Matthias Van Woensel
InvestorPartner at Droia Ventures · Board director at HYKU Biosciences · CSO at Alesta
Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland
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About
Matthias Van Woensel is a Partner at DROIA Ventures, an investor focused on oncology and genetic diseases. He also serves as Chief Scientific Officer at Alesta Therapeutics.
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Board director at HYKU Biosciences
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Co-founders at HYKU Biosciences
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KLEEM CHAUDHARYExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
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Ku-Lung (Ken) Hsu, PhDEndowed Associate Professor of Chemistry
CSO at Alesta
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Experience
- Alesta TherapeuticsChief Scientific Officercurrent2024 — present
- Droia VenturesPartnercurrent2023 — presentBrussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
- Droia VenturesAssociate Partnercurrent2021 — present
- Droia VenturesPrincipal2018 — 2021Brussels Metropolitan Area
- Droia VenturesAssociate2018
- Droia VenturesScientific analyst2017 — 2018
- Université libre de BruxellesPhD2013 — 2016Etterbeek
- KU LeuvenPhD2012 — 2016Leuven
Skills & more
PharmaceuticsScienceMolecular BiologyCell BiologyLifesciencesPCRGeneticsIPNanoparticlesPatent ApplicationsCancer ImmunotherapyPharmaceutical process development
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Multi-color Flow CytometryLanguages Engels · Frans · Italiaans · Nederlands
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Deals · 1
HYKU BiosciencesBoard seat
via Droia Ventures · filed Jan 2026 · $21M raise
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Colleagues at Droia Ventures
Dieter Petit
Senior Associate at Droia Ventures
George Golumbeski
Partner at Droia Ventures
Janwillem Naesens
Managing Partner at Droia Ventures
Lawrence Van Helleputte
Associate at Droia Ventures
Lisa Boden Shah
Partner at Edition Capital
Luc Dochez
Managing Partner at Droia Ventures
Mathias Declercq
Senior Associate at Droia Ventures
Matt Pavia
Director at Standard Investments
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matthias Van Woensel?
- Matthias Van Woensel is a Partner at DROIA Ventures, an investor focused on oncology and genetic diseases. He also serves as Chief Scientific Officer at Alesta Therapeutics.
- Where does Matthias Van Woensel work?
- Matthias Van Woensel is Partner at Droia Ventures and Board director at HYKU Biosciences and CSO at Alesta.
- What boards does Matthias Van Woensel sit on?
- Matthias Van Woensel holds tracked board seats at HYKU Biosciences.
- Where did Matthias Van Woensel go to school?
- Matthias Van Woensel studied at KU Leuven (Master of Science (M.S.), Biomedical Sciences); KU Leuven (Bachelor's degree, Biomedische wetenschappen (Biomedical Sciences)); Università degli Studi di Perugia (semester Erasmus, Biotechnologisch onderzoek / Biotechnology).
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