Dignifying the achievement of the Heroes - Founders & Mentors
This space, as well as all SBA's informational channels, is dedicated to sharing ideas and best practice, and honoring the remarkable achievements of the startup founders and mentors who shape Saudi Arabia’s biotechnology and life sciences innovation journey. We highlight their stories, breakthroughs, and contributions - recognizing the pioneers who transform ideas into impact, guide emerging ventures, and build the foundations of a thriving national biotech and deep-tech ecosystem.
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MENTORS, EXPERTS & STARTUPS TALKS
SBA Heroes - Startups
founders of the top startups, bvrp'2025
Immunora
(🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia)
Dr. Mohammed Alassiri, Founder of Immunora. Immonora is developing innovative therapies for inflammatory diseases, combining novel peptide drugs with CAR-T cell therapy to restore immune balance.
Opportunity Health
(🇪🇸 Spain)
Mr. Nicolás López de Aguileta Castaño, CTO and Mr. Germán Alejandro Sánchez Martín, Founder & CEO. Opportunity Health is developing Yarnasa, an automatic and self-applicable medical device designed to clear airway obstructions within seconds during choking emergencies.
Speratum Biopharma
(🇺🇸 United States)
Dr. Fadi Abdel, Chief Development & Operations Officer. Speratum Biopharma is developing a next-generation RNAi therapeutic platform that restores tumor suppressor function and targets over 150 oncogenic pathways using a computerized engineered RNA molecule delivered through a cold chain free polymeric system designed for solid tumors.
MedSyntra
(🇱🇹 Lithuania)
Ms. Asta Ratkeviciene, Co-Founder & CEO. MedSyntra delivers a sovereign radiology data infrastructure designed to support Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 ambition to build one of the world's most advanced digital health ecosystems.
BioFiber Solutions
(🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia)
Ms. Dunia Alzahrani, Co-Founder and COO. BioFiber Solutions specializes in developing a nanotechnology-driven wound-care solution that enhances the healing of diabetic foot wounds through an active therapeutic nanofiber dressing.
Augmented Research
(🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia)
Dr. Alya Redhwan, Founder and CEO. Augmented Research is building the Amazon of life science products, revolutionizing procurement by offering researchers, scientists, and lab managers a centralized online marketplace.
VuEssence
(🇺🇸 Unites States)
Dr. Maha Sallam, Founder and President. VuEssence leverages gene expression information measured in blood to understand and distinguish between serious conditions that have overlapping clinical symptoms.
GENABU
(🇪🇸 Spain)
Dr. Mazahir T. Hasan, Co-Founder. GENABU is a gene therapy startup with the mission to deliver novel approaches for fighting CNS diseases with synthetic biology.
Erada for Healthy Life
(🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia)
Mr. Omar Kandil, Founder & CEO. Erada is a pioneering Saudi digital health platform offering AI-driven personalized nutrition and wellness solutions integrated with obesity genetic testing to empower healthier lifestyles across the Gulf region.
PrintyMed
(🇱🇻 Latvia)
Ms. Jekaterina Romanova, Founder & CEO. PrintyMed is a biotech company producing nature-identical, medical-grade spider silk proteins via a proprietary bacterial bioreactor process, creating revolutionary biomaterials for advanced medical applications.
Neo Alchemist Bio
(🇮🇹 Italy)
Dr. Massimo Serra, Founder and Head of Research. Neo Alchemist Bio develops a new generation of Health-Agri-Biotech solutions with a near-zero environmental footprint, which directly address: the rising prevalence of chronic diseases, high dependency on imported medical supplies, and acute environmental stress impacting food and water sources.
Valere Therapeutics
(🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia)
Dr. Meshael Alturki, Co-Founder and CEO. Valere Therapeutics, develops precision immunotherapies to address urgent gaps in breast cancer care, particularly in the Gulf region. A scalable platform targets immune resistance in solid tumours.
Conveyxo
(🇧🇪 Belgium)
Mr. Frédéric Tonglet, Founder & CEO. Conveyxo is unlocking scalable & affordable regenerative medicine to reverse the root causes of degenerative diseases. Conveyxo harnesses the power of exosomes, the body’s natural, stem cell-derived healing messengers, to revolutionize regenerative medicine
Rosetta Omics
(🇫🇷 France)
Dr. Wahid Awad, Founder & CEO. Rosetta Omics is a deep-tech precision oncology startup developing an AI-enabled spatial and multiomics platform to predict treatment response in solid tumors from a single tissue slide.
BASET Pharma
(🇬🇧 United Kingdom)
Dr. Ahmed Somaida, Co-Founder & CEO. BASET Pharma develops next-generation engineered antibodies and multispecific biologics for oncology and autoimmune diseases, using an AI-powered antibody-engineering platform tailored for rapid preclinical validation and global licensing.
Amprologix
(🇬🇧 United Kingdom)
Prof. Mathew Upton, Chief Scientific Officer, Founder. Amprologix is a lean pre-clinical antimicrobial biologic drug discovery company aiming to deliver the largest pipeline of novel antimicrobials on the planet in the next 5 years.
NanoHeal-IX
(🇪🇬 Egypt)
Ms. Rania Alwakeel, Founder & CEO. NanoHeal-IX is a sustainable wound-care startup that converts rice straw waste into biodegradable hydrogel bandages using green-chemistry cellulose extraction and nanomaterial reinforcement.
East Ocyon Bio
(🇮🇳 India)
Dr. Dinesh Kundu, Co-Founder & CEO. East Ocyon Bio is delivering scalable, off-the-shelf Cell & Gene Therapy for Cancers and Rare Diseases designed for India, Saudi Arabia, and emerging global markets.
RedSea BioCollagen
(🇩🇪🇸🇦 Germany - KSA)
Dr. Mohammed Alhalees, Founder. RedSea BioCollagen develops a Saudi-made native marine collagen powder extracted from local Red Sea fish skin for chronic wound care. The innovation focuses on preserving the natural triple-helix structure to enhance stability and healing performance while enabling a low-cost, locally controlled biomaterial.
ThinkTouch Solution
(🇩🇿 Algeria)
Ms. Farah Bouras, CEO. ThinkTouch Solution is a health-tech company at the intersection of AI and pharmaceutical sciences, focused on innovation, specifically by developing an AI-powered platform for multivigilance. The goal is to completely change how product safety and development are handled.
Fitr Farms
(🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia)
Mr. Abdulaziz Bakhashwain, Founder & CEO. Fitr Farms transforms local agricultural waste into high-value mushrooms and mycelium-based materials through sustainable, biotech-powered production.
CellRewire
(🇺🇸 United States)
Dr. Abdelrahman Mohamed, Founder & CEO. CellRewire is building an AI + wet-lab platform (RewireOS) that reprograms diseased cells back to healthy states to create in-vivo regenerative therapies for heart, brain, and metabolic diseases.
Conan Therapeutic
(🇺🇸 United States)
Mr. Relam Bashanfar, Co-Founder & Scientist. Conan Therapeutic is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to creating a breakthrough treatment that mitigates the post-traumatic harm of mild Traumatic Brain injuries and addressing the unmet medical needs of concussion patients.
Karyon Bio
(🇺🇸 United States)
Dr. Maytha Alshammari, Sr. Research Scientist - Healthcare Solutions, Saudi Operations Director. Karyon Bio is developing an AI-powered Digital LiverTwin platform that will integrate multiomics, imaging, and clinical data to enable non-invasive early detection and monitoring of fatty liver diseases (MASLD/MASH).
Saudi Biotechnology Accelerator
Pioneering Riyadh-based Saudi Biotechnology Accelerator, advancing biotech, healthtech and life sciences innovators’ journey, and helping to excel in the markets, while actively contributing to the Saudi innovation ecosystem