2022 European Lifestars Awards Winners
We're excited to announce the winners for the European Lifestars Awards Winners!
View the full list of 2022 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