Salvatore Cappadona

Sr Associate

2024 - Current

Associate

2023

Criteria Bio Ventures is a leading life sciences venture fund investing in transformative companies to shape the future of healthcare. CBV teams up with driven entrepreneurs and fellow investors to build innovative companies with the potential to transform patients’ lives. CBV invests in global biotech companies that provide disruptive therapeutic approaches centered on addressing unmet medical needs, with a primary focus on Europe. Criteria Bio Ventures is part of Caixa Capital Risc and the CriteriaCaixa group, Spanish largest investment holding with €25+ Bn AUM.

Board Observer

2020

Board Observer

2023

Associate

2022 - 2024

Senior Investment Analyst - Life Science Funds

2020 - 2022

Business Development Manager

2017 - 2020

Responsible for translating CRG scientific findings into business opportunities that benefit society Highlights: Designed and authored the CRG startup guide | Defined and negotiated licensing deals and related agreements for the incorporation of two spin-off companies

Associate Technology and Business Development Manager

2014 - 2017

Responsible for scouting, assessment, protection, valorization and exploitation of CRG intellectual property assets, especially in the fields of Bioinformatic, -omics Technologies, Systems Biology and Software Technologies Helped implementing CRG Innovation and Business Strategy | Played a key role in shaping the TBDO website and entrepreneurial activities | Devised and supervised two editions of the Science2Bsusiness Concept Challenge | Managed a portfolio of varied scientific innovations | Managed tech transfer and legal agreements | Negotiated deals with industry, including licensing, services, consultancy and sponsored research agreements | Developed business cases for emerging spin-off companies, including market research activities, business plan development and financial modeling | Assisted CRG entrepreneurs in defining their business strategy | Provided maintenenace and technical support to team members for the Inteum innovation management software Highlights: Engaged CRG researchers in discussing their projects, resulting in an 8x increase in report of inventions | Out-licensed CRG technologies to large pharmaceutical companies

Bioinformatician & Data Analyst | Postdoctoral Scientist

2013 - 2014

Designed and developed a novel protocol for unbiased PTM analysis | Contributed bioinformatics support to wet-lab scientists, for devising and analysing high-throughput and targeted proteomics experiments | Trained International Students in the ‘Advanced proteomics course for molecular biologists and clinicians’ | Authored peer-reviewed articles and one Book Chapter on Proteogenomics

Bioinformatician & Data Analyst | Postdoctoral Scientist

2009 - 2013

Specific: Devised novel algorithms for peak detection and quantification | Collaborated in developing the Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC) proteomics pipeline | Performed data analysis and statistical validation for potential protein-based biomarkers discovery (CTMM consortium) | Contributed bioinformatics support to streamline project management, quality control, data generation, data analysis and results dissemination within Prime-XS partner labs In general: Contributed bioinformatics and data analysis support to wet-lab scientists | Maintained, integrated and optimized software for computational proteomics | Authored four peer-reviewed articles and two invited reviews | Supervised MSc and PhD students | Tutored wet-lab scientist on using advanced proteomics software tools

Biomedical Engineer & Data Analyst | Postdoctoral Scientist

2008 - 2009

Optimized his PhD project to bring it to the market | Performed a thorough assessment of the prior art | Engaged Politecnico’s TTO to patent his invention | Collaborated in drafting and amending the early versions of the patent application | Contacted companies to pursue licensing | Authored two more articles about the invention | Created and maintained the “Biomedical Signal Processing Technical Committee (BSP-TC)” page of the “IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society” website

Data Analyst | Postdoctoral Scientist

2007 - 2008

Optimized his PhD project to bring the invention to the market | Collaborated in drafting the early version of the patent application | Authored articles about the invention

PhD student

2004 - 2007

Thesis: “Signal Processing in Mass Spectrometry–Based Proteomics” Tutor and Advisors: Prof. Sergio Cerutti | Prof. Peter James, Dr. Linda Pattini Fundings: Scholarship from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research Additional Fundings: Scholarship “Blanceflor Boncompagni-Ludovisi” (Sweden) Awards: “GNB-PATRON 2007” doctoral award of the National Bioengineering Group (GNB) for the best PhD thesis at national level, Brixen – Italy Developed a mathematical model of Mass Spectrometry-based signal in TOF instruments | Devised strategies for peak detection and noise rejection (Fourier / wavelet decomposition) | Programmed algorithms for signal processing and data analysis of MS-based proteomics data (Matlab, R, Java, C)

Visiting PhD Student

2005 - 2007

Got acquainted with Proteomics and Mass Spectometry