Eric de la Fortelle

Investment Partner

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner

Eric brings to the team over 20 years of experience in life sciences, after having been a pharma company executive, an academic scientist and a biotech startup leader.

Eric started his career in 1990 as a scientist contributing to the field of protein structure determination by X-ray crystallography. He is credited with over 20 publications, cited over 2000 times. After his MBA (INSEAD) he joined a Californian start-up biotech company to negotiate partnerships and manage alliances.

In his next role, he led for 6 years the global technology partnering group at Roche Pharma, which negotiated and managed alliances with innovative biotech companies worldwide.

In 2011 he was named CEO of a Swiss startup, Delenex Therapeutics AG, pioneering topical antibodies to treat skin diseases.

Eric joined Seventure Partners in January 2014 as Venture Partner, more specifically in charge of investments in the Benelux, Scandinavia, Northern Switzerland and North America.

Eric has a degree from Ecole Centrale Paris, a doctorate from Paris XI University, and an MBA from INSEAD.

Eric is based in Bales.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Eric de la Fortelle has 1 current jobs including Board Observer at DayTwo , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
DayTwo Board Observer May 1, 2017 Detail