Dominik Schumacher, Tubulis 🇩🇪 | Founder-led ADC Biotech ⭐️ | E19

We’re in Munich 🇩🇪 with a “true” biotech founder, Dominik Schumacher of Tubulis. Not many biotechs in Europe are led by a founder PhD under 40 and have scaled to raising over 100M. I know only two, one is Thomas at Owkin and the other one is Dominik at Tubulis.

We talked about building a champion ADC biotech, the super hot ADC sphere, and the difference between luck and success.

💎 ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dominik has had an incredible career, which he started from a young age. With the founding of Tubulis, he has won many start-up awards and in 2019 he was awarded MIT’s Innovators Under 35. As a life science investor, he has invested early in many European biotech companies.

🔗 LINKS MENTIONED

- curie.bio - curie.bio
- Tubulis Closes Upsized €128 Million Series B2 to Accelerate Clinical Development of Solid Tumor-Focused ADC Pipeline - tubulis.com/news/tubulis-closes-upsized-e128-m…
- BioSpace - Next wave of ADCs - biospace.com/article/the-next-wave-of-adcs-cou…
- BMS axes Eisai ADC pact 3 years after paying $650M for would-be Elahere rival - fiercebiotech.com/biotech/bms-axes-eisai-adc-p…
- Merck’s ADC Pact With Daiichi Hits Regulatory Setback in FDA Rejection - biospace.com/article/merck-s-adc-pact-with-dai…
- ADC Space is too crowded? - drive.google.com/file/d/1oA23bidvd2G-z2lnAkPLA…
- Genmab to Broaden and Strengthen Oncology Portfolio with Acquisition of ProfoundBio ($1.8B cash) - ir.genmab.com/news-releases/news-release-detai…
- BIO-Europe Spring 2019: Newcomer Tubulis tackles ADC technology shortcomings - youtube.com/watch?v=wwr5KMypBHs
- Top 20 Healthcare Specialist Investors - drive.google.com/file/d/1r4IwIKvuVUYQaqCZnpm4D…

📜 TRANSCRIPT
Read the full transcript here: flot.bio/episode/dominik-schumacher-tubulis
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⏰ TIMESTAMPS

[00:00:00] Intro
[00:01:44] Entrepreneurial biotech family
[00:08:46] Market validation
[00:14:32] Why Munich
[00:17:33] Founder-led biotechs
[00:25:20] Balancing 3 kids
[00:29:31] Tubulis & ADCs
[00:38:25] ADC space is crowded
[00:46:12] Deep Track Capital
[00:48:17] Vision for Tubulis
[00:52:59] ADC space is hot
[00:58:03] Chinese biotech
[01:02:53] Luck vs success