Head of Swiss Corporate VC Fund Joins Founders Club Healthcare & Life Science Fund Advisory Board

Geneva Switzerland & Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 1, 2011 - The Founders Club, (www.founders-club.com), a unique venture capital equity exchange fund, announced today that Dr. Roel Bulthuis, founder and Head of Merck Serono Ventures, has joined the board of advisors of its Healthcare & Life Science Fund. Roel will nominate new CEOs and entrepreneurs to join the club investing a percentage of their future equity returns into one of The Founders Club funds in return for fund ownership and membership in the club. As an advisor to the club Roel will also evaluate candidates and vote on the selection committee determining who gets into the Healthcare & Life Science funds.

Andrew Romans, founder and general partner said, “We are honored to have Roel join our advisory board. This is an important part of our strategy to expand our healthcare footprint and bring in large corporate pharma players to our network. Roel established the strategic venture capital group of Merck Serono, a healthcare group with a market capitalization of over $19 billion."

The Founders Club is an established family of funds where VC backed entrepreneurs agree to invest a percentage of their future equity returns into one of The Founders Club funds in return for fund ownership and membership in the club. There is no cash cost to join. Members only contribute cash from proceeds at the time they sell or liquidate their equity position in their company. Each fund comprises 20 high potential venture backed portfolio companies, thereby affording any single entrepreneur a strategy to create wealth while accomplishing portfolio diversification. Portfolio companies are selected by committees comprised of VC advisors from premier venture capital firms in the US, Europe and Israel.  Entrepreneurs accepted into the club on this basis have access to other members as well as the venture capitalists serving on our Venture Advisory committees.  

The Founders Club is currently accepting new members into two portfolios, namely: Technology & Cleantech Fund II (classic ITC, mediatech & environmentally friendly technology) and Healthcare & Life Science Fund I (biotech pharmaceutical, medical devices, healthcare IT & services).

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Andrew Romans, General Partner, The Founders Club
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