Dr. Koistinaho (PhD in Biotechnology and Associate Professor in Neurobiology) has over 20 years of experience in commercializing ground-breaking biomedical inventions. After postgraduate training at Eli Lilly and Company in the USA, Milla has co-founded 3 venture backed biotechs and in executive roles managed fundraising, business development and licensing activities. She also has a strong track record in intellectual property rights -being an inventor in tens of patens herself, she has also been responsible for commercializing the wide IP portfolio of University of Helsinki and spinning out science based start-ups. Milla is a Founding Partner of Innovestor’s Life Science Fund – an early stage VC fund investing in therapeutics and digital health companies in the Nordics. Milla is responsible for the fund’s biotech investment portfolio and she serves as a Board member in many Nordic therapeutics development companies. Milla is an active speaker in the Nordic biotech and VC industry conferences including Nordic Life Science Days, Industrifonden Venture Summit, Future Female Founders and Women's Venture Capital Summit Europe.