Augustin de Bettignies

Tech Venture Builder - Board Member - Swan-H & MPC Therapeutics

France

About

Cell Biology PhD & INSEAD MBA, with 20 years' consulting, startup and corporate leadership experience. Building organizations to take deeptech innovations to market, as fast as possible. Leading strategic positionning, business modeling and business development, and contributing to financial modelling, HR & communications. Engaged about climate change, CSR & sustainable development.

Experience

  • Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer at Swan-H
    Jul 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

    Swan-H develops a breakthrough technology to produce ammonia on-site and on-demand. Our goal is to reduce the carbon footprint of fertilizers and enabe the hydrogen economy with ammonia produced from renewable energy sources. With 3 other experienced founders, we raised seed funding and built a team of 10 FTEs to industrialise a radical new chemical process to make ammonia with a drastically reduced energy footprint compared to current methods. I lead partnership building, investor relations, financial planning, HR and communications. I also co-chair the Board of Directors.

  • Chief Business Officer & Chairman of the board at MPC Therapeutics
    Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs

    MPC Therapeutics develops metabolic modulators to enhance cell & gene manufacturing, and cure diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and alopecia. I lead sales & marketing, business development (fund-raising, in- & out-licensing & partnership building) with VCs, Biotechs & Pharma and chair the board of directors.

  • Visiting Professor at École des Ponts Business School
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    Teaching Tech Startup Marketing in the VISTA course, an Executive Masters for impact startup creators.

  • Head Of Business Development at TELEDOK SELAS
    Sep 2021 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Teledok provides expert medical advice and remote consultation services to companies. I identifed, created, developped new lines of business, significantly increasing the company's profitability. I also helped founders structure the organization to sustain their fast-paced growth, managed key accounts & oversaw financial management.

  • General Manager at CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
    Apr 2020 - Jul 2020 · 4 mos

    CERC is a Clinical Research Organisation in the field of interventional cardiology, leading some of the most impactful clinical trials across the globe, bringing life-changing medical devices to patients with unmet needs. As General Manager, my mission was to support the team on sales & management aspect, and structure the company to sustain the impressive growth they had experienced since company creations over ten years ago. This Job was prematurely interrupted by COVID-19.