Associate / Senior Associate - BioEconomy

Are you an experienced investor, operator or consultant from investing, industry, management consulting or investment banking, with a passion for biotech applied to planetary health Do you have the technical expertise to identify, judge and drive high-impact investment opportunities Forbion is a leading global venture capital firm with deep expertise in Europe and offices in Naarden, The Netherlands, Munich, Germany and Boston, USA. Forbion invests in innovative biotech companies, managing approximately 5 billion across multiple fund strategies that cover all stages of (bio-) pharmaceutical drug development. In addition, Forbion leverages its biotech expertise beyond human health to address 'planetary health' challenges through its BioEconomy fund strategy, which invests in companies developing sustainable solutions in food, agriculture, materials, and environmental technologies. Forbion's team consists of over 30 investment professionals that have built an impressive performance track record since the late nineties with 128 investments across 11 funds. Forbion's record of sourcing, building and guiding life sciences companies has resulted in many approved breakthrough therapies and valuable exits. Forbion typically selects impactful investments that will positively affect the health and well-being of people and the planet, as well as meet its financial return objectives. The firm is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Forbion operates a joint venture with BGV, the manager of seed and early-stage funds, especially focused on Benelux and Germany. The BioEconomy Fund is our 200 million planetary-health strategy. We invest at the intersection of biotechnology and chemistry across four sectors: Food, Agriculture, Materials, and Environmental Technologies, backing scalable, cost-competitive B2B solutions that replace incumbent products at price parity or better, with significant positive impact on the health of the planet.

We are hiring an Associate / Senior Associate for our BioEconomy Fund. As an Associate / Senior Associate in the BioEconomy Fund, you will work across the full investment lifecycle: sourcing, diligence, execution, and portfolio value creation on companies with demonstrated proof of concept, typically from Series A onward. You will own analytical workstreams end to end and, post-investment, work directly with management teams to accelerate product development, scale-up, and commercial launch, driving both financial and impact returns. This is a high-ownership role, with significant exposure to investment decision-making, senior investment professionals, founders, management teams, expert advisors, and Forbion's wider platform.