Alessio Beverina

Alessio is co-founder and General partner of Panakès Partners, a Venture Capital fund dedicated to Life Sciences and headquartered in Milan, Italy with more than €250 million under management. Alessio has significant VC experience earned at Sofinnova Partners, one of Europe's largest VCs, where he progressed from Analyst to Partner positions with European and American exposure.

He began his career in 1997 as a researcher at LETI, one of the most important European labs in the research field, before joining the central R&D group of STMicroelectronics. He graduated from Politecnico di Milano, with a degree in chemical engineering, specialising in the chemistry and physics of solid materials, and with an MBA from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP-EAP).

Alessio is a Kauffman Fellow and sits on the board of Alesi Surgical ltd, MMI spa and Neuromod Devices ltd. Alessio is also General Secretary of the Italian Tech Alliance.