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Before founding Sound Bioventures, Mr. Breum was a Senior Partner at Lundbeckfonden Ventures, where he worked for 12 years, and led investments and served as a member of the board of directors in companies including Sanifit (sold to Vifor Pharma), Aura Biosciences (Nasdaq: AURA), Spero Therapeutics (Nasdaq: SPRO), Nexstim (Nasdaq First North: NXTM), Biomup (Euronext: BUP).

2024.09.122024.09.12 / Prior to that, he was CEO of the venture-backed diagnostics company, ilochip A/S (technology sold to DELTA, now FORCE Technology). Before that, Mr Breum worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 15 y ...

Earthquakes, investing in drugs, and how to be decent in Venture Capital.

2024.04.232024.04.24 / Sound Bioventures’ Managing Partner Johan Kördel was recently interviewed by Jonas Söderström from BioStock for the latest episode of their Health and Wealth podcast series. The discussion include ...

Beyond fundraising: how do venture capitals build early-stage biotechs?

2024.02.292024.02.29 / It’s no secret that venture capital is what drives early-stage drug development in the biotech industry. But beyond being a simple source of cash to spend on research, some VCs play a significant rol ...

Philip BraininAnalyst, MD, PhD, MBA

From Doctor To Investor: How My MBA Kickstarted An Exciting Career In Life Sciences Venture Capital

2023.10.162023.12.20 / Aiming to make an impact in his career, certified medical doctor Philip Brainin combined his healthcare expertise with an MBA to launch a career in life sciences venture capital A keen interest in ...

Fredrik Lehmann | PhD, MBA | Entrepreneur in Residence

At the intersection of entrepreneurship, life science, & patient needs

2023.10.042023.12.20 / Frederik Lehmann knows better than most how daunting a new life science venture can be and understands the importance of perseverance. As Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Sound Bioventures, he aims to he ...

Casper Breum M.Sc. and MBA, Managing Partner - Sound Bioventures

Combining instinct & freedom to support startups

2023.05.082023.12.20 / Casper Breum says he can usually tell early on if a startup will be a good fit for investment. As a founding partner at Sound Bioventures, Breum is involved in reviewing the roughly six hundred inves ...

Anne Marie Simon. Office Manager. Sound Bioventures

An ingrained efficiency to strengthen people & processes

2023.04.112023.12.20 / Anne Marie Simon prefers to be backstage. There, from behind the scenes, she’s fearlessly dedicated to helping others shine. In her role as Office Manager for Sound Bioventures, for example, Simon is ...

Bibhash Mukhopadhyay Ph.D., Managing Partner - Sound Bioventures

Building a legacy based on deep-rooted integrity

2023.03.072023.12.20 / Bibhash Mukhopadhyay's entry into biotech may have been a happy accident, but his approach as a founding partner at Sound Bioventures is entirely by design. For Mukhopadhyay, the cornerstone of a fut ...

Read about Ester Sklarsky and how her curiosity for life-science and innovation shaped a career in VC, permitting her to pursue the therapeutics of tomorrow and make a difference for patients.

A curiosity steeped in the business of science

2023.02.142023.12.20 / Ester Sklarsky has built a career at the intersection of business and biotech. With years of experience in finance, life sciences, and the public health sector, she’s absorbed unique insights into wh ...

Philip BraininAnalyst, MD, PhD, MBA

A drive to help others and invest in people

2023.02.062023.12.20 / Haul a portable ultrasound machine around the Amazon basin for a year, and you’ll learn a thing or two about yourself. For Philip Brainin, it was realizing he had a sincere and steadfast urge to help ...

Thomas Tan Soundbioventures interview

Maximizing positive impacts with an entrepreneurial mindset

2023.01.172023.12.20 / Thomas Tan knows the founder's journey inside and out. The scientist-turned-entrepreneur has lived it, as well as logged countless hours as a lab researcher and a management consultant. That weal ...

Johan Kördel Managing Partner Sound Bioventures

A dedication to solving unmet medical needs through collaboration

2022.12.212023.12.20 / Johan Kördel can trace his decision to co-found Sound Bioventures to a conversation back in 2018. After spending the better part of a decade as senior partner at a venture capital fund, leading inves ...