Cillian King
InvestorManaging Director at EQT Life Sciences
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Writes $11M – $65M checks · typically $25M
Find your path to Cillian
523 people in our graph can introduce you to Cillian.
Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Cillian
- Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to Cillian. We find them
- 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes you can't see from your own inbox or LinkedIn
- Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone
Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.
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
Skills & more
Molecular Biology15Scientific Writing6Research3Cell Culture4Science9Life Sciences10Biochemistry2Western Blotting3Cell Biology1PCR1Microscopy3Data Analysis3
+6 more
NeuroscienceGeneticsStatisticsConfocal MicroscopyImmunohistochemistryFluorescence MicroscopyLanguages Dutch · English
From Cillian's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at EQT Life Sciences
Alexandra Edlund
Chief People Officer at EQT Life Sciences
Andre Olijslager
Investor at LSP (Life Sciences Partners)
Anne Portwich
Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Anton Pijpers
Investor at LSP (Life Sciences Partners)
Arno de Wilde
Investor at EQT Life Sciences
Bas Vaessen
Investor at LSP (Life Sciences Partners)
Bert Janssens
Partner, Co-Head of Private Capital at EQT Life Sciences
Bruno Holthof
Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Network9
Jonathan WidawskiScout
Founder, Maze at Amplify Partners
Anne Portwich
Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Arno de Wilde
Investor at EQT Life Sciences
Bruno Holthof
Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Christoph Broja
Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Clemens van Blitterswijk
Venture Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Drew Burdon
Investor at LSP (Life Sciences Partners)
Fouad Azzam
Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Geraldine O’Keeffe
Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Investors connected to Cillian in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
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)229
Brendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Kyang YungInvestor at DaphniJohann FriederichAssociate at Notion CapitalTies KlinkhamerJunior Associate at Keen Venture PartnersMercedes TuinPartner at Heran PartnersJan Peter BalkenendeVoorzitter at Noaber
+ 223 more
Shared employers
Also worked at QurAlis13
Johannes FruehaufGeneral Partner at Mission BiocapitalCaroline PinkneyInvestor at E12 Venture Capital, LlcSudhir AgrawalInvestor at 82VSMeg KrenchInvestor at Sanofi VenturesJeffrey MoorePresident at MC Healthcare VenturesMiles GersonPartner at Dementia Discovery Fund
+ 7 more
Also worked at Allero Therapeutics4
Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)938
Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmMichael TruellCo-founder & CEO of CursorRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiColin WebbFounder & CEO of Avatar RoboticsAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of Skydio
+ 932 more










































