TAKING HEALTHCARE COMPANIES TO THE NEXT LEVEL
ELSY BOGLIOLI
CEO & Founder of Bio-Up
Elsy is a seasoned healthcare executive and strategic advisor. She founded Bio-Up in 2019 to advise biotech, healthcare and venture capital firms in the HealthTech field. Bio-Up mainly supports companies in strong scale up or transformation phases which need to raise capital, grow the organization and structure their operations.
Before founding Bio-Up, Elsy was Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Cellectis, a French biotechnology company focused on gene editing and its applications in cell therapy in oncology. Prior to joining Cellectis, Elsy worked at BCG where she served as Partner and Managing Director, and leader of BCG’s biotech-focused business in Europe. She remains a Senior Advisor to BCG today.
GOALS AND ACTIVITIES
Strategic Advisor to CEOs and Executive Committees
In fast transformation or development phases, company managers have to run the company and reinvent it at the same time. Having worked both as a Partner in Strategy Consulting at BCG and as the COO of Cellectis, a Biotech that was evolving from a research company into a clinical stage drug development company, Elsy brings hands-on experience and expertise to support these demanding phases.
Act as a coach and sounding board to CEOs.
Support equity story creation or update, investors relations, business plan creation and fundraising efforts.
Leverage personal network to access and recruit top-notch resources to grow the company, structure it for the next phase.
Elsy works with clients in whom she strongly believes. As a result, her Strategic Advisor model can involve traditional consulting as well as consulting-for-equity in order to reflect long-term engagement.
Board positions
Creating and developing a successful company takes years. Being a committed Board Member is a natural follow-up to Elsy’s Strategic Advisor role. It allows for supporting clients and teams over time, creating long term value.
Work closely with management and shareholders to support the company through various stages of development.
Ensure the Board is a valuable support to the Management Team, building trusted relationships with them in order to provide tailored support, both in Board sessions and through one-on-ones.
Leverage personal network, in particular in Europe and US in order to enrich Boards and make sure they are well equipped for the company’s stage.
As part of her activities within Bio-Up, Elsy is a Board member of the following HealthTech companies: GenSight Biologics, Kelindi, Metafora Biosystems, NovaDiscovery.
Supporting the HealthTech community
France has a vibrant HealthTech scene, excellent science, passionate entrepreneurs and yet no world class HealthTech leader up to now. While at BCG, Elsy co-authored a report aiming at explaining why this is the case. This analysis was refreshed in 2021, and the short version of this diagnosis is that we need to create the first leaders for them to initiate a virtuous circle and nurture future generations. As a result, Elsy dedicates time and energy to support the local HealthTech ecosystem, with the ambition of helping these first leaders emerge.
Co-Founder and Board member of HealthTech for Care, an endowment Fund organizing a yearly European conference in Paris.
Senior Advisor to Lauxera Capital, a firm aiming at creating durable, market-leading franchises in HealthTech.
Senior Advisor to the Boston Consulting Group, with a focus on supporting large clients investing in cutting-edge technologies.