Florian Gerard-Mercier

Investment Manager

2022 - Current

Investments closed: TargED, SoniVie, FIRE1, BioVentrix, Ariceum. • Processed and analyzed incoming deal flow in all areas of biotech and medtech. • Coordinated and conducted advanced due diligence on dozens of opportunities. • Carried out scientific due diligence of early-stage opportunities. • Carried out financial due-diligence (incl. valuation modeling, DCF) of late-stage opportunities. • Helped with the follow-up of three portfolio companies. • Carried out reporting and valuation tasks on portfolio companies for LPs.

Analyst

2021 - 2022

Co-founder and Director of studies

2018 - 2021

• Lead and managed work in the direction of studies. Reviewed notes across all policy areas. • Wrote analysis and opinion notes, and drafted reports, with a personal focus on health, technology & innovation, and industrial issues. • Collaborated with leading elected representatives on public policy proposals.

Permanent Researcher

2017 - 2021

Preclinical research on Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. • Managed the negotiation of a major collaboration agreement (worth 300k$ per annum) with a partner research institute. • Developed models of neurodegenerative diseases and researched innovative therapies (especially gene and cell therapies) for these diseases. • Managed research projects. Designed projects and wrote applications for grants. • Served as expert reviewer for funding agencies. • Reviewed contracts for research partnerships with biotech companies.

PhD student, then Research Scientist

2011 - 2017

Research on flexible decision making. • Developed, in close relationship with neurotech companies, an experimental system to record neural activity simultaneously in distributed brain networks. • Studied flexible decision-making through analyses of information coding and information flow in these networks. •Worked in an extremely international environment.

Aid to the logistics officer

2007 - 2008

• Helped the logistics officer with his tasks. • Participated in the daily training of the commando units. • Successfully went through the physical part of the commando marine training course.