Eric Pauly

PROMETHERA Biosciences SA discovers, develops and commercializes cell therapy products to treat liver diseases. It operates as a pharmaceutical company that develops treatment based on allogeneic adult stem cell technology. The firm’s technology platform is based on a newly discovered cell type, isolated from normal human adult liver tissue: Heterologous Human Adult Liver Progenitor Cells (HHALPC). The company was founded by Etienne Marc Sokal and Eric Halioua on February 12, 2009 and is headquartered in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium.

CropDesign NV develops traits for cereal crops. It delivers agronomic traits for the global commercial seed markets. The firm focuses on enhancing grain yield in crops such as corn and rice, and increasing biomass of energy crops. Its platform, TraitMill, lows evaluating the effect of genes on the performance of plants under different growing conditions, including drought and low nutrient stress. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Blgium.

Societe de Developpement et de Participation du Brabant Wallon SA (Invest.BW) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1987. Invest.BW SA is headquartered in Louvain-la-Neuve.

MaSTherCell SA engages in providing cell therapy manufacturing services. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Charleroi, Belgium.

Ogeda SA discovers and develops small molecule drugs. It develops NK3 antagonists for the treatment of hormone-dependent pathologies in the field of Women's Health. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Gosselies, Spain.

Patcobel NV provides real estate services. The private company is based in Kortrijk, Belgium. The CEOs are Cindy van Loock and Patrick Lippens. The Belgian company was founded in 1989.

EyeD Pharma SA manufactures and supplies ophthalmology surgical products. Its products include R&D, instrumentation and phaco accessories. The company was founded by Jean-Marie Rakic and Jean-Michel Foidart and is headquartered in Liege, Belgium.

BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity Belgium NV is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV founded in 1981. BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity Belgium NV is headquartered in Brussels.

GreenWatt SA designs and installs on-site bio-methanization plants. It engages in the provision of renewable energy and recycling solutions for waste bio-methanization cogeneration. The company was founded by Marc-Jean Spiltoir, Patrick Alexandre Thierry Rene van den Broucke, and Therese Marie Wathelet Florence in 2004 and is headquartered in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc operates as a hospital which provides reference care and treats serious, rare or complex diseases of patients. The company was founded on August 23, 1976 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

DalCor Pharmaceuticals Canada, Inc. develops precision treatments for cardiovascular diseases. It offers dalcetrapib, a cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, as a potential targeted treatment to address the residual cardiovascular risk in patients carrying a specific ADCY9 genetic profile. The company was founded by Andr? Roger Desmarais and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Smart Immune SAS is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Paris, France. Smart Immune is developing Protcell, a thymus-empowered T cell progenitor therapy platform to re-arm the immune system against cancer and infection, enabling next-generation allogeneic T cell therapies for all. The French company aims to improve outcomes for patients with life-threatening diseases such as high-risk blood cancers and primary immunodeficiencies. Smart Immune has ongoing collaborations with leading institutions in the EU and the US. Smart101 is already in phase I/II clinical trials in the EU and the US, looking at the acceleration of complete immune recovery in patients fighting cancer and infection and undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Smart Immune is also developing therapies using gene-modified T cell progenitors through its Protcell platform to provide targeted treatments against cancer, like persistent off-the-shelf CAR T cells. The company is headquartered at Biotech Santé. The company was founded in 2017 by Karine Rossignol, Marina Cavazzana, Isabelle André, with Karine Rossignol as the CEO since 2017.

Nuro Corp. provides neurological communication software. The company was founded by Francois Gand, Abhinav Kumar and Pascal Gand and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

Exevir Bio BV is engaged in biotechnology services. The company is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

Fund+ is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Bio-Incubator Leuven is a dynamic and innovative environment that provides lab space and support to R&D-intensive life sciences companies. The private company offers customizable modules that can be modified to meet the specific requirements of each client. The company is based in Leuven, Belgium. Leuven's knowledge institutes, including KU Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven, VIB, and IMEC, generate a huge outflow of knowledge that entails a myriad of innovative ideas for new and existing companies. The CEO of the Belgian company is Michaël de Blauwe.

Amakem NV operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It uses kinase inhibitors for treatments of bowel, eye, and lung diseases. The company was founded by Jack Elands, Dirk Leysen, Olivier Raynald Defert, and Nadya Kaval on July 22, 2009 and is headquartered in Diepenbeek, Belgium.

Part of Verizon Communications, Inc., MCI BeLux is a telecommunications and internet service provider. The company is based in Diegem, Belgium.

Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux Finance SA provides financial services to raise funds for the business operations. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.

Sofia BV provides wireless telecommunication services. The private company is based in Knokke-Heist, Belgium. The CEOs are Ann Dendoncker, Chris Buyse, Pieter-Jan Buyse. The Belgian company was founded in 1999.

iTeos Therapeutics SA engages in the discovery of immunomodulators for cancer therapy. It operates as a biotechnology company which focuses on targeting metabolism of the tumor microenvironment through development of small-molecule immunomodulators for cancer treatment. The firm develops small molecules designed to target the tumor microenvironment by inhibiting cancer-induced immune suppression. Targeting such resistance mechanisms will enhance the clinical efficacy of both standards of care treatments as well as the newer immunomodulatory therapies based on the blockade of immune checkpoints. The company was founded in 2011 by Michel Detheux and Benoit Van den Eynde and is headquartered in Gosselies, Belgium.

Q-Biologicals NV operates as a bio pharma contract development and manufacturing organization. It provides process development and bio manufacturing services to customers in the biopharmaceutical industry. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Immo David NV engages in the provision real estate rental, sale and purchase services. The company was founded on January 5, 2005 and is headquartered in Asse, Belgium.

Creabuild NV provides consulting services. The private company is based in Zaventem, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded in 2005. The CEO is Stéphane Vandervelde.

Pienter-Jan BV is a Belgian company that provides business and management consulting services. The private company is based in Brasschaat, Belgium. The CEO of the company is Ann Dendoncker.

Life Sciences Research Partners VZW functions as a foundation or endowment. The non-profit company is based in Leuven, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded by Désiré Collen.

Bioxodes SA develops pharmaceutical products. Its programme Ir-CPI, is the first in a novel class of antithrombotics, and is developed for the prevention of thrombosis in a range of applications including cardiopulmonary bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention. The company was founded by Edmond Godfroid and Michel Guyaux on April 20, 2010 and is headquartered in Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium.