Lucia Faccio

CEO, Genespire and Partner at Sofinnova Partners

Speaker

Lucia Faccio has been Chief Executive Officer of Genespire since 2025 and is a Partner at Sofinnova Partners, a leading European venture capital firm specializing in life sciences with over €4 billion in assets under management. She is a core member of the Sofinnova Telethon Fund, the largest biotech fund focused on Italy, and serves on the board of the Italian Tech Alliance, promoting the growth of the national startup ecosystem.

Lucia has more than 25 years of experience in technology transfer, business development and company creation in the life sciences sector.

Previously, she was Director of Research & Development at Fondazione Telethon, advancing therapies for genetic diseases, and Director of Technology Transfer at San Raffaele Hospital, Italy’s largest private research center.

She holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Padua and a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the University of L’Aquila, completed in collaboration with Harvard Medical School.