Oliver leads Octopus Ventures biotech fund and invests in early-stage companies across Research Tools, Drug Discovery, Diagnostics, and Engineering Biology. Fuelled by a background in Biomedical Science and Biochemistry, working in business and corporate development at biotech companies. His operational experiences have been with biologics drug discovery, gene editing tools, breath diagnostics, and digital prediction and mitigation tools for bipolar patients, Oliver has also founded his own start up to support mental health management for patients.
Oliver transitioned from business development to investing by moving to Meltwind which is the family office of Jonathan Milner who is one of the UK's most successful biotech entrepreneurs.He also serves as an advisor to the UK government on Engineering Biology.
Oliver Sims
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