Eline Van Beest
Venture Partner at Thuja Capital
The Hague, South Holland
Overview
Work Experience
Operational Partner
2019 - Current
Thuja Capital manages several venture capital funds aimed at building and scaling companies in the fields of (bio)pharmaceuticals, medtech and digital health. Thuja aims to bring innovations to patients and society by providing capital to daring entrepreneurs with ground-breaking product concepts, addressing unmet medical needs. The investment team of Thuja consists of seasoned investors and entrepreneurs. Consistently performing in the top quartile, the team has backed and helped to build several of today’s unicorns. www.thujacapital.com
Chief Executive Officer
2020
Hybridize Therapeutics is a biotech spin-off out of the Leiden University Medical Center with a rich history in research & development in RNA-based therapies. Hybridize’s overarching goal is to help patients overcome untreated kidney diseases. We do this by developing RNA-based therapies, i.e. anti-sense oligonucleotides. Currently, we are in the pre-clinical phase for our therapy against BK-virus.
Board Member & Treasurer
2023
The Netherlands Academy of Engineering, NAE, unites the top experts active in technological sciences and applied research and development. They come from scientific, governmental, and industrial organizations, and share the passion for engineering-based innovation as a means to overcome many of our societal challenges, and to sustain our country’s earning power within the European and international context.
Member Of The Supervisory Board
2019
LivAssured introduces the NightWatch, a clinically proven wearable detection device that warns parents or caregivers on possible dangerous epileptic seizures at night.
Member of The Supervisory Board
2023
YES!Delft, one of Europe’s top tech startup incubators since 2005, empowers over 280 innovative startups with unparalleled access to a thriving ecosystem of mentors, investors, and corporate partners, in collaboration with TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Investment Committee member Deep Tech Fund
2022
The Deep Tech Fund (DTF), a €250mln VC fund by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and Invest-NL. DTF invests in knowledge-intensive start-ups and scale-ups in sectors such as photonics, quantum technology, nanotech, medtech, biotech and high tech to strengthen the technological knowledge and international competitive position of the Netherlands.
Investment Committee member VGZ Voorop in Zorg Fonds
2024
VGZ, a Dutch health insurer, invests 2.5% of its assets (60mln) through a dedicated fund (VGZ Voorop in Zorg fonds) to support companies driving innovation to make healthcare more accessible and affordable.
Investment Committee member Pre-Seed Fund
2022
Backed by over one hundred successful entrepreneurs including the founders of Picnic and Booking.com, the Graduate Entrepreneur Fund is a €56mln VC fund that envisions to create the cycle ‘from graduate entrepreneurs for graduate entrepreneurs’. As such the fund invests in very early stage technologies including medtech, logistics and AI, preferably coming from the participating universities Delft University of Technology, the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Erasmus Medical Center.
Member
2023
The Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW), the oldest scientific and intellectual society in the Netherlands, has been advancing the connection between science, society, and industry to promote knowledge and innovation since its founding in 1752.
Co-Founder & Investor
2017 - 2021
The Blue Sparrows MedTech Fund invests money and experience in very early stage medtech companies. The fund is unique in the fact that besides 2 experienced fund managers, a total of 7 young entrepreneurs in medical technology are part of the fund. The aim is to use their recent experience for the purpose of the investments made in the fund. Read more on www.bluesparrows.nl
Education
Msc
2006 - 2008
Non-Executive Board Member Programme
2019 - 2019
MBI
2010 - 2012
Bsc
2001 - 2007
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
2006 - 2006