About
Xavier Mesnier, head of frontiers in health and bio, focuses on biology, data and advanced engineering and is an AgroParisTech-trained engineer with regulated R&D experience at Givaudan and Nitto Denko.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechHardwareHealthtechRobotics
Experience
- Verve VenturesPartner - Head of Health & Bio investmentscurrent2025 — present
- Verve VenturesPrincipal2022 — 2025
- Verve VenturesInvestment Manager - France2020 — 2022
- Verve VenturesAssociate2018 — 2019Zürich Area, Switzerland
- Nitto Denko Technical CorporationIntrapreneur in Health & Bio2015 — 2017Région de Lausanne, Suisse
- NATUREXScientific Coordinator2013 — 2015United Kingdom
- University of SheffieldPhD Chemical & Biological Engineering2009 — 2013Sheffield, UK
- Nestle S.A.Master thesis2008 — 2009Région de Lausanne, Suisse
- Bonne MamanProcess Engineer2008Blois Area, France
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Skills & more
Private InvestmentNegotiationR&D10Technology Scouting5Project Management6Product Development4Venture Capital2FinanceMarket Analysis2Due Diligence1Project Finance1Food Technology9
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Food ScienceFood IndustryIngredientsFood ProcessingResearchMaterials ScienceNatural ingredientsPowder TechnologyMicrobiologyGranulationResearch and Development (R&D)EntrepreneurshipLanguages English · French · Spanish
From Xavier's professional profile.
Colleagues at Verve Ventures
Andy Weymann
Venture Partner, Frontiers in Health & Bio Investments at Verve Ventures
Friederike Reinl
Partner, Head of Investor Relations at Verve Ventures
Lucas Laib
Partner, COO at Verve Ventures
Lukas Weber
Partner, CEO at Verve Ventures
Mike Hobmeier
Partner, Head Asset Management & Products at Verve Ventures
Romeo Bütler
Partner, CIO at Verve Ventures
Steffen Wagner
Partner, CEO at Verve Ventures
Thomas Meier
Partner, Head of Resilience in Energy & Resources Investments at Verve Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Xavier Mesnier?
- Xavier Mesnier, head of frontiers in health and bio, focuses on biology, data and advanced engineering and is an AgroParisTech-trained engineer with regulated R&D experience at Givaudan and Nitto Denko.
- Where does Xavier Mesnier work?
- Xavier Mesnier is Partner at Verve Ventures.
- What does Xavier Mesnier invest in?
- Xavier Mesnier invests in AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Hardware, Healthtech, Robotics.
- What check size does Xavier Mesnier write?
- Xavier Mesnier typically writes checks of $1.1M – $2.2M.
- Where did Xavier Mesnier go to school?
- Xavier Mesnier studied at AgroParisTech (Ingénieur - Meng, Paris Institute of technology for life); IMD (Finance Fundamentals Executive Course); IMD (Being Innovative Executive Course).
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Also attended AgroParisTech13
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Also attended IMD172
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Also attended The University of Sheffield75
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Also attended Wageningen University & Research22
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Shared employers
Also worked at Verve Ventures9
Mike HobmeierPartner, Head Asset Management & Products at Verve VenturesFriederike ReinlPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Verve VenturesLucas LaibPartner, COO at Verve VenturesThomas MeierPartner, Head of Resilience in Energy & Resources Investments at Verve VenturesAlexander SeelCFO at Planet A VenturesPaola BranniInvestor at Extantia Capital
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Also worked at Nitto Denko Technical Corporation1
Also worked at NATUREX1
Also worked at University of Sheffield10
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