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Panakes Partners

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8+ companies

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8 partners

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Investments in last 12 months: 0

Meet the Team

FL

Fabrizio Landi

General Partner

MedTech
Diagnostics
Life Sciences
Life Science Investing
BC

Barbara Castellano

Partner

Cardiovascular Devices
Medical Devices / MedTech
Clinical Affairs & Regulatory Strategy
RW

Rob Woodman

Partner

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
Early / Growth Life Sciences Companies
MS

Marco Sardina

Partner

Drug Discovery & Development
Clinical R&D (Phase I-IV)
Medical Affairs
AP

Alessio Piuma

Principal

Deal Sourcing
Early-Stage Investment Analysis
Medical Technologies
AB

Andrea Ballerini

Investment Manager

Scientific Evaluation
Preclinical Assets
Early Stage Biotech / MedTech
AB

Alessio Beverina

General Partner

Early-stage Startups
MedTech
Life Sciences
Technology Development & Venture Investing
DS

Diana Saraceni

General Partner

Life Sciences Investments
Venture Capital
MedTech & Biotech

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

VI

Vivasure Medical Ltd.

Medical devices / cardiovascular·Growth-stage round (post-Series B)·First MedTech fund (Panakes Fund launched in 2016)

Develops minimally invasive vascular closure technologies, notably PerQSeal, for large-bore vessel closure after cardiovascular procedures.

SA

Salvia BioElectronics

Neuromodulation / medical devices·Series A (lead investor) and Series B (follow-on as existing investor)·First Panakes Fund (MedTech)

Develops bioelectronic neuromodulation implants to treat chronic migraine and other neurological disorders.

IN

InnovHeart

Structural heart / cardiovascular medical devices·Series B round (led by Panakes Partners)·First MedTech fund (Panakes Fund)

Develops transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) systems for minimally invasive treatment of mitral valve disease.

MM

MMI (Medical Microinstruments)

Robotic surgery / medical devices·Large growth/Series B+ type €73M financing round·First MedTech fund (Panakes Fund launched in 2016)

Develops robotic microsurgery platforms enabling high-precision minimally invasive procedures.

BE

BetaGlue Technologies

Oncology / radiotherapy medical devices·€10M financing round (growth, Series A–B range)·First MedTech fund (Panakes Fund)

Develops an advanced radiotherapy platform for localized treatment of solid tumors using beta-emitting radionuclides with a biocompatible glue.

AP

Approxima

Cardiovascular medical devices / structural heart·Seed round (€1.6M) and Series A round (€7.3M)

Develops a percutaneous right-ventricular reshaping technology to treat tricuspid valve regurgitation via minimally invasive repair.

RE

Relief Srl

Urology / medical devices·Early-stage investment round (seed–Series A type, not explicitly labeled)

Develops UroRelief, a miniaturized endo-urethral device for minimally invasive treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

NA

NanoPhoria Bioscience

Biotech / cardiovascular therapeutics·Series A (€83.5M)

Develops a nano-in-micro pulmonary delivery platform and first-in-class peptide therapy (NP-MP1) targeting cardiac L-type calcium channels for heart failure and other chronic diseases.

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