Laurenz Govaerts
InvestorVice President at EQT Life Sciences
Brussels
Writes $11M – $65M checks · typically $25M
Experience
- EQT Life SciencesDirectorcurrent2026 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- EQT Life SciencesVice President2023 — 2025Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- EQT Life SciencesAssociate2022Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- EQT Life SciencesAnalyst2021 — 2022Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- Vlerick Business SchoolDoctoral Researchercurrent2017 — presentGhent Metropolitan Area
- Doctoral School of Biomedical Sciences - KU LeuvenDoctoral Researcher2016 — 2021Leuven, Belgium
- RocheInternship, Protein Engineer2015 — 2016Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
- KU LeuvenInternship, Master Thesis Student2015Leuven
Education
- KU LeuvenDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences2022
- KU LeuvenCum Laude, Master of Healthcare Management and Policy (M.Sc.)
- KU LeuvenCum Laude, Master of Drug Development (M.Sc.)
- KU LeuvenBachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (B.Sc.)
Skills & more
Languages Dutch · English
- Certificate in Translational Medicine — Université libre de Bruxelles
From Laurenz's professional profile.
Colleagues at EQT Life Sciences
Alexandra Edlund
Chief People Officer at EQT Life Sciences
Anne Portwich
Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Arno de Wilde
Investor at EQT Life Sciences
Bert Janssens
Partner, Co-Head of Private Capital at EQT Life Sciences
Bruno Holthof
Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Christina Drews
Chief Operating Officer at EQT Life Sciences
Christoph Broja
Partner at EQT Life Sciences
Cillian King
Managing Director at EQT Life Sciences
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Laurenz Govaerts work?
- Laurenz Govaerts is Vice President at EQT Life Sciences.
- What check size does Laurenz Govaerts write?
- Laurenz Govaerts typically writes checks of $11M – $65M.
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