2022 European Lifestars Awards Winners
We're excited to announce the winners for the European Lifestars Awards Winners!
View the full list of winners below.
Seed Raise of the Year
Winner: Astrivax
2nd: Relation Therapeutics
3rd: Home Biosciences
Series A Raise of the Year
Winner: SpliceBio
2nd: TargED Biopharmaceuticals
3rd: Resolution Therapeutics
Series B Raise of the Year
Winner: Precirix
2nd: Quell Therapeutics
3rd: OMass Therapeutics
Late Venture Round / Series C+ Raise of the Year
Winner: Kry
2nd: Limflow
3rd: Bioversys
IPO / Listing of the Year
Winner: Exscientia
2nd: ONWARD Medical
3rd: MaaT Pharma
Post-IPO Raise of the Year
Winner: Moonlake Therapeutics
2nd: Autolus Therapeutics
3rd: Sequana Medical
VC Firm of the Year
Winner: Sofinnova Partners
2nd: Forbion
3rd: EQT Partners and Syncona
Deal of the Year (<€500m)
Winner: Proxygen and Merck
2nd: GENFIT and Ipsen
3rd: Synaffix and Genmab
Deal of the Year (>€500m)
Winner: Amphista Therapeutics and Merck
2nd: NewAmsterdam Pharma and Menarini Group
3rd: Heidelberg Pharma and Huadong Medicine
M&A of the Year
Joint Winners: GSK and Sierra Oncology
2nd: Novo Nordisk and Forma Therapeutics
3rd: Forma Therapeutics and Epizyme
Pharma BD Team of the Year
Winner: Ipsen
2nd: Novo Nordisk
3rd: GSK
Biotech of the Year
Winner: Synaffix
2nd: Calliditas Therapeutics
3rd: Bicycle Therapeutics
Medtech of the Year
Winner: iStar Medical
2nd: Medical Microinstruments (MMI)
3rd: QuantumDx
Healthtech of the Year
Winner: Sidekick Health
2nd: Depixus
3rd: Brainomix
Black-Led Business Leader of the Year
Winner: Jesaja Brinkmann, Co-Founder & MD, Cara.Care
2nd:Jason Mellad, CEO & Co-Founder, Codon Health
3rd: Chantelle Bell, Co-Founder, Synrona Health
Women-Led Business of the Year
Winner: Mai-Britt Zocca, CEO, IO Biotech
2nd: Renee Aguiar-Lucander, CEO, Calliditas Therapeutics
3rd: Ros Deegan, CEO, OMass Therapeutics
Private CEO of the Year
Winner: Tim Knotnerus, CEO, Agomab
2nd: Theodora Harald, CEO, Crescendo Biologics
3rd: Michael Davidson, CEO, NewAmsterdam Pharma
Public CEO of the Year
Winner: Kevin Lee, CEO, Bicycle Therapeutics
2nd: Jan van der Winkel, CEO, Genmab
3rd: David Marver, CEO, ONWARD Medical