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Market Intelligence
I map where advanced therapy science, capital, regulation, and manufacturing are moving before the consensus becomes obvious.
Personal publication + journey
Life beyond the professional brief.
Life Is Experiment is where I write about entrepreneurship, leadership, and judgment. Building, writing, and teaching are part of how I arrived here.
Personal publication
Life Is Experiment
Essays on entrepreneurship, leadership, decision-making, and the practical experiments that shape a life. You build, test your judgment against reality, protect your downside, and decide for yourself what “enough” means.
A very short history of me.
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1995
Born in Macau, then still a Portuguese colony
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2015
Started Chemistery, a blog about organic chemistry
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2017
Completed B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology at University of California, San Diego
Joined a San Diego startup as its first full-time employee
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2018
Founded my first company, ASIDU
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2022
Founded my second company, MapUp, as part of the Antler Cohort
By June, I knew MapUp would not raise funding. After five years away from formal study, I returned to cell biology and biochemistry textbooks, prepared for the entrance exam for LMU Munich’s M.Sc. Biochemistry program in 30 days, passed it, and moved to Munich shortly afterward.
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2023
Joined iGEM Munich Entrepreneurship Team
Founded my third company, NeoHatch
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2024
Joined iGEM Startups, Nucleate GVA
Startup Consulting (non-stealth startups: TravelSpires, Baryonbib)
Started Infinity Biotech, a newsletter about startups and timeless knowledge
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2025
Became APAC Regional Head at iGEM Startups
Completed my M.Sc. in Biochemistry at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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2026
Joined SaxoCell and Phacilitate
Selected earlier work Startups, a talk show, and two books
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