Where does Victor Bustos work?

Victor Bustos is Co-Founder & CEO of Refoxy.

Where did Victor Bustos go to school?

Victor Bustos studied at University of Cologne (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Genetics); The University of Göttingen (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Molecular Biology); Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology).

Victor Bustos

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Co-Founder & CEO at Refoxy

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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About

Victor Bustos is the Co-Founder and CEO of Refoxy Pharma. He has a background in aging biology.

Co-Founder & CEO at Refoxy

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Refoxy's investors · 5

Apollo Health VenturesBerlin · since 2024 Boehringer Ingelheim Venture FundIngelheim am Rhein · $16.2M checks coparionCologne · $540K – $8.6M checks · since 2024 HTGFBonn · $1.1M checks Korify Capital

Co-founders at Refoxy

Wolfgang LinkScientific Co-founder & Advisor

Experience

Refoxy PharmaCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2024 — presentCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Refoxy PharmaCo-founder and COO2020 — 2024Berlin, Germany
Apollo Health VenturesEntrepreneur-in-residence2018 — 2023Berlin, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Biology of AgeingPostdoctoral Researcher2016 — 2018Cologne Bonn Region
Max Planck Institute for Biology of AgeingPhD Student2012 — 2016Cologne Bonn Region

Skills & more

Negotiation1Multicultural Team LeadershipLeadership4Public SpeakingMolecular Biology28Venture Capital2Entrepreneurship1Cell Biology16Biochemistry21Confocal Microscopy8Molecular Cloning8Microscopy8

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Cell CultureSciencePCRWestern BlottingScientific WritingGeneticsFluorescence MicroscopyBioinformaticsProtein ExpressionProtein PurificationTissue CultureBiotechnology

Languages English · German · Spanish

Member of LifeScience ORG — LifeScience ORG
Leader of Tomorrow - GapSummit 2016 — Global Biotech Revolution
EMBO | EMBL Symposium: The Human Microbiome — EMBL

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Who is Victor Bustos?: Victor Bustos is the Co-Founder and CEO of Refoxy Pharma. He has a background in aging biology.
Where does Victor Bustos work?: Victor Bustos is Co-Founder & CEO of Refoxy.
What companies did Victor Bustos found?: Victor Bustos founded Refoxy.
Where did Victor Bustos go to school?: Victor Bustos studied at University of Cologne (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Genetics); The University of Göttingen (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Molecular Biology); Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology).

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Apollo Health Ventures mafia6

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Shared employers

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Anne Marije van HartenInvestment Director at Apollo Health Ventures Dr. Jens EcksteinAdvisor at Apollo Health Ventures Andrew PierceChief Science Officer at Refoxy

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Stella PaffenholzSenior Associate at Atlas Venture Thilo WurstAssociate Legal Counsel & Risk Manager at Headline Steven LeunertPartner and CFO at Apollo Health Ventures Jan AdamsPartner at Apollo Health Ventures Ole MenschingCo-Founder and General Partner at Apollo Health Ventures Anne Marije van HartenInvestment Director at Apollo Health Ventures

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