ltd.
 Molecular Vision Ltd. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Molecular Vision Ltd. develops low-cost, lab-quality, point of care, disposable diagnostic devices for medical testing. The company was founded by Donal D. C. Bradley in 2001 and is headquartered in York, the United Kingdom. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
JenaValve Technology GmbH
 JenaValve Technology GmbH Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology JenaValve Technology GmbH develops and manufactures transcatheter valve implantation systems for transapical and transfemoral implantation. The firm offers a therapeutic alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement for high-risk patients suffering from aortic heart valve stenosis. The company was founded by Markus Ferrari, Volker Guyenot and Hans-Reiner Figulla in 2006 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| Chimeric Therapies, Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | ||
EryDel SpA
 EryDel SpA Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology EryDel SpA offers medical research. It develops drugs and diagnostics delivered through human red blood cells via a medical device technology. The company was founded by Luigia Rossi and Mauro Magnani in 2007 and is headquartered in Bresso, Italy. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member | |
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 | |
| 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 | |
Hookipa Biotech AG
 Hookipa Biotech AG Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Hookipa Biotech AG develops new generation prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. The firm’s Vaxwave technology is a novel immunotherapy platform using a replication-defective viral vector for the prevention and treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Lukas Flatz, Andreas Bergthaler, Rolf M. Zinkernagel and Daniel Pinschewer in July 2011 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member | |
| PIXIUM VISION | Medical Specialties | 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 | |
| Rotterdam School of Management | College/University | Masters Business Admin | |
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 | |
Panakes Partners SGR SpA
 Panakes Partners SGR SpA Investment ManagersFinance Panakes Partners Sgr SpA (Panakes Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Alessio Beverina, Fabrizio Landi and Diana Sareceni. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy. | Investment Managers | Founder Private Equity Investor | |
| 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 | |
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. | Investment Managers | Founder Private Equity Investor | |
Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals AG
 Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals AG Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals AG develops drugs for the treatment of autoimmune disorders. It develops drugs for the treatment of anti-MAG neuropathy disease and multifocal motor neuropathy disease. The firm also develops antibody-catch, a platform technology that enables the development of drugs for highly specific interception of autoimmune disease antibodies and focuses on autoimmune diseases of the peripheral nervous system that involve autoantibodies against carbohydrate epitopes. The company was founded by Andreas J. Steck, Beat Ernst, Pascal Hänggi and Ruben Herrendorffin in 2014 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | 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 | |
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 | |
| HOOKIPA PHARMA INC. | Biotechnology | 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 | |
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 | 18 |
| United States | 11 |
| Italy | 9 |
| United Kingdom | 8 |
| Austria | 3 |
Sectoral
| Health Technology | 33 |
| Consumer Services | 8 |
| Finance | 5 |
| Commercial Services | 4 |
| Health Services | 2 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 350 |
| Private Equity Investor | 66 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 62 |
| Chairman | 59 |
| Undergraduate Degree | 33 |
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| Antoine Papiernik | 48 |
| Joshua Makower | 37 |
| Regina Hodits | 34 |
| Maina Bhaman | 26 |
| Denis Lucquin | 26 |
| Graziano Seghezzi | 26 |
| Gérard Hascoët | 25 |
| Chandra Paul Leo | 22 |
| Jacques Theurillat | 22 |
| Aniruddha Nazre | 21 |
| Henrijette Richter | 21 |
| Stuart Essig | 21 |
| Jean-Marie Paluel-Marmont | 19 |
| Joško Bobanovic | 19 |
| Joseph Anderson | 19 |
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