Forbion
Join Forbion as an Analyst in Naarden, Netherlands
Are you early in your career and want real exposure to venture capital at the intersection of science and investing?
Forbion, a leading life sciences venture capital firm, invites you to become a key player in our team, where you will help shape the future of healthcare through strategic investments.
This is a hands-on role designed for people who think scientifically but act commercially — and want to help build companies solving complex scientific challenges.
About Forbion
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 €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 consists of nearly 60 employees of whom over 30 are part of the investment team that have built an impressive performance track record since the late nineties with investments in over 110 companies across 9 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 Opportunity
Joining Forbion as an Analyst offers a unique opportunity to be immersed in a dynamic, ambitious and professional work environment. You will gain wide and hands-on exposure of Venture Capital investing, which include both due diligence and portfolio management activities.
This role is designed for candidates who combine a strong technical or scientific foundation with exposure to real-world commercial environments, such as consulting, venture capital and investment banking, who are motivated to build a career at the intersection of science and investing.
This is a global role, where you will be working on both European and US opportunities as well as supporting projects across both our Growth and Ventures fund strategies.
What You Will Do
- Due Diligence Management: Report on, synthesize and generate recommendations based on specific analyses for decision-making to support the overall due diligence analysis. This can be exemplified by the ability to populate, present and synthesize individual slides of an investment committee presentation.
- Financial Analysis and Modelling: Conducting financial analysis and modelling of opportunities as part of the due diligence process to assess the attractiveness of a potential investment
- Deal Flow: Process deal flow including, but not limited to, logging of materials and company interactions, as well as screening new investment opportunities.
- Portfolio Management and Value Creation: Beyond deal execution, the investment team actively supports portfolio company management teams in developing and executing growth strategies, navigating key challenges, and achieving strategic milestones. The Analyst will assist in the management of portfolio companies
What We Are Looking For
Required:
- An advanced degree (PhD, MD or equivalent) in science e.g biology, chemistry, pharmacology is required
- 1-2 years of experience in venture capital, investment banking or strategy consulting with a focus on lifesciences
Strongly preferred:
Experience beyond academia, such as:
- MBA or equivalent business experience
- Strategy or management consulting
- Venture capital or corporate venture
Why Join Forbion?
At Forbion, you will be part of one of the best performing and fastest growing funds – a high-performance culture of dynamic, ambitious, and professional colleagues where your work will have a tangible impact on the future of healthcare.
We offer professional growth opportunities, demonstrated by the experiences of our General Partners, many of whom joined as Interns, Associates and Principals.
