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Martin Munchbach

Pureos Bioventures

Zurich

Overview 

Martin Munchbach is currently the Managing Partner at Pureos Bioventures in Zurich, with a strong background in the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology. He has served as a board member for various companies and has made strategic investments in successful ventures like Ariceum Therapeutics and Radius Health. Munchbach's career highlights include his role as a Senior Investment Manager in Private Equity at Bellevue Asset Management and his involvement in investments in companies such as Molecular Partners and BioVascular, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and strategic decision-making.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2017 - Current

    Pureos is a venture capital fund located in Zurich to exclusively invest in private innovative drug development companies, with a special emphasis on the next generation of biological drugs and drug formats.

  • Board Member

    2019

    The Ypsomed Group is a leading developer and manufacturer of injection and infusion systems for self-medication and a renowned diabetes specialist with over 30 years’ experience.

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2019

    Alentis Therapeutics discovers and develops novel medications to treat advanced liver diseases, such as liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC). The company has in-licensed platform technologies and a monoclonal antibody drug candidate which are the result of more than a decade of research from the University of Strasbourg and Inserm, the French National Institutes of Health and the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

  • Board Member

    2011 - 2022

    binx health has the world’s fastest FDA-cleared molecular platform for CT/NG testing. The technology brings rapid, accurate and convenient infectious disease testing to people where they live, work and shop.

  • Board Member

    2005 - 2022

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2021

    Lava Therapeutics B.V. is a biotechnology company, founded in 2016, that creates and develops next generation γδ T cell engaging bispecific antibodies for the treatment of cancer. Our first-in-class immuno-oncology approach activates γδ T cells in a tumor target dependent manner. The objective of Lava Therapeutics B.V is to develop potent, safe and cost-effective biopharmaceuticals that arm the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells.

  • Senior Investment Manager Private Equity

    2004 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2013 - 2019

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