Alain Horvais

PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Angers and an MS in Finance and Innovation management from Masternova – AgroPariTech. After his PhD, Alain started his own company, D-Genos in 1995, dedicated to the development of molecular (PCR based) assays for food and vegetable applications. He joined Bio-Rad France in 2001, as R&D Manager for the development of a range of IVD PCR assays. After the launch of the first products in 2011, he joined Astra Zeneca UK, as Diagnostic Team Director. Alain joined Kurma Partners in January 2015 as Partner for the Kurma Diagnostics fund. He is also a board member of APD (France) and Feetme (France).