Rianne is investment manager of the FIRST fund at BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) since 2020. Prior to joining BGV, Rianne was an associate in the healthcare investment team of INKEF Capital. She is a medical biologist by training and obtained her PhD at Leiden University that was focused on regenerative medicine for metabolic diseases, while performing part of her activities at Galapagos. Afterwards she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Kovler Diabetes Center at the University of Chicago. Next to performing her research, she was a fellow at the university’s Technology Transfer Office which has sparked her interest in the early stages of life sciences ventures.