Cofounder in Residence, Next Generation Therapeutics for Parkinsons Disease
Offer summary
Qualifications:
PhD in neuroscience or a related field., Extensive knowledge of Parkinson’s disease at cellular and molecular levels., Experience in cellular, molecular, or biochemical drug discovery approaches for CNS disorders., Strong commercial awareness and entrepreneurial spirit, with experience in biotech or pharma settings..Key responsibilities:
- Participate in venture creation to develop a new company focused on Parkinson’s therapeutics.
- Work on designing and building the business case for the new venture.
- Collaborate with the DSV team using their methodology to identify optimal solutions.
- Contribute to all aspects of venture development, from team building to securing investment.
Job description
ABOUT THE ROLE
At DSV we’re looking for future Founders, entrepreneurially minded individuals with industryspecific technical and commercial domain expertise eager to solve urgent unmet challenges through venture building.
You will join DSV’s venture creation programme as a Founder in Residence and work closely with the DSV team, using our methodology, to spinout a new company. During the programme, you’ll work on all aspects related to venture creation in this opportunity area, including working out the optimal approach to solve for the desired outcome, building a team and building a viable business case. Once the new venture is incorporated with preseed investment from DSV, you and your cofounders will own the majority stake in the business and continue receiving support from the DSV team postspinout.
The role is fulltime, fully remote until venture incorporation and spinout, after TBD.
- PhD in neuroscience or other field relevant to the project;
- Extensive, systemslevel knowledge of Parkinson’s disease, including at the cellular and molecular level;
- Expertise in oxidative stress andor neuroprotective pathways;
- Experience in cellular, molecular andor biochemical approaches to drug discovery for CNS disorders;
- Experience working in biotechpharma or an alternative setting which requires strong commercial awareness and understanding of the drug development process;
- Entrepreneurial spirit, likely demonstrated through impactful innovation;
- You are innovative, creative, and guided by firstprinciples thinking;
- You are highly motivated to create curative solutions for PD patients.
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- Broad knowledge of brainspecific drug delivery techniques;
- Experience in nucleic acid based payloads (ASOsiRNADNA) and delivery techniques;
- Track record of high quality publications in the field, or thought leadership in the field;
- High level industry experience in either pharma, biotech, scientific startups, life sciences consulting, life sciences VC, or have previously been an inventorcontributor on patents, etc.;
- Fundraising experience at seed and Series A stages, with established investor contacts.
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- We provide optimised, purposebuilt, proprietary tools, resources and processes to help create highimpact ventures from scratch, using our venture creation methodology;
- We draw on opportunity area specific knowhow provided by our Partner organisation Parkinsons UK working collaboratively with their team of experts and Advisors;
- We provide £250k launch investment (subject to Investment Committee approval) to incorporate the new venture and develop early proofofconcept data that’s needed to attract high profile VCs as well as nondilutive grant funding;
- We provide guaranteed income of £4,166 per month paid to each FounderinResidence as a fixed consultancy fee until the company is launched and the preseed investment is secured;
- You and the current FounderinResidence, together with any additional cofounders, will collectively own a majority equity stake in the company;
- We provide continuous support after post spinout, including fundraising, commercial partnerships, recruitment and teambuilding (amongst other things); plus
- There are dozens of Founders currently at DSV across sectors working collaboratively and supporting one another a unique resource to draw on.
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WHO YOULL BE JOINING
You will be joining Dr. Kiren BainesMortimore, an accomplished scientific leader with many years of experience across drug discovery and development. Kiren, is the former cofounder and CSO at Extracellular, a cultivated meat CDMO. Prior to founding Extracellular, Kiren was the Analytical Development and Quality Control Lead at eXmoor Pharma,where she supported clients in the cell and gene therapy sector with process and analytical development, manufacturing, and commercialization. Earlier in her career, Kiren contributed to drug discovery initiatives at Charles River Laboratories. Kiren earned her PhD in Cell Biology from the University of Bristol. Kiren’s background in Parkinson’s combined with her expertise in drug development, along with her outstanding professionalism and ambition, makes her a top talent to work with.
ABOUT DSV
Deep Science Ventures is creating a future in which both humans and the planet can thrive.
We use our unique venture creation process to create, spinout and invest into science companies, combining available scientific knowledge and foundertype scientists into highimpact ventures.
We operate in 4 sectors: Pharmaceuticals, Climate, Agriculture and Computation, tackling the challenges defining those areas by taking a first principles approach and partnering with leading institutions.
ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKINSONS UK
In a landmark collaboration that marries scientific prowess with an unwavering dedication to improving patient lives, Deep Science Ventures, an avantgarde venture creator headquartered in London, has announced a pioneering partnership with Parkinson’s UK, the leading charity driving better care, treatments, and quality of life for those affected by Parkinson’s.
Benefits
OUR OFFER
By joining DSV, you’ll be joining a team of operators who have founded companies and led translation of science at some of the most respected universities, charities, funds and government agencies. 23 of the team have founded or led a company at Csuite and 65% have a PhD. Our team dedicate several hours every week to each Founderfounding team to provide tailored guidance, resources and feedback covering every aspect of what it takes to successfully launch a new venture from both the tech and commercial perspectives:
Preferred (nicetohave):
Required profile
Experience
Other Skills
- Creative Thinking
- Innovation
- Self-Motivation
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