Roderick Verhelst is a principal at Bioqube Ventures with strong investment interest in early-stage therapeutics. He obtained a PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Leuven and an MBA at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management. Prior to joining Bioqube Ventures, Roderick was a principal at Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV). Here, he built a successful track record in life science investing and was instrumental in the formation, financing and/or exit of several start-ups, including GST (acquired by Boehringer Ingelheim), Bluebee (acquired by Illumina), Dualyx and Flamingo Therapeutics. He served on the Board of Directors of these companies as well as Confo Therapeutics, miDiagnostics and Aelin Therapeutics.

Before his role at PMV, Roderick was an investment banker (equity research) at Degroof Petercam, where he was responsible for the life science franchise and was involved in the IPOs of argenx, Biocartis, Curetis, and Probiodrug (now Vivoryon), among others.