Dr. Joost Holthuis
Venture Partner

Joost Holthuis (PhD) is a pharmacist by training and worked for Chiron (1988-1994) as head of the analytical and product development laboratories. He was founder and CEO of OctoPlus N.V. from 1995 till 2009. OctoPlus is active in the pharmaceutical product development and manufacturing and develops products on the base of new drug delivery technologies. In his time at OctoPlus he raised in excess of € 47 million of Venture Capital financing and successfully led the company through its IPO. During this period he was responsible for the growth of the company to 150 FTE’s and the realization of multiproduct facilities of over 5000 square meters, He also was responsible for the growth of the service business to > €15 M in 2008 and an > € 100 M out licensing deal. In addition to his role as Venture Partner in BioGeneration Ventures he is an independent entrepreneur in the Life Sciences and active in boards of various organizations in the industry, advisory panels for the Dutch government and a board member in 2 early stage companies.

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