In our first episode recorded live in front of an audience, we’re with Lovisa Afzelius, the General Partner of the European branch of Flagship Pioneering 🇸🇪
We talk about Flagship, including its EU activities. We also talk about company-building and Lovisa’s personal journey to be one of the leading Swedish leaders in biotech.
⭐️ ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lovisa is an icon in the EU biotech and pharma world, having been a CEO, co-founder, president, board chairman, and executive director in many emerging companies. Joining Flagship in 2020, she became the founding CEO of Alltrna, and co-founded/CEO of Apriori Bio, Metaphore Biotechnologies, and Prologue Medicines. Lovisa has received many accolades. A few include being listed on Inc. Magazine’s Female Founders 250 List in 2024, 2023 she featured in the PharmaVoice 100 list of life science industry leaders.
🔗 LINKS MENTIONED
- tRNA therapies, Lovisa Afzelius, Founding CEO, Theonie Anastassiadis, Co-founder & CIO, Alltrna: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JaGad1YednEhExnK4Xl2L?si=7G65_6u_TyeB3Rmn5hzZYw&nd=1&dlsi=4f17dae5cf3f4306
- Agnete Fredriksen, Nykode | Being one of the top 50 women in 🇪🇺 Bio | E07: https://flot.bio/episode/agnete-fredriksen-top-women-bio/
- Flagship Pioneering website: https://www.flagshippioneering.com/
- Otello Stampacchia, Omega Funds 🇮🇹 | Competition, Boston & Pasta | E18: https://flot.bio/episode/otello-stampacchia-omega-funds/
📜 TRANSCRIPT
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⏰ TIMESTAMPS
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:02:08] Flagship Pioneering and their EU biotech initiatives
[00:06:18] Being creative in many biotech spheres
[00:08:37] Why invest 50m in first seed Series A every time?
[00:11:42] The Flagship Pioneering business model: invest early
[00:15:57] VC-created vs founder-led biotechs
[00:17:46] Raising one of the largest biotech funds
[00:19:19] Flagship Pioneering’s biggest returns
[00:22:36] AI & biotech
[00:26:31] What does success mean to Flagship Pioneering
[00:29:20] How to help biotech spinoffs grow and advice for women to be biotech leaders
[00:34:03] How to move from computational to translation sciences & bring drugs to market faster
[00:37:14] What can the EU learn from the US to create biotechs
[00:40:36] How do you bridge the gap between biotech company creation in the US vs EU
[00:43:07] Lessons for an early-stage biotech career
[00:47:18] How to attract the best biotech talent
[00:48:38] Moving to Boston
[00:52:13] Quickfire
[00:55:41] Thanks for listening
