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Thomas Grotkjær

Department

Planetary Health Investments

Position

Partner

Thomas joined Novo Holdings in 2017 and is Partner in the Planetary Health Investments team where he also oversees the Nordic early-stage activities.

Prior to joining Novo Holdings, Thomas worked in business development at Novozymes where he introduced advanced yeast technology to the biofuel industry and built a portfolio of biochemical projects. Earlier in this career, he was part of the venture capital backed start-up company Fluxome Sciences. He also held positions in biotechnology research and process engineering at Toftejorg (now Alfa Laval) and the Carlsberg Breweries.

Thomas holds a PhD in Metabolic Engineering and a MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark as well as graduate diplomas in Business Administration (Marketing Management and Finance) from Copenhagen Business School.

Investing to benefit people and the planet

Novo Holdings A/S

Tuborg Havnevej 19

2900 Hellerup Denmark

+45 3527 6500

Email: Info@novoholdings.dk

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