Christoph Antz

Managing Director of Velabs Therapeutics GmbH at Xlife Sciences AG

Christoph Antz is a physicist and received his doctorate in structural biology from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg. He has more than 20 years of experience in biotechnology, medical technology and venture capital. As managing director and founder of various start-up companies and manager of an early-stage biotech venture fund, he has profound expertise with regard to the requirements and expectations of company founders/managers as well as investors (VC, PE, banks), industrial partners and buyers. His core competencies include the areas of early-stage company/team building (out of academic institutions), founding, development, financing and sale of high-tech companies and R&D projects in the areas of drug development, medical technology, instrumentation and high tech. dr.