Stefano Coco

Associate

2024

Senior Investment Analyst

2023 - 2024

Investment Analyst

2022 - 2023

As an Investment Analyst, I am responsible of screening and assessing the potential of new investment opportunities. Since I joined the Team: - I screened more than 700 life sciences companies; - I conducted extensive part of scientific & strategic due diligence on the 7 investments done so far by 3B Future Health; - I conducted report analyses on scientific & strategic thematics; - I represented 3B Future Health at the major scientific and investors conferences (e.g.; Bio International, BioEurope, ESMO, etc); The 3B Future Health fund invests in US and European-based early stage companies developing new therapies for Oncology and Rare Diseaseas. More info: www.3bfuturehealth.com

Junior Investment Analyst

2020 - 2022

The 3B Future Health Fund (formerly Helsinn Investment Fund) focuses on US and European-based start-ups working in the field of Oncology and Rare Diseases therapeutics. We support companies with potential first-in-class assets, revolutionary insights, experienced management teams and a strong investor syndicate. We typically make our initial investment in companies raising Series A rounds, but in some cases even earlier.

R&D Systems Engineer - RCS Equipment

2019 - 2020

Systems Engineer in the R&D facilities of Medtronic working on a next-generation dialysis machine - Closely involved in the coordination and support of the activities of +10 global technical teams of various engineering disciplines (Mechanical, Electrical and Software) to capture system design specifications. Direct report to the R&D Leadership team of the project - Managing the creation, update and documentation of System Requirements and Design Outputs - Supporting the Verification & Validation team in developing test protocols - Interfacing with Design Quality department to ensure R&D outputs meet regulatory requirements and Medtronic internal quality standards

Assistant Research Engineer

2018 - 2019

Performed my MSc thesis as an R&D engineer in an early stage biotech spin-off of UTwente called River Biomedics. I conducted both technical and business development activities. Project Title: "Development and optimization of an innovative 3D Heart model made of human stem cells for the pre-clinical phases of drug discovery and development" More info on the plaftorms here: https://riverbiomedics.com/

Research Trainee

2017 - 2018

Successfully selected to perform a research internship in the laboratory of Prof. Jennifer Lewis, considered a pioneer of the 3D (bio)-printing industry - Supported the development of a novel method to 3D print foams based on the high-speed generation of bubbles. - Implemented strategies for process and quality control to enhance 3D printing precision - Developed an image processing algorithm in order to extrapolate information of the process