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Dr Kevin Little

Investment Manager - Biotechnology

Kevin joined Investment New Zealand in 2007.

Kevin works with domestic agencies and companies to provide opportunities for investors that bring complementary expertise and capability to the biotechnology industry. Through strategic relationships with global commercial partners, he seeks to provide international opportunities for New Zealand bio-based innovation.

Previously, Kevin worked with clinical cell transplant programmes and helped develop genetic diagnostics in a private biotech company. He has biomedical research experience leading pre-clinical programmes in neuroscience (vaccine discovery), human genomics, and cancer.

Kevin holds a Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine from McGill University, and completed postdoctoral training in Translational Neuroscience and Functional Genomics at the University of Auckland.

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Contact Dr Kevin Little

Office: Auckland

Country: New Zealand

Phone: +64 9 366 4768

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Biotechnology Sector Case Studies

BioPacificVentures

BioPacificVentures, Australasia’s biggest life sciences venture capital fund, was launched in March 2005. The NZ$150 million fund is a partnership between New Zealand and Swiss venture capital managers.