TVM Capital Life Sciences is a transatlantic venture firm based in Munich, Germany. Hubert Birner, co-owner and managing partner at TVM, told In Vivo there was still a long way to go for the biotech sector in Europe compared to the US, but that “there's a lot of opportunity out there.”
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Insights from TVM’s Hubert Birner
VC Playbook: Hubert Birner, managing partner for Montreal and Munich, is responsible for TVM Capital Life Science’s overall investment approach and global fund operations. At the November 2023 BIO-Europe conference, he sat down with In Vivo to discuss the VC’s strategy and expectations for the European life science sector in 2024.

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