Dr. Kristin Thompson

Kristin Thompson holds degrees in Biology, specializing in genetics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a PhD in Molecular Medicine from the University of Ulm, Germany. Kristin was previously Chief Operating Officer at the private investment company eureKARE. Kristin has a strongly international profile as an American having worked in the US, Spain, Germany, and France. 

During her time at eureKARE, Kristin worked with the team to invest in 11 companies, notably in DNAScript, Coave Therapeutics, Biomemory and the MAAT Pharma IPO, to list the 150M SPAC eureKING on the Euronext (focused on bioproduction), and created two start-up companies from academic tech transfer. Kristin was previously board member of several companies including eureKING and Gynov.  

Kristin started her career as a researcher for more than 10 years in academia (UNC-CH, Inserm) and worked closely with Boehringer Ingelheim and PTC Therapeutics testing novel therapeutics in respiratory disease and identified several new genetic mutations with the research team at UNC-CH in rare diseases. Her research always focused on novel modalities such as AAV and Lentivirus (with the lab of Jude Samulski, AskBio), CRISPR-Cas, and 3D cell systems.  

Following a successful stint as a researcher, Kristin transitioned to various roles in Business Development in France, working on topics such as in-and out licensing,corporate restructuring and strategic partnerships with Da Volterra, Famar (following acquisition by KKR) and Bioaster. During her time managing Strategic Partnerships at Bioaster in Lyon, Kristin was also a coach for MBA students at the HEC to advise on creation of biotechs and how to build a partnering strategy. She actively mentors students launching their start-ups, and women looking to transition from academia. Kristin is a member of W@ and in 2022, Kristin was elected as a finalist for the LSX Women’s European Business Leader award.