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Edward Kliphuis

Sofinnova Partners

Partner
Edward is a Partner at Sofinnova Partners, where he launched, built, and now co-leads the firm’s Digital Medicine strategy. He and his team back companies at the convergence of AI, data, and life sciences. Previously, Edward was at M Ventures, the corporate VC arm of Merck KGaA, where he invested in pioneering digital medicine and biopharma ventures. He began his career as an equity analyst at Kempen & Co, covering listed small- and mid-cap life sciences companies. Edward holds an M.Sc. in Biopharmaceutical Sciences from Leiden University, specializing in pharmacology. A Dutch native now based in Madrid, he brings the same energy to investing as he does to challenges outside of work, like driving a 1.2L Chevrolet Aveo from London to Mongolia through the Gobi Desert to raise funds for SOS Children’s Villages.
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Jun 3, 2026
4:55 PM5:25 PM

Exponential Medicine & Ethical Transformation

Jacky AbitbolEdward Kliphuis
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AI is compressing decades of biological research into months, making the world's best diagnostics available on a smartphone, and designing drug molecules that no human could imagine alone. But the faster technology accelerates, the harder the questions become. Who controls the data? Who benefits first? And how do we govern breakthroughs that move faster than any regulatory framework can follow?
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