Janke Dittmer - Gilde Healthcare

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Janke Dittmer
General Partner Healthtech
Venture&Growth
The Netherlands

Janke Dittmer

General Partner - Healthtech
Venture&Growth

Janke joined Gilde Healthcare in 2011 as a Partner. He is responsible for Gilde’s European healthtech investments in key sectors including medtech, digital health, diagnostics, and life science tools.

Prior to joining Gilde, Janke was a Venture General Manager and Head of Business Development & Strategy within Philips’ Corporate Venturing unit, and an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. He is the Co-Founder and former Healthcare Chair of the International Venture Club  and serves on the VC council of Invest Europe. Janke also co-founded a Nanotech company in Silicon Valley after serving as a Fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

He earned a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Nanotechnology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Stefan Luzi

Partner Therapeutics
Venture&Growth
Stefan joined Gilde Healthcare in 2015. As Partner in our Venture&Growth team, he focuses on capital investments in the biopharmaceutical and therapeutics sectors. Before joining Gilde, Stefan worked at Merck KGaA where he completed international...

Rich Wilmot

Partner HealthTech
Venture&Growth
Rich joined Gilde Healthcare as Partner in 2023. He oversees deal origination, investment processes and portfolio management for healthtech investments in Gilde’s Venture&Growth fund. He previously served for seven years as the Global Head of...

Edwin de Graaf

Managing Partner
Edwin is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Gilde Healthcare. He is jointly responsible for all fund management and investment activities in Gilde’s Venture&Growth fund. Before his role at Gilde, Edwin spent three years as...