I am a 27-year-old synthetic biologist and entrepreneur.
I have two main motivations: 1) transform innovative technologies into products that could improve lives of millions; 2) help others who want to achieve a similar goal.
#1 Developing a new generation of antibiotics • Raised 2.7M€
I have founded Eligo Bioscience, a biotech company based on a technology developed as a side-project during my PhD at INRIA and MIT. Being the CEO, I am leading this project to bring our smart-antibiotics to the market as fast as possible.
#2 Building International Ecosystems for Science Entrepreneurship • Raised 1.4M€
To help other innovators from around the world, I have founded Hello Tomorrow, a global non-profit organization now operating in 30 countries across the 6 continents, which goal is to accelerate the development of science/tech startups that are solving real world problems with innovative technology.
• Honors •
- French Innovator of the Year by the MIT Technology Review (TR35)
- French PhD-Entrepreneur of the Year by AEF
- Laureate of the Worldwide Innovation Challenge
Co-founder & CEO @ Eligo Bioscience is a young biotech that develops the next generation of antimicrobials based on CRISPR/Cas system for precision microbiome-engineering.
Located at Institut Pasteur in Paris, Eligo Bioscience has raised 2.4M€ in a seed-round and is a laureate of the Worldwide Innovation Challenge, Concours National d'Aide à la Création d'Entreprise Innovante, Concours Tremplin Entreprise. From June 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) Paris Area, FranceCo-founder & President @ I cofounded this non-profit in 2011 to bridge the gap between science and business.
• We are now operating in 30 countries, with 12 full time employees in Paris and 100 volunteers across 45 cities. Our community gathers more than 12,000 innovators: students, scientists, entrepreneurs, investors and corporates.
• We are organizing an annual global startup challenge which attracted more than 4,500 projects since 2014. We have funded more than 10 projects between 15,000€ and 100,000€ in non-dilutive grant money.
• Key figures •
1,400,000€ raised; 12 corporate partners; 98% partners retention; 125% yearly growth
Visit: www.hello-tomorrow.org From January 2011 to Present (5 years) Paris Area, FranceVice-President @ Designing the international exhibition & forum that will take place in December 2014 at Grand Palais (Paris) to showcase French innovators, leaders and change-makers. From March 2014 to October 2015 (1 year 8 months) Paris Area, FranceCo-founder and CEO @ Biotech Startup focusing on identifying and bringing to market green revolutionary molecules using the tools from Synthetic Biology.
Laureate of the ESCP-EAP business plan competition 2011 Featured in Challenge magazine amongst the “100 Startups to invest in” From April 2011 to November 2011 (8 months)
PhD, Synthetic Biology and Genome Engineering, Highest Honors and Congratulations from the Jury @ MIT (USA) and INRIA (France) From 2010 to 2014 Challenge + for tech entrepreneurs @ HEC Paris From 2014 to 2014 Master of Science (M.Sc.), Synthetic Biology @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology From 2010 to 2010 Master of Science (M.Sc.), Synthetic Biology and Molecular Biology @ Institut Pasteur From 2009 to 2010 Master of Science, Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology and Computer Sciences, Highest Honors @ Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Paris From 2009 to 2010 Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Metabolomics @ University of Auckland From 2009 to 2009 Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Genomics and Immunology @ The Ohio State University From 2008 to 2008 Master of Engineering, Biotechnology, Agronomy @ AgroParisTech - Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement From 2006 to 2009 Scientific Baccalaureate, Science @ Institution des Chartreux From 1995 to 2004