Nlcventures

Nlcventures

CEO | Persuasive

Utrecht, NL · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
BudgetingClinical Laboratory TechniquesLeadership

About the role

  • Cash scales materially upon close of the next financing round.
  • Equity mechanism and structure to be confirmed.
  • About the Company Persuasive BV is a Netherlands-based medical diagnostics company spun out of NLC and built on technology licensed from Utrecht University Hospital.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate available business model options, select the most commercially viable path, and develop a 12 to 24-month execution plan covering go-to-market, pricing, and positioning for the European market with a view to US expansion.
  • Secure €1 to 2M in the next funding round through active outreach to angels, corporate VCs, and strategic partners, building a credible financial narrative around the verification and validation timeline and commercialization milestones.
  • Represent PERSUASIVE externally with clinicians, strategic partners, and investors, while preparing the company for first commercialization in Europe, including US expansion.
  • Drive fundraising efforts by actively engaging with suitable investors and leveraging technical and commercial acumen
  • Lead and refocus a small team on execution by setting clear priorities, ownership, and accountability, and eliminating non-essential activity.
  • Comfortable operating in a small, fast-moving organization where the CEO leads from the front
  • With 40-45 employees, NLC manages four captive funds investing in ventures from pre-seed to Series B-C, and is fundraising for a fifth fund.
  • Select a business model from the available options and build a credible go-to-market plan for Europe, with potential US expansion
  • This role starts as a fractional engagement (about 2 days per week) for a founder-minded leader who understands the risk and reward profile of early-stage company building.
  • We develop technology that isolates and measures diagnostic particles directly from blood, addressing a gap in current chest pain diagnostics where speed and accuracy of testing remain a critical clinical bottleneck.

Requirements

  • Senior leadership experience in In-Vitro-Diagnostics / biomarker detection technology / clinical laboratory, ideally in a start-up/scale-up environment

Nice to have

  • Experience and network in the Cardiology / Cardiovascular space preferred
  • Experience working across European markets
  • exposure to the US market is a strong plus

Compensation

  • Compensation is weighted toward equity and performance-linked milestones, with a modest cash component available in line with the current funding position.

Benefits

  • Compensation is weighted toward equity and performance-linked milestones, with a modest cash component available in line with the current funding position.
  • Experience shaping go-to-market strategies, pricing, and commercial models for innovative medical products
  • NLC Health Ventures is a leading healthtech and biotech innovation platform based in Amsterdam, combining venture building and fund management across Europe and North America.
  • Persuasive BV is a Netherlands-based medical diagnostics company spun out of NLC and built on technology licensed from Utrecht University Hospital.

Company info

  • Pre-Commercial start-up (Diagnostics/IVD)
  • After seven years of development, the technology is entering its final stage, with large-scale verification and validation planned over the next one to two years alongside preparation for launch as a testing service in the Netherlands.
  • The business case is strong with limited direct competition in the space.
  • Purpose of the Role
  • This role was created as the founding CEO transitions to a dedicated CTO position, taking full ownership of technology, IP, and regulatory matters.
  • The incoming CEO focuses exclusively on commercial strategy, investor relations, and go-to-market execution.
  • The business case is strong with limited / no competition.
  • The technology is entering the final development stage.
  • Large-scale verification and validation will be done in the next 1-2 years while preparing for launching as a testing service in NL in parallel.
  • This is a CEO role requiring commercial strategy development and fundraising.
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