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Joost is founder and former CEO of Octoplus N.V. and has an extensive experience in biotech and pharma. Joost currently serves on the board of Medisse and is executive director corporate development of Cristal Therapeutics. From 1988-1994 Joost worked for Chiron as head of the analytical and product development laboratories. He was CEO of OctoPlus N.V. from 1995 till 2009. In his time at OctoPlus he raised in excess of € 47 million of venture capital financing and successfully led the company through its IPO. During this period he was responsible for the growth of the company to 150 FTE’s and the realization of multiproduct facilities of over 5000 square meters, He also was responsible for the growth of the service business to > €15 M in 2008 and an > € 100 M out licensing deal. In addition to his role as Venture Partner in BioGeneration Ventures he is an independent entrepreneur in the Life Sciences and active in boards of various organizations in the industry, advisory panels for th
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- • 2 investors at BioGeneration Ventures are tracked.
- • 421 investors hold the Venture Partner role in VCSift. Joost Holthuis is one of them.
- • 132 investors are based in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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- The Hague, The Netherlands
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