Pierpaolo Padula
InvestorPrincipal at Brightlands Venture Partners · Principal at Chemelot Ventures
Luxembourg
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About
Pierpaolo Padula is a Principal at Brightlands Venture Partners (BVP), where he focuses on early-stage healthtech and medtech investments. Originally from Southern Italy, he is based in Luxembourg. He can be reached at pp@bvp.capital.
Experience
- BVP (Brightlands Venture Partners)Principalcurrent2025 — presentLussemburgo
- PsylarisInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- EADA Business School BarcelonaAssociate Professorcurrent2022 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- HaleAngel Investorcurrent2023 — present
- Self-employedAdvising & Angel Investing2023 — 2025
- CarolInvestor2024
- CRB Health Tech SGEICVC Investor (HealthTech)2023 — 2024
- luveCo-Founder2022 — 2024
- SeedLink SLExternal Collaborator2021 — 2024
- SeedLink SLVC Visiting Investor (Digital Health)2021Barcellona
- Board of InnovationPrincipal Consultant Healthcare2024
- Board of InnovationPrincipal Consultant Healthcare2021 — 2024
- EIT Health InnoStarsEvaluator2020 — 2022
- Baxter International Inc.R&D Innovation Manager2020 — 2021Brussels Metropolitan Area
- Baxter International Inc.R&D Principal Engineer, Innovation2019 — 2020Brussels Metropolitan Area
- Baxter International Inc.R&D Principal Engineer, New Product Development2017 — 2018Brussels Metropolitan Area
- Baxter International Inc.R&D Engineer II, Sustaining2015 — 2017Brussels Area, Belgium
- Baxter International Inc.R&D Engineer I, Sustaining2014 — 2015Sondrio Area, Italy
Skills & more
Business Design3Venture Capital2ScoutingTechnology ScoutingHealthcare1Consulting1Nonprofit Organizations1TeachingEvent Planning1Public Relations1Business Innovation1Customer Driven Innovation1
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Exploratory ResearchProduct DesignHuman FactorsIntellectual Property StrategyProject ManagementVerification and Validation (V&V)Research and Development (R&D)Healthcare InnovationMicrosoft PowerPointPublic SpeakingInnovation StrategyDigital TherapeuticsLanguages English · French · Italian
- Six Sigma Green Belt — Baxter International Inc.
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Ilias Bensat
Investment Analyst at Brightlands Venture Partners
Kim de Boer
Partner at Brightlands Venture Partners
Lex Westbroek
Investment Manager at Brightlands Venture Partners
Luc Starmans
Partner at Brightlands Venture Partners
Marcel Kloosterman
Managing Partner at Brightlands Venture Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Pierpaolo Padula?
- Pierpaolo Padula is a Principal at Brightlands Venture Partners (BVP), where he focuses on early-stage healthtech and medtech investments. Originally from Southern Italy, he is based in Luxembourg. He can be reached at pp@bvp.capital.
- Where does Pierpaolo Padula work?
- Pierpaolo Padula is Principal at Brightlands Venture Partners.
- Where did Pierpaolo Padula go to school?
- Pierpaolo Padula studied at Esade (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Politecnico di Milano (Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering); Politecnico di Milano (Bachelor in Biomedical Engineering).
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