Moncef Slaoui

Active Investor

PharmaR&D and Biotech Venture capital

San Diego, California

Moncef Slaoui, PharmaR&D and Biotech Venture capital is an active investor based in San Diego, California. This profile covers what Moncef Slaoui backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Dr. Moncef Slaoui serves as Chairman at Arcturus Therapeutics. He serves as Chairman at Curevo Vaccine. He served as Board Member at Monopteros Therapeutics. He serves as Board Member at ViceBio. He is an Angel Investor. He served as a Partner & Member of the Scientific Advisory Board at Medicxi. He served as Chief Scientific Officer & Advisor at Centessa Pharmaceuticals. He also is an Angel Investor. He formerly served as President, Chairman & Head of Research and Development of the Vaccines Division at GSK. He has extensive clinical, medical, scientific, and leadership experience, gained during his 28 years at GSK, with the Medicxi team. In his role as head of R&D at GSK between 2006 and 2014, he was the architect of a pioneering re-organization of the Company's R&D effort, operating through focused discreet discovery performance units (DPUs) in the early stage, which competed internally for R&D investment, a unique model amongst Big Pharma at the time. As a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of both the IL6 and MV1 venture funds, he has been closely involved with Medicxi (and previously Index Ventures) for many years. As a Partner, he is responsible for sponsoring and supporting investments, undertaking due diligence and valuations for Medicxi's venture fund MV1 and its growth fund MG1. He is Chairman of the board at Galvani Bioelectronics, and also serves on the boards of Artisan Biosciences, and Moderna Therapeutics. He earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Immunology from the UniversitÃ© Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and completed postdoctoral studies at Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston. He was a Professor of Immunology at the University of Mons, Belgium. He also serves as a Chairman at SutroVax. He holds MBA.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Pre SeedSeed
Location: San Diego, California
Typical check: $150K
Past investments: 1

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