Cillian King
InvestorManaging Director at EQT Life Sciences
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Writes $11M – $65M checks · typically $25M
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Experience
- EQT GroupPartnercurrent2025 — present
- EQT GroupManaging Director2022 — 2025Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- EQT GroupInvestment Manager2021 — 2022
- QurAlisBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Muna TherapeuticsBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- Sairopa B.V.Board Membercurrent2021 — present
- Koala Life SciencesFoundercurrent2017 — presentAmsterdam, the Netherlands
- Pan Cancer TBoard Member2020 — 2021
- Allero TherapeuticsBoard Member2019 — 2021
- Swanbridge CapitalInvestment Manager2018 — 2021
- Catalyze - Carrying Ideas ForwardTeam leader | Life Sciences2015 — 2017Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Research Fellow2009
- CNCR, Center for Neurogenomics & Cognitive ResearchIntern2008
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NeuroscienceGeneticsStatisticsConfocal MicroscopyImmunohistochemistryFluorescence MicroscopyLanguages Dutch · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Cillian King?
- Managing Director at EQT Life Sciences
- Where does Cillian King work?
- Cillian King is Managing Director at EQT Life Sciences.
- What check size does Cillian King write?
- Cillian King typically writes checks of $11M – $65M.
- What companies has Cillian King invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Quralis.
- Where did Cillian King go to school?
- Cillian King studied at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Neurosciences); BioBusiness Summer School.
Same school
Also attended Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)231
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Shared employers
Also worked at QurAlis13
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Also worked at Allero Therapeutics4
Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)941
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