Naarden, The Netherlands, 1 September 2021 – Forbion, a leading European life sciences venture capital firm, today announces the appointment of Nanna Lüneborg, PhD as a General Partner to work on the €360m Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund.
Prior to joining Forbion, Nanna was a Partner at Novo Ventures and a key member of the European deal team focussing on late-stage biopharma investments across Europe. During her 10 years at Novo, Nanna was involved in numerous successful European growth stage investments including high-profile cross-over deals and IPOs. Notable investments led by Nanna include NBE Therapeutics GmbH, which was later acquired by Boehringer Ingelheim, LAVA Therapeutics N.V. (NASDAQ: LVTX) Orphazyme A/S (ORPHA.CO; ORPH), Inventiva S.A. (NASDAQ: IVA – Euronext Paris: IVA), ObsEva SA (NASDAQ: OBSV; SIX: OBSN), Numab Therapeutics AG, Nodthera Limited and ReViral Ltd.
Nanna began her career in venture capital at Apposite Capital and worked as a Senior Business Analyst at Cancer Research UK. Nanna holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge, a PhD in Neuroscience from University College London, and a BA in Physiology and Psychology from the University of Oxford.
Nanna is a highly respected and accomplished life sciences venture capitalist with a strong track record for building life science companies at all stages of development, leading deals with academic institutions and small start-ups, growth stage companies and larger public companies. We are delighted to welcome Nanna on board.
Sander Slootweg
Managing Partner at Forbion
I am excited that Nanna decided to join the Forbion Growth team. In her role as a General Partner, Nanna will play a pivotal role in sourcing new investment opportunities in late-stage European biotech companies. Over the past 13 years, Nanna built a very strong reputation in Europe and brings a unique network of biotech entrepreneurs and specialist life science investors. With Nanna joining, the Forbion Growth team expanded to a group of 8 life science investment professionals; with an exclusive focus on serving the European market of life sciences growth capital.
Dirk Kersten
General Partner at Forbion
Nanna Lüneborg, newly appointed General Partner at Forbion said, “Forbion is one of Europe’s leading life science venture capital firms and its strength in the life science space is recognised globally. Forbion’s philosophy distinguishes it from its peers, through the broad expertise of the team which supports portfolio companies as they grow, to develop and commercialize their products. I look forward to working closely with the Forbion team to help implement its strategy: to enable the most innovative companies to bring new impactful treatments and therapies to market.”
Nanna will relocate from Denmark to The Netherlands and will be working from the company’s headquarters in Naarden.
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