Arvid E. Gollwitzer
FounderFounder at Anto Biosciences
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedAnto Biosciences · YC
About
Arvid E. Gollwitzer is a researcher with experience at the Broad Institute, Harvard, and MIT, and has held a lecturer position at ETH Zurich. He is the founder of Anto Biosciences.
Founder at Anto BiosciencesYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Arvid went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Anto Biosciences's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Arvid can intro founders to Anto Biosciences's investors below.
Anto Biosciences's investors · 3
Co-founders at Anto Biosciences
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David de GruijlFounder
Experience
- Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardResearch Scholarcurrent2025 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Anto Biosciences (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Y CombinatorBuilding Anto Biosciencescurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ETH ZürichLecturercurrent2021 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- Harvard UniversityResearch Scholarcurrent2024 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Entrepreneur Firstdef/acc2024 — 2025London Area, United Kingdom
- IBMResearch Scholar2023 — 2024Zurich, Switzerland
- NextGuideCo-Founder2019 — 2024
- CERNResearch Scholar2021 — 2022Geneva, Switzerland
Skills & more
Languages English · French · German
- Excellence Scholar - Swiss Study Foundation — Swiss Study Foundation
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Arvid E. Gollwitzer?
- Arvid E. Gollwitzer is a researcher with experience at the Broad Institute, Harvard, and MIT, and has held a lecturer position at ETH Zurich. He is the founder of Anto Biosciences.
- Where does Arvid E. Gollwitzer work?
- Arvid E. Gollwitzer is Founder of Anto Biosciences.
- What companies did Arvid E. Gollwitzer found?
- Arvid E. Gollwitzer founded Anto Biosciences.
- Where did Arvid E. Gollwitzer go to school?
- Arvid E. Gollwitzer studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biomedical Engineering, Genomics); Harvard University (Research Scholar); ETH Zürich (Master's degree, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science).
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