RB

Robert Balfour

Biotech Investor and Company Builder; Investment Director at ALSA Ventures

Greater London, England

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Director

    2023

    Axovia Therapeutics is dedicated to the research and development of novel AAV gene therapies that target key aspects of ciliopathies, addressing the devastating impact of the disease head-on for patients, their families and caregivers. Axovia is currently developing therapies for patients with mutations in the BBS1 gene which manifests as Bardet Biedl Syndrome.

  • Director

    2023

  • Founding CEO

    2021 - 2023

    Promatix is a developing a new target discovery and validation platform to develop the next generation of cancer therapeutics

  • Board Observer

    2019

  • Board Observer

    2018

  • Investment Director

    2018

    ALSA Ventures is a Europe based biotechnology investment firm with a focus on novel therapeutics at preclinical POC or early clinical development stage. The firm is managed by the founder and ex-CEO of Novotech, a leading midsize clinical CRO. As such, we bring considerable expertise and experience to assets in clinical development, and are an active investor. We have no geographic or therapeutic area constraints, and are equally open to seeding new companies, as investing in later syndicated rounds, or as a sole investor.

2018 - 2021

  • Chief Business Officer

    2018 - 2021

    Viatem is a University of Birmingham Spinout company working to exploit the therapeutic potential of PEPITEM, a novel peptide, discovered by Prof. Ed Rainger. PEPITEM controls inflammation by regulating T-Cell migration and is compromised in a range of important chronic inflammatory diseases

2017 - 2019

  • Partner & Co-founder

    2017 - 2019

2016 - 2017

  • Board Observer

    2016 - 2017

  • Investment Manager

    2015 - 2017

    Nestlé’s strategic healthcare-focused venture capital fund covering diagnostics, devices, OTC, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals.

2015 - 2017

  • Board Observer

    2015 - 2017