Lluís Pareras

Degree and PhD in Medicine, specialist in Neurosurgery, and Global Executive MBA (IESE).
He founded the "Innovation and entrepreneurship program" at the Barcelona Medical Association (CoMB), where he has been coaching entrepeneurs and he has founded and directed the Healthcare Investment Forums since 2009.
He has been an entrepreneur himself in the healthcare space and raised capital from investors.
Deeply involved in the innovation ecosystem, he is a member and advisor of many healthcare innovation organizations such as Biocat (Board of Trustees), CIMTI, BarcelonaActiva Mentoring Program, Generalitat de Catalunya-CASOST and HEALTHIO among others.
Author of numerous books in the field of innovation, venture capital and healthcare, such as "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Healthcare", published internationally. In the academic space, he has been a teacher in several business schools about healthcare innovation and venture capital.
He remains as the Director of Healthequity, SCR, a venture capital fund focused in early-stage companies in the healthcare sector, where he led the investment strategy and transaction processes of the different portfolio companies. Member of the Board of Directors of different life-sciences companies including Healthequity's investments: Versantis, n-life Therapeutics and Minoryx Therapeutics.