Thilo Schroeder

Thilo Schroeder, Ph.D. is a Partner at Nextech Invest and has a passion for precision medicines in cancer with a focus on identifying first and best-in-class targeted therapies.

Thilo has been a leading investor in several precision medicine oncology companies and is a board member of PMV Pharma, Circle Pharma, MOMA Therapeutics, Silverback Therapeutics, and Black Diamond Therapeutics (BDTX). Past board seats include Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Peloton Therapeutics (acquired by Merck), IDEAYA Bioscience (IDYA), and ImaginAb.

Thilo began his biotech career at the pioneering cancer immunology company Micromet (acquired by Amgen) while studying at Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, conducted research at the University of Sydney, and obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich, focused on protein engineering in the development of Designed Ankyrin Repeat Proteins (DARPins), a technology now commercialized by Molecular Partners (SWX: MOLN). He also holds a M.Sc. in biotechnology from the Ecole de Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg in France, and a B.Sc. in biology from the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany.