Giacomo Bastianelli
Giacomo Bastianelli is CEO and co-founder of Rainbow Crops, which he co-founded in April 2025, and is based in Belgium. Since 2017 he has also been managing director of PROG VENTURES. He was entrepreneur in residence at VIB from September 2023 to April 2025 and mentors for biotope by VIB and Agrilife Studio, having also been a business mentor at Techstars between October 2023 and April 2024.
He co-founded Meiogenix in November 2010, serving as its CEO until March 2020 and remaining a co-founder until March 2022. He was co-founder and CEO of SCI-BRAIN from 2017 to 2024, of Lounjee from 2017 to 2023, and of Travellution from 2011 to 2014, and was interim CEO of BliNK Therapeutics in 2015. He led Key Neurosciences as CEO from 2011 to 2012 and sat on its board until 2016. At Kurma Partners he worked as an analyst and venture builder from 2009, later as an advisor, until 2020.
He has lectured at the University of Bologna and for Marie Curie Networks. He was a PhD fellow at the Institut Pasteur, where he completed a doctorate in structural bioinformatics, and holds master's degrees from UC San Diego and the Università di Bologna.
Career
Roles
Rainbow CropsCEO & Co-founderApr 2025 – Present
- biotope by VIBMentor2024 – Present
- Agrilife StudioMentorMar 2023 – Present
- PROG VENTURESManaging Director2017 – Present
- TechstarsBusiness MentorOct 2023 – Apr 2024
- VIB#52factoryEntrepreneur in ResidenceSep 2023 – Apr 2025
- MeiogenixCo-FounderMar 2020 – Mar 2022
- Marie Curie NetworksLecturer in EntrepreneurshipApr 2018 – Oct 2018
- LounjeeCo-Founder & CEO2017 – 2023
- SCI-BRAINCo-Founder & CEO2017 – 2024
- BliNK TherapeuticsInterim CEODec 2014 – Dec 2015
- Key NeurosciencesBoard memberNov 2012 – 2016
- Key NeurosciencesCEOJan 2011 – Oct 2012
- Kurma PartnersAnalyist, Venture Builder, Advisor2011 – 2020
- TravellutionCo-founder & CEOMar 2011 – Jun 2014
- University of BolognaGuest Lecturer2011 – 2012
- MeiogenixCo-Founder & CEONov 2010 – Mar 2020
- Kurma PartnersAnalyst and Venture BuilderOct 2009 – Sep 2010
- Institut PasteurPh.D fellowSep 2006 – Dec 2009
- Cosmo BioscienceResearch fellowMar 2004 – Mar 2006
- Nascent SIMFinancial AdvisorMar 2002 – Mar 2003
Education
Harvard Business School#46schoolOrganizational LeadershipJul 2024 - Sep 2024
INSEAD#15schoolCxO Academy (by Google), Marketing2019 - 2019
HEC Paris#48schoolExecutive Education, Management2010 - 2012
Stanford University Graduate School of Business#208schoolSIE, Entrepreneurship2009 - 2009
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)#217schoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics2008 - 2008
- Institut PasteurPhD, Structural Bioinformatics2006 - 2009
- UC San DiegoMaster of Science - MS, Biotechnology2004 - 2005
- Universitat de Barcelona#125schoolMolecular Pharmacology2003 - 2003
- Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna#291schoolMaster of Science - MS, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology2000 - 2005
- Liceo Scientifico Galileo GalileiH.S., Science1994 - 1999
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