2. Founder CEO
Dr Christopher Wilson
PhD Uk – University of Hull
Research Associate University of Pennsylvania
Smith and Nephew Wound Management Global Operations
Shareholder of NovioTech BV
Founder of NovioSense BV
Expertise
Soft Polymer Materials and Coatings
Advanced Wound Management
Continuous Glucose Measurement
Highlights
Founded and closed Pre-seed and seed investment of NovioSense BV
Team leader of 4 medial device product developments
Led multicultural and interdisciplinary teams spanning EU, US, Canada and China
Co-Inventor of Dendrimersomes, Heli[x] and NovioSense
3. NovioSense
• NovioSense BV – Venture Backed Medical
Device Company Lead Partner of NovioSense
Project
• NovioSense Project – European Horizon 2020
and EFRO funded project 16 partners €3M
• NovioSense – Wireless Powered Sensor Device
Confidential 3
10. Twitch was sold to Amazon for $970 M after eight years – Justin Kan
11. Resilience Leads to Success
8 out of 10 start-ups fail
The statistics do not tell the truth
Success comes from having the resilience to
keep going after 80% have quit and gone home
“if you have smart people working on trying to
make something people want and they don’t
give up, they will eventually be successful.” –
Justin Kan
15. Confidential 15
The European Union set up INTERREG in the 1990s under
the structural funds in order to promote cross-border
cooperation.
Subsidy for Rein-Waal region
60% Subsidy
40% Equity
16. Equity and Subsidy Working In Perfect
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17. The good and the bad
Subsidy allows us to carry out high risk high
gain developments
Subsidy can bring partners together to carry
out applied research
Cash flow is a killer
![Founder CEO
Dr Christopher Wilson
PhD Uk – University of Hull
Research Associate University of Pennsylvania
Smith and Nephew Wound Management Global Operations
Shareholder of NovioTech BV
Founder of NovioSense BV
Expertise
Soft Polymer Materials and Coatings
Advanced Wound Management
Continuous Glucose Measurement
Highlights
Founded and closed Pre-seed and seed investment of NovioSense BV
Team leader of 4 medial device product developments
Led multicultural and interdisciplinary teams spanning EU, US, Canada and China
Co-Inventor of Dendrimersomes, Heli[x] and NovioSense](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)