Roland Zegger

Independent boardmember/advisor

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

As a Venture Partner at NLC, I leverage over four years of experience in evaluating and advancing groundbreaking healthtech and medtech innovations. Collaborating with inventors, entrepreneurs, and investors, our team identifies and validates promising technologies, transforming them into ventures that deliver meaningful solutions to patients. With a focus on venture building, mentoring, and fundraising, my work is driven by a commitment to improving lives through technology. Supported by expertise in pharmaceutical leadership and non-executive board roles, I aim to bridge the gap between science and market-ready solutions, fostering impactful collaborations in the healthtech sector.

Experience

  • Advisor PcA Vision at Freelance
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    PCaVision is a medical-imaging software developed by Angiogenesis Analytics that uses algorithms to analyse ultrasound images (3D B-mode, elastography, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound) to support detection of prostate cancer.

  • Non executive board member Plantics bv at PLANTICS B.V.
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Plantics B.V. is a Dutch startup, founded in 2014 as a spin-off from University of Amsterdam, that develops fully bio-based thermoset resins and materials intended to replace fossil-based plastics in many industries. Their “Plantics-GX” technology produces resins which — when combined with natural fibres or other substrates — yield materials that are strong, recyclable or biodegradable, non-toxic, and can serve as binders for boards/panels, insulation foams, coatings or compostable plant pots.

  • Advisory Board Member at Technobis Crystallization Systems
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Technobis Crystallization Systems is a world leading technology provider for solid-state research, process development and formulation.

  • Member of the Supervisory board of the KNGF (The Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation) at KNGF Geleidehonden
    Oct 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

    KNGF Geleidehonden (The Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation) trains guide dogs for visually impaired people and for people with other limitations such as young children with autism, physically handicapped people in wheelchairs and people with PTSS. Established in 1935, the organisation has trained thousands of dogs for guide dog users in the Netherlands. KNGF Geleidehonden is the oldest, largest and best-known guide dog school in the Netherlands. It has a staff of approximately 100 employees, hundreds of volunteers, some 55,000 donors and several key sponsors.

  • Mentor at Stichting O3NL
    Nov 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 9 mos

    O3NL supports and coaches starting entrepreneurs to develop a successful and growing business.