Tony Besse
InvestorPrincipal, HealthTech at Oxford Science Enterprises
London, England, United Kingdom
Experience
- Oxford Science EnterprisesEntrepreneur in Residencecurrent2025 — presentOxford
- Indigo.BioCompany Directorcurrent2025 — presentCambridge, England, United Kingdom
- NVIDIAHead of Digital Biology Products2024 — 2025
- NVIDIAProduct Lead, Genomics & Drug Discovery AI2023 — 2024
- NVIDIAProduct Lead, Genomics2022 — 2023
- NVIDIASenior Product Architect, Genomics2020 — 2022
- CCG.ai (acquired by Dante Labs)Co-Founder & CTO2017 — 2021Cambridge, United Kingdom
- hVIVODiscovery Bioinformatician2017London Area, United Kingdom
- University of CambridgeCancer Bioinformatician2015 — 2016Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
- The University of NottinghamBioinformatician2012
Skills & more
Python12Entrepreneurship12Bioinformatics9Genomics4Venture Capital3Data Analysis1R9R (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)Unix4Bash4Management4
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OmicsHigh Performance ComputingNGSCancer ResearchComputational GenomicsCancer Biology- CS50 (Computer Science) — Harvard University
- 19th Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics — University of Washington
From Tony's professional profile.
Colleagues at Oxford Science Enterprises
Alex Hammacher
Head of Strategic Operations & Corporate Finance at Oxford Science Enterprises
Alexandra Riozzi
Executive Assistant at Oxford Science Enterprises
Alicia Mederick
Team Co-ordinator at Oxford Science Enterprises
Alma Simangunsong
People Apprentice at Oxford Science Enterprises
Andre Crawford-Brunt
Non-Executive Director at Oxford Science Enterprises
Andrew Straiton
Senior Associate, Deep Tech at Oxford Science Enterprises
Andy Penfold
Content Lead at Oxford Science Enterprises
Antonia Jenkinson
Chief Financial Officer at Oxford Science Enterprises
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tony Besse?
- Principal, HealthTech at Oxford Science Enterprises
- Where does Tony Besse work?
- Tony Besse is Principal, HealthTech at Oxford Science Enterprises.
- Where did Tony Besse go to school?
- Tony Besse studied at University of Oxford (DPhil (PhD), Bioinformatics); Y Combinator (Batch S17, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); University of Nottingham (Master’s Degree (MSci), Human Genetics).
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Shared employers
Also worked at NVIDIA126
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Also worked at CCG.ai (acquired by Dante Labs)3
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