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Industry leaders in large-scale flowthrough
column synthesis
PeptiSystems team has over 100 years of combined experience working in this field. Our CSO and former CEO, Lars Holmberg, was in charge of the innovation and development of the industry's first large-scale flowthrough column technology instruments for oligonucleotide synthesis in the 1980s and 1990s at Pharmacia, Amersham and later at GE Healthcare. Working together, the PeptiSystems team has taken flowthrough column technology to a new level and applied it also to work successfully for large-scale peptide synthesis for the first time in the industry.
The PeptiSystems co-founders worked together for 4 years at GE Healthcare to develop a peptide synthesizer based on flowthrough column technology. However, that project was cancelled due to reorganisation in the company. A year later, the team decided to start PeptiSystems to realize the innovation and impact on how both peptides and oligonucleotides are synthesized today.
Meet our team
Karin Granath
Chief Executive Officer
Karin has 20+ years of experience in different leadership positions within the MedTech industry. She has a broad background in product development, product management, and business operations.
Before joining PeptiSystems, Karin had the overall business responsibility as General Manager for a subdivision within GE Healthcare's Molecular Imaging segment.
She has a PhD position in Solid State electronics from Uppsala University.
Lars Holmberg
Chief Scientific Officer
Co-Founder
Lars invented the first large-scale flowthrough column technology instruments for oligonucleotide synthesis while at Pharmacia in the 1990s. He worked for GE Healthcare commercializing the instruments for many years until starting PeptiSystems in 2014.
He has a Ph.D. in Carbohydrate Chemistry
Mats Israelsson
VP of Software
Co-Founder
Mats has a M.Sc. in Computer Sciences and over 30 years of experience in the software industry. He worked for over
10 years at GE Healthcare as a systems architect, project manager, and specialist in the development of UNICORN, the software used at GE Healthcare for their oligonucleotide manufacturing instruments.
Rannar Sillard
VP of Hardware
Co-Founder
Rannar has over 30 years of experience in R&D of peptide chemistry, synthesis, biochemistry, and pharmacology. He was head of the R&D of the PeptiPilot Instruments at GEHC. He has a publication record of over 80 research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, book chapters, and several patents/patent applications. Rannar has a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry and the qualification of Associate Professor in Medical Biochemistry at Karolinska Institute. He has previously co-founded companies in Life Sciences.
Florence Genet
VP of Marketing & Sales
Florence has a M.Sc. in Science and Technology of agro-industry from Polytech'Montpellier, France. She has 20 years of experience developing and managing businesses with cutting-edge technologies in the Life Sciences market. She previously worked for companies like Biacore, and GE Healthcare. Before joining PeptiSystems, she was Senior Director, Head of Sales EMEA at Gyros Protein Technologies.
Jonas Lejonklou
Chief Operating Officer
Jonas has 20 years of experience in the Operation/Supply Chain industry, both as a manager and team leader.
Jonas is equipped with all the necessary tools to succeed in multiple areas: Logistics/Operations, Supply Management/Delivery, Warehouse management, and Production management.
Before joining PeptiSystems, Jonas had the overall Supply Chain responsibility as Supply Chain manager at Gyros Protein Technologies.
Jonas was trained in Logistics at Stockholm School TUC.
Łukasz Frankiewicz
Global Product Support Manager
Łukasz completed his Ph.D. in Peptide Chemistry in 2006 at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Poland. He held multiple PostDoc positions in Brussels, Belgium, and Dublin, Ireland, working with companies on different projects related to the synthesis of peptide therapeutics. He then moved to the industry and worked as the Head of Peptide Libraries and R&D Manager for GENEPEP and later as the Product Manager for Gyros Protein Technologies. His goal is to combine his knowledge of Peptide Synthesis and interest in technology and apply it to the creation of better peptide synthesizers.
Jie Yang
Scientist
Jie completed his Ph.D. in 2017 and worked as a Researcher at Uppsala University (2017-2019) and Postdoc. at Gothenburg University & Astrazeneca (2019-2021). He is an experienced organic chemist with expertise in peptide chemistry.
Victoriia Karpenko
Scientist
Victoriia completed her Ph.D. in 2010 in the field of peptide chemistry and antibiotic modification. She did research in Germany, USA, Russia, and Sweden, mostly specializing in the field of in situ and in vitro peptide synthesis. She has wide experience in the life sciences areas.
External advisors
Ulf Tedebark
Senior Advisor
Co-Founder
Ulf has 25+ years in the life science areas and worked for 15 years at GEHC in R&D, project management, and product support. He is a specialist in polymer supports, oligonucleotide and peptide synthesis, and biomolecule conjugate synthesis. Ulf has 7 patents/patent applications, published >20 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, and one book chapter. Ulf has a Ph.D. in Oligosaccharide Synthesis.
Meet Our Investors
ALMI Invest is the largest early-stage investment company in Sweden, owned by the Swedish State. Allan Asp represents ALMI Invest on PeptiSystems' board of directors.
PÄAB is a privately owned business angel investment fund that focuses on early-stage startups in technology and life sciences. Mats Johnson represents PÄAB on PeptiSystems' board of directors and is the former CEO of Bio-Works (a listed company).
Peter Ehrenheim
Peter Ehrenheim is the former CEO of the Life Sciences division at GE Healthcare and has invested in PeptiSystems.
Anders Hedlund
Anders is a full-time investor and CEO of Nolsterby Invest, a family office focused on investments in the healthcare sector. He has a background in finance and investment banking and with more than ten years of experience in the healthcare sector.
Before joining Nolsterby Invest in 2021, Anders worked as an equity analyst covering small- and medium enterprises in medtech and biotech. Before that, Anders worked in various finance roles in the GE Healthcare group.
He holds a Master's degree in Business Economy from Uppsala University and has also studied Human Physiology at Karolinska Institutet.”
Allan Asp
With a background in chemistry and molecular biology, Allan Asp worked in the Swedish pharma/biotech industry for almost 25 years (e.g. Kabi Biopharma, Pharmacia Biotech, Pyrosequencing, and Alphahelix), before joining Almi Invest as Investment Manager in 2008
Mats Johnson
Mats has more than 40 years of experience in the life science area in biotech supply, drug discovery, and genetic modifications of plants, mainly in different business positions but also from R&D with the companies Pharmacia Biotech, Amersham Biosciences, SweTree Technologies, and Bio-Works Technologies. In the last two companies, Mats was CEO, all-in-all, for almost 15 years. SweTree was brought to profitability and Bio-Works was built to an IPO, with relevant industrial structures and global market access. Mats has during the last 15 years been instrumental in finding financing of around 500 MSEK for many companies such as SweTree, its spin-outs, and Bio-Works.