Alex Hoffmann

Alex Hoffmann is a General Partner at Forbion BioEconomy, a €200m VC fund investing in mid-stage companies that leverage biotechnology to clean and feed the planet across agriculture, food, materials and environmental technologies. Prior to that, he was Investment Director at M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Merck Group. In this position, Alex was responsible for investments in cutting-edge early-stage companies in the fields of foodtech, deeptech and healthtech, and has held board director positions at companies such as Mosa Meat and Formo. Before joining M Ventures, Alex was based in Nairobi, leading the digital strategy of the Merck Group across the African continent and has collected operational experience at early-stage tech startups.