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Sonia Hallen

Investment Manager at Gilde Healthcare

Amsterdam, North Holland

Overview 

Sonia Hallen is a VC Investment Manager at Gilde Healthcare in Amsterdam with a background in life sciences and a PhD from Imperial College London. Noteworthy career highlights include founding Digital Biosciences and serving as Vice President at EQT Life Sciences.

Work Experience 

  • Investment Manager

    2024 - Current

    Focused on Gilde’s private therapeutics strategy in the Venture & Growth team. Gilde Healthcare is a specialized healthcare investor managing over €2.6 billion across two fund strategies: Venture&Growth and Private Equity. Sonia is dedicated to the Venture&Growth fund of Gilde Healthcare, which invests in fast growing companies active in therapeutics, medtech and digital health, based in Europe and North America.

  • Founder and Board Member

    2018

    A unique medicines company that uses Artificial Intelligence to tailor therapies for unique patients.

  • Vice President

    2022 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2024

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2024

Evommune is a biotechnology company that develops therapeutics that halt progressive disease and address their symptoms.

Raised $268,000,000.00 from NEXTBio Capital, RTW Investments, Longwood Fund, RA Capital Management, Sectoral Asset Management, Marshall Wace, Avego Bioscience Capital, SymBiosis, FemHealth Ventures and Andera Partners.

  • Board Observer

    2022 - 2023

  • Associate

    2019 - 2022

    One of Europe's largest and most experienced Life Sciences investment firms. Venture Capitalist focused on unlisted companies developing innovative therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and digital health platforms.

LSP BioVentures is a venture capital fund focused on opportunities in the life science arena.

  • Consultant - Life Sciences

    2016 - 2018

    Helped companies rethink, reshape or restructure businesses to deliver better patient outcomes and drive shareholder returns.

  • Stem Cell Therapies Scientist

    2012 - 2016

    Developed biomaterial-based regenerative therapies for treatment of cardiac diseases.

  • Founder & CEO

    2014 - 2015

    Early stage start-up developing smart point-of-care solutions to treat and diagnose infectious diseases.

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