Patrick Aebischer

Amazentis SA is a Swiss innovative life science company that focuses on developing products targeting mitochondrial health for advanced nutrition. The company was founded in 2007 by Pierre Landolt, Patrick Aebischer, and Chris Rinsch, and it is currently based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The company has published its research on Mitopure™ Urolithin A in top peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Nature Medicine, Nature Metabolism, JAMA Network Open, and European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Amazentis has a strategic partnership with Nestlé Health Science to expand the health applications of Mitopure™. Brian Ray has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Forum Mondial de L'Economie engages in the foremost political, business and cultural organizations to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The company was founded by Klaus Schwab in 1971 and is headquartered in Cologny, Switzerland.

Nestle Health Science SA develops nutritional therapies. Its health management services include aging, brain health, chronic medical conditions, critical care and surgery, food allergy, gastro intestinal, metabolic diseases, and obesity pediatrics. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland.

CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique SA provides applied research, technology and consulting services. The firm’s services include contract research and development, small series production, technology transfer, start-ups and ventures, alliance and partnerships, photovoltaics, microsystems, surface engineering and systems. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Neuchatel, Switzerland.

Arctos Medical AG engages in the acquisition, development, holding, registration, management, disposal, and exploitation of intellectual property rights and similar assets in the medical sector. These include patents, trademarks, licenses, industrial property rights, and inventions. The company was founded on June 6, 2012 and is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland.

PolyPeptide Laboratories Holding (PPL) AB manufactures commercial therapeutic peptides. The firm offers polypeptide, custom peptide synthesis, peptide synthesis, and generic peptide. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Malmo, Sweden.

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois is a university hospital located in Lausanne, CH. The SwitzerlandUV is also a renowned center of medical education and research, collaborating with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). It has 16 clinical and medico-technical departments and is known for its academic achievements in healthcare, research, and teaching. The vast campus in the lake region is home to these institutions. The CEO of the Swiss company is Nicolas Demartines.

Vandria SA is a Swiss-based company that specializes in mitochondrial therapeutics. The company is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The company is developing mitophagy inducers that rejuvenate cells to treat age-related and chronic diseases. Its lead program, VNA-318, is a brain-penetrant, patent-protected, mitophagy inducer that has shown to improve memory and learning and to have strong disease-modifying effects in models of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Vandria is also developing mitophagy-inducing small molecules to address muscle, lung, and liver diseases, as well as a separate program that targets ferroptosis. The company was founded by Patrick Aebischer, Chris Rinsch, and Johan Auwerx in 2021 and has raised $20.60m in venture finance. Klaus Dugi has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Novartis Venture Fund provides early stage venture capital to companies in Europe, North America and Asia. The fund's focus is on the development of novel therapeutics and platforms, therefore it focuses on such sectors as Biotechnology and Biopharma. The fund makes seed and early stage investments ranging up to USD 30 million per company over its life. The fund makes follow-on and co-investments.

Part of Novartis AG, Novartis BioVenturesAG is an alternative investment manager. The company is based in Basel, Switzerland.

Nano Dimension Management Ltd is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Aymeric Sallin. The firm is headquartered in George Town.