kush@smileincubator.life
Kush Punyani
Business Coach
Kush is a serial entrepreneur within diagnostics, pharma and cleantech, with experience from business development, commercialisation, and product development. He has served in various capacities as CSO, CEO and Board Member in both VC-backed and stock-exchange listed life science startups. Prior to venturing into entreprenurship, Kush pursued his doctoral research at NanoLund within lab-on-a-chip devices for diagnostics and labtech applications.
Expertise
- Entrepreneurship within deeptech life science and cleantech industries
- Innovation management
- Diagnostics and IVD development
- Business development and Alliance management
- Certified board member (SE/DK)
- R&D: Microfluidics, electrochemistry, biosensors, reproductive biology
Experience
- 5+ deeptech startups, with 2 IPOs
- 6+ years in Innovation, Medtech and IVD
- 15+ years in life science
Education
Doctoral Licentiate in Engineering, Microfluidics
Master of Technology in Biotech
Nationality
Swedish
Fun fact
Enjoys traveling abroad and doing groceries when abroad.
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