About
David de Gruijl is a co-founder of Anto Biosciences with prior experience at Janssen Pharmaceuticals and research affiliations with ETH Zurich and the Gastroenterology Department at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Founder at Anto BiosciencesYC F25
Intro paths
YC
David went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
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, David can intro founders to Anto Biosciences's investors below.
Anto Biosciences's investors · 3
Co-founders at Anto Biosciences
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Arvid E. GollwitzerFounder
Experience
- Anto Biosciences (YC F25)Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Sigma Squared SocietyFellowcurrent2024 — present
- StealthFounder / CTO2024 — 2025London Area, United Kingdom
- Harvard Medical SchoolGraduate Researcher2021 — 2023
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Researcher2021 — 2023
- ETH ZürichGraduate Researcher2020 — 2021Zurich, Switzerland
- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & JohnsonGraduate Researcher2020Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
Skills & more
Matlab1CVHDLMicrosoft ProjectC++Teamwork2LeadershipPublic SpeakingDigital Strategy10Project Management6Strategic Consulting2Digital Transformation
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LeiderschapLanguages Chinese · Dutch · English · German
- HSK 4 - Chinese Proficiency Test — Hanban Confucius Institute
- First Certificate in English — Cambridge English
- Cambridge Advanced Certificate — Cambridge English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David de Gruijl?
- David de Gruijl is a co-founder of Anto Biosciences with prior experience at Janssen Pharmaceuticals and research affiliations with ETH Zurich and the Gastroenterology Department at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
- Where does David de Gruijl work?
- David de Gruijl is Founder of Anto Biosciences.
- What companies did David de Gruijl found?
- David de Gruijl founded Anto Biosciences.
- Where did David de Gruijl go to school?
- David de Gruijl studied at Delft University of Technology (BSc., MSc.); Tsinghua University; The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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