The Surfix team has its roots in the surface modification technologies based on organic chemistry. Surfix was founded as a spin-off from the department of Organic Chemistry of Wageningen University & Research.
Management Team
Team
Adriaan van der Meer
R&D EngineerAnke Schütz-Trilling
Teamlead Assay DevelopmentCarole van der Heijden-Messerli
Management AssistantFranka Oben
R&D EngineerGeert Besselink
Principal ScientistHans Dijk
Business Development ManagerHenk Dam
Senior ScientistHenk van Middendorp
Senior Project ManagerHester van Dorst
Project ManagerIlonka Winters
ControllerIsar van Elderen
InternJanneke Veerbeek
Teamlead Cartridge DevelopmentJoy Lunsonga
R&D EngineerKevin Evers
R&D EngineerLiyakat Mujawar
ScientistMarina Dunaeva
Senior ScientistMichelle Verbruggen
R&D EngineerNatalia Martou
InternRens Schonenberg
R&D EngineerRoel Maas
ScientistSabine Rutten
R&D EngineerSeanin Warmerdam
Office managerTamara Labeur
R&D EngineerThomas van Lieshout
R&D EngineerWout Knoben
R&D/Project ManagerSupervisory board
Otto Paul Brand
Advisory board
The Partners who invested in Surfix Diagnostics
Customized microsystems, vertically integrated solutions.
LioniX International is a leading global provider of customized microsystem solutions. We have driven technological and commercial development in our specialist fields—photonic integrated circuits and MEMS—since 2001.
https://www.lionix-international.com/
Lionix International is a shareholder of Surfix Diagnostics since April 2020.
Oost NL (East Netherlands Development Agency) is an agency that focuses its activities and projects on strengthening and stimulating the economy of the provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel, the Netherlands. Oost NL supports starting and growth-phase SMEs.
Oost NL is a shareholder of Surfix Diagnostics since May 2021.
PhotonVentures is a Dutch deep-tech venture capital fund exclusively focused on integrated photonic semiconductor technology. We invest in companies that use integrated photonics to build solutions for high-volume applications in both existing and emerging markets. We believe these companies are supported by long-term mega trends such as AI and sustainability, and therefore have the potential to create significant economic and societal value. Moreover, we actively support our portfolio companies with our team and network’s strong experience in technology, leadership, financial management, manufacturing, and ESG. Our fund has a European focus and invests in stages from Seed to Series A.
Photon Ventures invested in Surfix Diagnostics in April 2020 and is a shareholder since May 2021.
Saving lives and reducing cost through the development of accessible and easy-to-use diagnostic tests.
Together with a strong international network of world leading academic and corporate partners, Qurin is developing a revolutionary, low threshold nanotechnology-based platform for (early) diagnosis, monitoring and personalized treatment of cancer and other medical conditions using urine as a liquid biopsy.
Qurin Diagnostics is a shareholder of Surfix Diagnostics since April 2020.
Surfix Diagnostics is affiliated with various industry associations
High Tech NL is the trade association of and for innovative Dutch high-tech companies and knowledge institutions. High Tech NL is committed to the collective interest of the sector, with a focus on long-term innovation. Members share their knowledge, seek collaboration and use the powerful network to innovate more successfully. High Tech NL is affiliated with FME and Holland High Tech.
HollandBIO is a privately-funded association of biotech companies. Our community is made up of the life sciences sector: from start-ups and SMEs to multinationals, active in health, nutrition or sustainable innovations. Just like the sector, HollandBIO is growing like a weed. And the more members we have, the stronger we are. Our more than 250 members are leaders, and we continuously invest in recruiting new ones.
IVAM unites people who are excited about key enabling technologies and the way these technologies shape our daily life and our future. Being an international microtechnology business network and technology marketing expert, IVAM connects professionals in the high-tech industries and supports them in bringing innovative technologies and products to market and gaining a competitive edge in international competition.
MinacNed is a trade association with the aim of strengthening economic activity based on microsystems and nanotechnology. The members consist of research institutes, the manufacturing industry, suppliers, integrators and end-users of products and services that are made possible by, or make use of, micro and/or nanotechnology The core activities of MinacNed contribute to providing a platform for sustainable economic and social value creation and the provision of an ecosystem for researchers, entrepreneurs and policy makers. This platform is created by organizing events and the international MicroNanoConference for our members.