Continental Capital: Dissecting Innovation & Investment Dynamics & Trends Across Key European Geographies

I co-founded and manage a new VC firm, Panakès Partners, a Venture Capital firm, based in Milan, which invests in the most ambitious companies and teams, developing revolutionary technologies and products, in the field of life sciences, aiming to improve the lives of people around the world. Panakès has 250 million under management, in two funds.

I have 9 years VC experience in Sofinnova, one of the largest European VCs, grown internally from Analyst to Partner positions, with European and American exposure, focused in energy, IoT, cleantech, hardware and semiconductor sectors.

I am a creative, dynamic and hard worker, able to create business opportunities for the invested companies with his strong network at executive level and for the firm with his strong network of entrepreneurs, VCs, labs, intermediaries.

Dr. Anke Cassing has many years of experience in strategic marketing and business development in medical technology, biotechnology and in pharmaceutics. She holds a doctorate in biology and studied economics. Before joining the HTGF, she developed the product portfolios of international companies ensuring their future growth.

Partner at Asabys, Sylvain joined the firm in 2018 from Ysios Capital. At Asabys, Sylvain is involved in the sourcing, execution, and management of our investments in the biopharma and medtech segments. He currently serves on the board of directors of Anaconda and is an observer on the boards of Inbrain Neuroelectronics, SpliceBio and Medlumics.

Previously, Sylvain spent a decade in academic labs both in France and the US, working specifically in the fields of gene therapy and regenerative medicine. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York following the completion of his doctoral thesis at INSERM.

Sylvain obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine from University of Nantes, holds a master’s degree in biotechnology with honors from University Paris XII, and an MBA from Esade Business School in Barcelona.

Inspiring Leader & Bridge Builder, combining innovation successes in Healthcare and Technology Business with a passion for transforming ideas into reality - in early-stage ventures and mature businesses.